please run everquest.exe error

Freq · Post by **Freq** » Sun May 07, 2006 4:06 pm

just dowloaded wineq today and downloaded the patch fine.
when i click on wineq2.13 lite - everquest - wineq 2.0 default profile to start up the game i get an everquest error. it says please run everquest.exe. the path is correct to the everquest.exe file under the preferences.

thanks for the help

WinEQ 2 System Information
System:
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Windows Version: Microsoft Windows XP/Service Pack 2/2600.xpsp_sp2_gdr.050301-1519
System Physical RAM: 672/1022MB
Page File: 2172/2459MB
Virtual Memory: 1980/2047MB (Extended: 0MB)
CPU 1: AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3400+ @ 2403MHz
CPU Affinity Mask: 1
Video 1: \\.\DISPLAY1/NVIDIA GeForce FX 5700LE
Video 2: \\.\DISPLAYV1/NetMeeting driver
Video 3: \\.\DISPLAYV2/RDPDD Chained DD
Monitor 1: \\.\DISPLAY1 (0,0,1024,768) (1024x768) PRIMARY
Sound: ¨
DirectX: 4.09.00.0904
Internet Explorer: 6.0.2900.2180
WinEQ: 2.13

Loaded Modules:
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Module 0: F:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\eqgame.exe
Module 1: F:\WINDOWS\system32\ntdll.dll
Module 2: F:\WINDOWS\system32\kernel32.dll
Module 3: F:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\mss32.dll
Module 4: F:\WINDOWS\system32\USER32.dll
Module 5: F:\WINDOWS\system32\GDI32.dll
Module 6: F:\WINDOWS\system32\WINMM.dll
Module 7: F:\WINDOWS\system32\ADVAPI32.dll
Module 8: F:\WINDOWS\system32\RPCRT4.dll
Module 9: F:\WINDOWS\system32\WSOCK32.dll
Module 10: F:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2_32.dll
Module 11: F:\WINDOWS\system32\msvcrt.dll
Module 12: F:\WINDOWS\system32\WS2HELP.dll
Module 13: F:\WINDOWS\system32\DINPUT8.dll
Module 14: F:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\DSETUP.dll
Module 15: F:\WINDOWS\system32\VERSION.dll
Module 16: F:\WINDOWS\system32\ole32.dll
Module 17: F:\WINDOWS\system32\WININET.dll
Module 18: F:\WINDOWS\system32\CRYPT32.dll
Module 19: F:\WINDOWS\system32\MSASN1.dll
Module 20: F:\WINDOWS\system32\OLEAUT32.dll
Module 21: F:\WINDOWS\system32\SHLWAPI.dll
Module 22: F:\WINDOWS\system32\SHELL32.dll
Module 23: F:\WINDOWS\system32\IMM32.dll
Module 24: F:\WINDOWS\system32\SYNCOR11.DLL
Module 25: F:\WINDOWS\WinSxS\x86_Microsoft.Windows.Common-Controls_6595b64144ccf1df_6.0.2600.2180_x-ww_a84f1ff9\comctl32.dll
Module 26: F:\WINDOWS\system32\comctl32.dll
Module 27: F:\Documents and Settings\The One\My Documents\WinEQ2\WinEQ2.dll
Module 28: F:\WINDOWS\system32\PSAPI.DLL
Module 29: F:\WINDOWS\Lavish.dll
Module 30: F:\WINDOWS\system32\iphlpapi.dll
Module 31: F:\WINDOWS\system32\mclsp.dll
Module 32: F:\WINDOWS\system32\SPORDER.dll
Module 33: F:\WINDOWS\system32\uxtheme.dll
Module 34: F:\Documents and Settings\The One\My Documents\WinEQ2\EQPlayNice.dll
Module 35: F:\PROGRA~1\McAfee\SPAMKI~1\mskoeplg.dll
Module 36: F:\WINDOWS\system32\MSCTF.dll
Module 37: F:\WINDOWS\system32\mclsphlr\gdlsphlr.dll
Module 38: F:\WINDOWS\system32\McRtl32.dll
Module 39: F:\WINDOWS\system32\mswsock.dll
Module 40: F:\WINDOWS\system32\hnetcfg.dll
Module 41: F:\WINDOWS\System32\wshtcpip.dll
Module 42: F:\WINDOWS\system32\DNSAPI.dll
Module 43: F:\WINDOWS\System32\winrnr.dll
Module 44: F:\WINDOWS\system32\WLDAP32.dll
Module 45: F:\WINDOWS\system32\rasadhlp.dll
Module 46: F:\Documents and Settings\The One\My Documents\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-EQ.dll
Module 47: F:\WINDOWS\system32\MSIMG32.dll
Module 48: F:\Documents and Settings\The One\My Documents\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D9.dll
Module 49: F:\Documents and Settings\The One\My Documents\WinEQ2\d3dx9_27.dll
Module 50: F:\Documents and Settings\The One\My Documents\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-D3D8.dll
Module 51: F:\Documents and Settings\The One\My Documents\WinEQ2\WinEQ2-DI8.dll
Module 52: F:\WINDOWS\system32\NTMARTA.DLL
Module 53: F:\WINDOWS\system32\SAMLIB.dll
Module 54: F:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\EQGraphicsDX9.DLL
Module 55: F:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d9.dll
Module 56: F:\WINDOWS\system32\d3d8thk.dll
Module 57: F:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest\dpvs.dll

Direct3D9:
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Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN (Windowed)
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: (not currently available)
Direct3D8:
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Adapter Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Game Display Mode: 0x0 D3DFMT_UNKNOWN
Current Adapter: 0
Available Texture Memory: (not currently available)
DirectInput8:
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EverQuest:
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Profile 1: WinEQ 2.0 Default Profile
EQ Path: F:\Program Files\Sony\EverQuest
EQClient.ini: .\eqclient.ini
Patch: OFF Server Type: Normal Locale: us
Video Adapter: Application Controlled
Luclin models: 29 (+145 min RAM)
Sound: ON (+22 min RAM)
Texture Caching: ON (+0 min RAM)
Texture Quality: MEDIUM (+30 min RAM)
Calculated minimum RAM: 480MB (BASE+197MB)
Level of Detail: 1
MaxFPS: 100
Additional setting: HardwareTnL=TRUE
Additional setting: VertexShaders=TRUE
Additional setting: 20PixelShaders=0
Additional setting: 1xPixelShaders=TRUE

EQPlayNice:
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EQ Version: eqgame.exe Apr 17 2006 14:53:02
Foreground
Mode: FPS Limiter
Max FPS: 40
Rendering: 1/1
Background
Mode: CPU Limiter
Max FPS: 30
Rendering: 1/30

Freq · Post by **Freq** » Sun May 07, 2006 8:52 pm

also getting a wineq error message stating

everquest support for wineq 2.0 was unable to initialize (-16). please try again later.

Post by **Lax** » Sun May 07, 2006 9:08 pm

when i click on wineq2.13 lite - everquest - wineq 2.0 default profile to start up the game i get an everquest error. it says please run everquest.exe. the path is correct to the everquest.exe file under the preferences.

This problem exists for unknown reasons on some systems. Fortunately you can avoid the problem by re-enabling patching in your WinEQ 2 profile.

everquest support for wineq 2.0 was unable to initialize (-16). please try again later.

This is also a rare occurrence -- in fact nobody has reported it to date. This is specifically indicating that WinEQ 2 mostly initialized successfully (contacting and retrieving data from our server), but that WinEQ2-EQ.dll specifically timed out when retrieving data from our server. Generally this type of error will only show up when there is high latency or packet loss between you and our server. You may simply need to try again later, and hope that the problem goes away.

Other than that, there may be other problems with your Windows installation. On a clean install of Windows XP SP2 with the latest drivers, DirectX, etc and WinEQ2 + EverQuest, everything works smoothly. Once other software is installed, perhaps some vulerabilities in web browsers exploited, unwanted adware and spyware installed automatically, etc, things start to get a bit hairy. I see you have McAfee spam killer, do you also have their anti-virus active and up to date? Have you run spyware scans? (I recommend the Microsoft Antispyware program)

Freq · Post by **Freq** » Sun May 07, 2006 10:23 pm

ya i actually just upgraded my virus scanner yesterday. i do regular spyware checks and did that after i could not get it to run.

Freq · Post by **Freq** » Mon May 08, 2006 7:04 pm

thanks lax i got it up and running today. the only problem i have now is when two instance of eq are running, when i log one out to character select screeni get the crash eqgame.exe error. the last one always logs out fine.

Anacron · Post by **Anacron** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:28 pm

I'm also getting the everquest.exe does not exist. That's with patch ON. When I turn off patching, I get "Please run EverQuest.exe". I've got all my windows updates, all my mal-ware removed, McAfee is up to date and runs a clean virus scan. I have even completely deleted WinEQ2.0 from my computer and done a fresh re-install. I've doble and triple checked all my executable paths, and looked to see if there was anything funny lurking around, and nothing seems wrong.

Hepl please

Post by **Lax** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 1:41 am

I'm also getting the everquest.exe does not exist. That's with patch ON. When I turn off patching, I get "Please run EverQuest.exe". I've got all my windows updates, all my mal-ware removed, McAfee is up to date and runs a clean virus scan. I have even completely deleted WinEQ2.0 from my computer and done a fresh re-install. I've doble and triple checked all my executable paths, and looked to see if there was anything funny lurking around, and nothing seems wrong.

Deleting and reinstalling WinEQ 2 would get the same effect as simply deleting WinEQ-EQ.ini

I assume by saying "everquest.exe does not exist" it gives the full path to the file it's looking for. The error is stating that the file could not be identified as existing, via standard methods. The problem the original poster was having was actually a slightly different issue, but looked the same because the error messages were inaccurate -- the error messages are much clearer now. Anyway, if you can type exactly what the message says the path+filename is, slashes and all, I imagine the problem might show up. If I had to guess, I'd say that maybe the path has slashes with / instead of \, or equally that maybe the path appears as something like c:\program files\everquest\\everquest.exe, instead of c:\program files\everquest\everquest.exe. The solution may simply be to remove the trailing \ from the path, or to fix the slashes so that they are \ instead of /.

Anacron · Post by **Anacron** » Tue Jun 06, 2006 5:28 pm

I fixed it with a workaround. But would like to correct the original problem if that's possible. It doesn't give a path, just gives the executable it's looking for, "everquest.exe". I took the existing executable file "EQ" and copied the file onto my desktop, renamed the file "everquest", and dumped it back into my D:/EverQuest folder. With patching on, it works just fine, with patching off, I still get the "Please run EverQuest.exe" error message.

SO, it has something to do with the naming of the executable. How it's written in my everquest folder, and how winEQ looks for it. Not sure how to fix with userside meathods..

Thanks for the quick response, Lax.