Problem with synchronet. reddit / bbs ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RussianBBS · 2020-11-23 11:32 Hello, I got a problem when I tried to install synchronet 318b on my windows XP computer. After installation, when starting the program, an error occurs: "Main configuration file C: \\ sbbs \\ ctrl \\ main.cnf is missing!". But there is a main.cnf file in the ctrl folder, but its type is written as SpeedDial. Can you please tell me what to do. Thanks. (Sorry for bad google translation) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- HaveALooksy · 2020-11-23 12:04 Does [this](https://groups.google.com/g/alt.bbs.synchronet/c/MEDPlrJ_Z vM/m/9IOBW9qNvvYJ?pli=1) help? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- psiglin1556 · 2020-11-23 12:29 Yeah sounds like sbbsctrl is not set as and environment variable. Have you tried running set sbbsctrl=c:\sbbs\ctrl and running sbbs from the command prompt and see if it launches? This would launch the non GUI version but if this works then GUI one would work also . ---------------------------------------------------------------------- dmine45 · 2020-11-23 13:00 Yep, set the environment variable SBBSCTRL to the directory where the CTRL files are located, most likely c:\\sbbs\\ctrl ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RussianBBS · 2020-11-23 14:40 I ran this command (set sbbsctrl = c: \\ sbbs \\ ctrl) and then ran sbbs.exe. Here is the log from the command line. But the error remained. [`https://pastebin.com/c3ziaFVW`](https://pastebin.com/c3ziaFVW) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- psiglin1556 · 2020-11-23 14:48 Have you run scfg? Looks like none of your directories exist. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RussianBBS · 2020-11-23 15:09 It seems that all the directories are in place. [https://pastebin.com/LbuTuMqK](https://pastebin.com/LbuTuMqK) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- psiglin1556 · 2020-11-23 15:10 Maybe run the install again. Something isn’t right if the directories are there. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- psiglin1556 · 2020-11-23 15:11 Did you do a full install? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Android8675 · 2020-11-23 15:24 2 folders missing, c:\sbbs\temp\ and c:\sbbs\node1\ Seems like you have some weird file permission problems. Have you tried starting SBBS from an administrator command prompt? You shouldn't NEED to do this, but for testing purposes you might try it. If that fails you might consider starting over and running setup from the v3.18 install version. You can [upgrade to the latest development build](http://wiki.synchro.net/install:dev) once the system is running. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2020-11-23 15:28 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2020-11-23 15:33 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RussianBBS · 2020-11-23 18:51 Thanks for the help. So far, everything works. :)