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The Phantom
Registered: Jan 2004
Posts: 360 |
WinVice & Windows 10 error
OK. I've dealt with this for a week or two and it's time to see if a solution is available.
WinVice 2.4 (win64 x64 mingw)
Anytime I double click a .d64, I get this error:
VICE Error!
Cannot startup logging system.
I hit enter (or click OK) and that is that. I haven't had any issues with Vice, just this silly error.
Any way to fix this? I can deal with hitting enter, but would rather Vice just boot up without my having to do so. |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Quote: Quote:malware-ridden SourceForge
*facepalm*
Facepalm indeed. You still living in the early 2000s?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SourceForge#Project_hijackings_an..
I know people who unwillingly installed shit on their computers thanks to SF and their petty adware injections into hosted projects. This isn't just a hearsay, they openly admitted being malicious.
Granted, it's mostly the users' fault for not being cautious enough and clicking the next button blindly, but apart of those fishy ads all over the place that looked like download buttons, the site was somewhat reputable till then, so there was no reason to be overly suspicious.
All that crap started about 2013. For a while they were even straight up hosting a malware version of FileZilla, one of the most popular FTP clients out there.
I am aware that they replaced the management and now trying to act much more transparent, but as for me, it will take a long time till they regain my trust. I avoid the site lite plague and try to find alternative download options in case a default Google search directs me there. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
good story bro
however, none of that applies to VICE (no installer sf could rape) - or even using the bug tracker.
*facepalm* indeed. |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Ah I see, so avoiding sites broadly known for exploiting their users is facepalm material now? My bad, it seems I didn't got the memo *sigh*
Anyhow, since WinVice works fine from non-system partitions, I guess it's not even a bug, but rather something related to Windows' UAC settings? |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
its like avoiding the US because of slavery and NSA. but ok - each to his own.
and no, its clearly a bug - applications shouldnt write to the program directory, but to the user home directory. |
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soci
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 479 |
If Windows then the one true way would be to store settings in registry and logging to event log ;) Ok, maybe not. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
whatever the windows maintainer decides to do :=) |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Quoting Groepazits like avoiding the US because of slavery and NSA. but ok - each to his own.
LOL. Well, I don't have the extra time nor the energy to clean shit smeared all over my computer, so for some reason (unusual, I know) I prefer it to stay ad- and malwareless, what the fuck this has to do with the US and slavery? :D I don't visit sites which have/had bad rep till they don't prove their trustability, as simple as that.
OK, I'll report this fucking bug. On SourceForge. Jesus. |
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soci
Registered: Sep 2003
Posts: 479 |
Use the nightly builds which don't come from Sourceforge if you don't like it.
By the way Sourceforge was sold back in January and with that there were a few changes. The experimental installer "improvements" were stopped for good. |
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chatGPZ
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 11350 |
i hate them more for their "improvements" they did to the ticket system than anything they did to installers of software i never used =P |
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jailbird
Registered: Dec 2001
Posts: 1578 |
Quoting SociBy the way Sourceforge was sold back in January and with that there were a few changes after that. The experimental installer "improvements" was stopped for good.
Yeah and apparently now they do malware scan on all the hosted stuff too, but my approach is always "better safe than sorry". I am really afraid to lose or compromise important/confidential client data. Yep I understand that may seem paranoid, but it could easily affect my life quite negatively. |
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