GPL not starting

Hello, I wa&nted to fire up the Ferrari in Spa but for somereason my GPL won't start anymore. I have reinstalled it from my saved data but it still won't load, I launch the 0exe file and it comes back to windows after 3-4 seconds of CPU usage without even showing the black papyrus screen. I don't know what could be wrong, the only thing I've changed lately is to install a new MS joystick so I was expecting to recalibrate my act labs wheel and pedals but I can't even get there. Thanks for the help -- Email contact http://cerbermail.com/?ltQ8eCFmRa

Txl wrote in news:op.s0709hh3arkwbw@jc: > Hello, > > I wa&nted to fire up the Ferrari in Spa but for somereason my GPL won't start anymore. > > I have reinstalled it from my saved data but it still won't load, I launch the 0exe file and it comes back to windows after 3-4 seconds of CPU usage without even showing the black papyrus screen. > > I don't know what could be wrong, the only thing I've changed lately is to install a new MS joystick so I was expecting to recalibrate my act labs wheel and pedals but I can't even get there. > > Thanks for the help > Has it run at all since you reinstalled it? (Or is the problem Ferrari and/or Spa only?) You might try installing from the original CD-ROM (to get all the proper stuff into the Windows registry), and *then* copying over your saved data into the GPL directory. That should work, if I remember some old posts correctly. -- Darryl

won't start anymore. I launch the 0exe file and it comes back to windows after 3-4 seconds of CPU usage without even showing the black papyrus screen. lately is to install a new MS joystick so I was expecting to recalibrate my act labs wheel and pedals but I can't even get there. Has it run at all since you reinstalled it? (Or is the problem Ferrari and/or Spa only?) You might try installing from the original CD-ROM (to get all the proper stuff into the Windows registry), and *then* copying over your saved data into the GPL directory. That should work, if I remember some old posts correctly. -- Darryl

Ok, thanks guys, i've put the files back from the CD and it's fine now, i don't know what happened but i am having another problem now, I've put it in another post http://cerbermail.com/?ltQ8eCFmRa

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> Txl wrote in news:op.s0709hh3arkwbw@jc: > >> Hello, >> >> I wa&nted to fire up the Ferrari in Spa but for somereason my GPL > won't start anymore. >> >> I have reinstalled it from my saved data but it still won't load, > I launch the 0exe file and it comes back to windows after 3-4 > seconds of CPU usage without even showing the black papyrus screen. >> >> I don't know what could be wrong, the only thing I've changed > lately is to install a new MS joystick so I was expecting to > recalibrate my act labs wheel and pedals but I can't even get > there. >> >> Thanks for the help >> > > Has it run at all since you reinstalled it? (Or is the problem > Ferrari and/or Spa only?) > > You might try installing from the original CD-ROM (to get all the > proper stuff into the Windows registry), and *then* copying over > your saved data into the GPL directory. That should work, if I > remember some old posts correctly. > > -- > Darryl

Actually.... GPL doesn't create any registry entries so an 'install' wouldn't do anything. I would look at the track and car files - as Darryl suggested first. Cheers ==--==

Txl wrote: > I have reinstalled it from my saved data but it still won't load, I > launch the 0exe file and it comes back to windows after 3-4 seconds of > CPU usage without even showing the black papyrus screen. One of the most common reasons for this is if you move gpl to a folder which doesn't have file indexing enabled in XP. Simply enable it to make it work. GPL can otherwise be simply copied from folder to folder with no need to go through an installation routine. Cheers Tony