Zugg Software :: View topic - [3.05] Error when opening involving pcre78.dll

Adept Joined: 18 Dec 2005 Posts: 246

I just opened cmud, and I get an error (not the typical crash box that comes up that gives you the option to send it in, a different one that just has the message) that says

Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 9:40 pm

This usually happens on Vista when the DLL gets locked into memory and not unloaded properly by Windows. The only way I have found to fix this problem is by rebooting Windows. The same error happens on occasion with the sqlite28.dll file. It's something about these DLL files that sometimes can't be relocated properly into memory when Windows loads CMUD.

SubAdmin Joined: 18 Nov 2001 Posts: 5182

The loading sequence for the pcre78.dll is setup so that it will silently retry during normal operation. I am not sure if that particular error will permit the later load attempts to work, but you could try ignoring the error.

As Zugg said it is a Vista thing. I think Vista is uncaching the previously loaded dll right as the request to load that dll comes in. If that is the case then later opening your package and causing a trigger to compile would load the dll successfully. It could possibly flood you with errors too, so make sure if you try it you are offline.

Apprentice Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 170

I just recently started getting this error on Windows 7 Ultimate. I tried uninstalling and reinstalling cMUD 3.12 to see if that fixed it, and have rebooted numerous times since I began getting the message and it hasn't seem to have gone away.

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 7:34 pm

Make sure the pcre78.dll file is in the same directory as your CMUD.EXE file. Nobody else is reporting any issue with this in Win7, so it has to be something specific to your computer setup or cmud installation. If you still have trouble, tell us the exact options you selected in the CMUD installer when you installed it.

Apprentice Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 170

Clicking no options at all, ie. all default, specifically the following:

Choose Components:

The following are checked

Required Files
MUD Listing

Destination Folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\CMUD

User Session Files Folder:

%DOCUMENTS%\My Games\CMUD

I then check the contents of

C:\Program Files (x86)\CMUD

and it has both cMUD.exe and PCRE78.dll

Posted: Thu Jan 28, 2010 10:56 pm

Try deleting all of your CMUD folders (the C:\Program Files (x86)\CMUD and the My Documents\My Games\CMUD). Be sure to make a BACK UP of your files first. Then reinstall. All I can think is that you have a corrupted PCRE78.dll file somehow.

Apprentice Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 170

Apprentice Joined: 03 Feb 2007 Posts: 170

Well, I figured it out, sorta.

I renamed PCRE78.dll to pcre78.dll (ie. just changed from caps to lower case) and the error no longer appears. I suspect casing is probably the issue with the icon as well. Is there perhaps a setting in Windows 7 anyone knows of that turns on and off case sensitivity in instances like this?

Posted: Sun Jan 31, 2010 12:32 pm

That would be a major departure for MS from all previous versions going all the way back to DOS, the OS has never been case sensitive.

Posted: Mon Feb 01, 2010 5:24 pm

Taz is correct. Windows has never been case sensitive. My guess is that your system registry is messed up somehow and that changing the name to uppercase caused Windows to create a new DLL entry for it.

The icon displayed on the Windows task bar is stored within the CMUD.EXE file itself. If Windows cannot read this icon out of the CMUD.EXE file, then either the EXE file has been damaged or corrupted (like by a virus), or else there is another problem in your system registry. Based upon this thread and your other posts, all I can conclude is that there is something seriously wrong on your computer and Windows installation, but I have no idea what else to try. But it's almost like you don't have proper permissions on your system and that CMUD is not getting installed properly in your system registry.

When you install CMUD, try right-clicking on the CMUD313_SETUP.EXE program and selecting "Run As Admin". Also check your DEP settings as described in the CMUD Troubleshooting help topic to see if that helps.