Subj : Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
To   : Matthew C E Bamber
From : Digital Man
Date : Sun Dec 31 2023 21:10:43

  Re: Really struggling with windows install pls help :)
  By: Matthew C E Bamber to alt.bbs.synchronet on Sun Dec 31 2023 06:27 pm

 > From Newsgroup: alt.bbs.synchronet
 >
 > Hi everyone!
 > I am brand new to aynchronet BBS and trying to install it for the forst time
 > on windows, i go though the setup windows installer but at the end when it
 > say launch synchronet i get a window popup saying.
 >
 > sbbsctrl.exe - application error
 > the application was unable to start correctly click ok to close the
 > application?
 >
 > any ideas?
 >
 > Ive tried reinstalling several times.

Things to check:
- does running sbbs.exe instead of sbbsctrl.exe make any difference?
- do you have any "security software" installed that might be killing Synchronet because it's opening and listening on TCP/UDP ports?
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