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unable to install on windows 7
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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantdav4is
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I have just gone thru my Antivirus program, AVAST, and have found nothing.
-R.
Windows 7 (Home Premium) SP1; 64-bit
DVD Profiler 3.8.1
DVD Profiler Unlimited RegistrantStar ContributorLewis_Prothero
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Please try the following:

Start Windows in "Safe Mode" (Press F8 at StarUp) and install DVDProfiler from there.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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I notice that DVDpro is a 32-bit program that gets run (on my 64-bit system) in the WOW emulator. Could the problem be related to that?
-R.
Windows 7 (Home Premium) SP1; 64-bit
DVD Profiler 3.8.1
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No,
I have DVDProfiler installed on Win7 64 and 32 Bit environments.
No problems yet.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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OK, seemed to install OK in Safe Mode, able to enter and exit the program at will, even after leaving safe mode -- but only with an empty database. Problems arise as soon as something added to database: Catastrophic failure on exit of program.

Spoke too soon, here. Able to enter and leave program ONCE without error. Subsequent invocations throw error on exit.
-R.
Windows 7 (Home Premium) SP1; 64-bit
DVD Profiler 3.8.1
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Does the catastrophic failure occur in safe mode too?

If not, see what happens if Avast and Spybot are disabled.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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Will check in Safe Mode.
Unable to disable Avast without trouble. That's my Anti-Virus program, and I am under almost continuous attack.
-R.
Windows 7 (Home Premium) SP1; 64-bit
DVD Profiler 3.8.1
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No failure in safe mode, but on FIRST invocation after leaving safe mode, fails on program exit.
That would seem to pin the blame on something in the auto-start list, yes? But what?
-R.
Windows 7 (Home Premium) SP1; 64-bit
DVD Profiler 3.8.1
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Try the following:

Windows Start menu -> Run...
Type: msconfig
In the now opening window click on the tab "Services"
In the lower left corner flag the checkbox "Hide all Microsoft Services" (or equivalent)
Unflag all remaining services

Change to tab "System Start" (or equivalent) and disable all entries

Restart your computer and check if the error still exists.
If not, enable the just disengaged programs one-by-one (with a restart after each change) until the error occurs again.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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Error persists even after disabling all services and start-ups -- including Avast, after turning off modem.
Error NOT present in safe mode.

A real puzzle!
-R.
Windows 7 (Home Premium) SP1; 64-bit
DVD Profiler 3.8.1
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Ok, something very simple but have you tried to download a fresh copy of the progam agan? Maybe the installer itself has been corrupted.
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Yes, but will try again to be sure! ;o)

Fails as before but, curiously, never asked to do setup process.
I'm stumped! 
-R.
Windows 7 (Home Premium) SP1; 64-bit
DVD Profiler 3.8.1
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Since the error doesn't occur in safe mode but begins as soon as you use the "normal" environment, I'm afraid that something is seriously messed up in your system.

If you are using the Pre-Installed OEM version of Win7, please try the following:

Set Windows to another locality (e.g. Great Britain) by using the control panel.
Restart
Set Windows back to USA
Restart

This is a desperate attempt and I'm not sure if it will work, but it might.
The OEM-versions of HP and Acer are known to cause trouble on some machines, so probably the best solution would be to download the Win7 iso-file from here and make a clean install with it.
It all seems so stupid, it makes me want to give up!
But why should I give up, when it all seems so stupid?


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DVD Profiler Unlimited Registrantdav4is
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The locality trick had no effect, but note that I did NOT do a reinstall of DVDpro, just continued using he copy that fails, but works in safe mode.

Reinstall win7, eh? I'll have to take that under advisement, for the nonce.
Perhaps I will let the retailer, Best Buy, Geek Squad, so called, have a go at it.

But I had better back up my emails received since I started.
-R.
Windows 7 (Home Premium) SP1; 64-bit
DVD Profiler 3.8.1
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I couple of things you can try that does not require a complete reinstall:
System repair (if you have a Windows 7 installation disc at hand)
System check
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Did not get a Win7 disk of any kind. But there is a partition on the HDD named Recovery.
System Check: Where is that?
-R.
Windows 7 (Home Premium) SP1; 64-bit
DVD Profiler 3.8.1
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