Norman Maddox Posted January 25, 2022 at 06:00 PM Posted January 25, 2022 at 06:00 PM Hello all, I'm having another weird issue, and it's really frustrating. Seems no matter what ASDEX I try to load, my vstars crashes when doing ".asdex kphx or .asdex kdfw " I've already tried to remove vstars completely clear the config, remove every file associated with vstars start fresh basically like it's not even installed, but no luck... Any ideas? I've cleared vstars out my registry everything, wiped my computer clean of vstars.... It loads the first time, soon as I setup my F7 TC/TX/TN/TM/TV/ etc... commands and save my presets, I go to relog and my .asdex doesn't load... It's just a white screen and freezes my entire vstars program.. I've tried everything, and I'm really out of suggestions to try to trouble shoot... I've cleared configs, removed every file associated with vstars, installed it on different drives, installed as admin, ran it as admin tried different ARTCC sectors with asdex's and samething, so it's not the FE's fault, I'm not sure what's going on 😞 Any suggestions very much appreciated, thanks again for your time. Regards, Norman Maddox Jr Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted January 25, 2022 at 06:06 PM Posted January 25, 2022 at 06:06 PM Are you on a multi-monitor system? And if so, is vSTARS running on your primary monitor or a secondary monitor? Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Maddox Posted January 25, 2022 at 10:58 PM Author Posted January 25, 2022 at 10:58 PM (edited) Yes, that's correct. vStars is on my primary monitor, and ASDEX is trying to open on a secondary monitor. **Update** When I disconnect my secondary and launch the .asdex on the same screen (primary screen) there's no crash 😞 Tell me you have a fix for this, Ross.. I don't want to have to keep disconnecting my secondary every time I want to control... Edited January 25, 2022 at 11:32 PM by Norman Maddox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ross Carlson Posted January 26, 2022 at 01:27 AM Posted January 26, 2022 at 01:27 AM (edited) I believe you're running into the same issue that users of VAT-Spy and vERAM have run into. There's a program that comes with some motherboards (especially Asus) called Nahimic services. It's some kind of audio enhancement for games, I think. For some reason, it interferes with OpenGL applications (which VAT-Spy, vERAM, and vSTARS all are) and causes the lockup. Do some googling to learn how to see if you have the Nahimic Service running and how to disable it, and see if that fixes it. Edited January 26, 2022 at 01:27 AM by Ross Carlson 1 Developer: vPilot, VRC, vSTARS, vERAM, VAT-Spy Senior Controller, Boston Virtual ARTCC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Maddox Posted January 26, 2022 at 06:52 AM Author Posted January 26, 2022 at 06:52 AM 5 hours ago, Ross Carlson said: Nahimic Service You my new friend is my hero 🙂 That fixed it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Littleton Posted January 27, 2022 at 07:09 AM Posted January 27, 2022 at 07:09 AM (edited) Hi there. Found this thread and tried disabling the Nahimic Service and it for the most part worked. If I open the .ASDEX on my main monitor VSTARS is running on and I want to move it to the my secondary one and leave it there, it'll crash VSTARS and leave it hanging the next time I attempt to open the .ASDEX. This happens for both PDX and SEA airports where I control mostly. When I also try to open VSTARS on my secondary monitor it crashes instantly without warning instead the program hanging and not responding. As long as I open VSTARS on my main primary monitor everything seems to work fine, but when I try to use both is when I run into issues. PC and monitor specs: Processor   11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Both monitors 2560x1440. Both G-SYNC enabled with max sync rate of 165 hz. Main monitor running on display port, second monitor running on HDMI port.)  Thanks in advance for your assistance. Let me know if you need anymore information!  Craig  Edited January 27, 2022 at 07:24 AM by Craig Littleton Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Maddox Posted January 27, 2022 at 07:23 AM Author Posted January 27, 2022 at 07:23 AM 12 minutes ago, Craig Littleton said: Hi there. Found this thread and trying disabling the Nahimic Service and it for the most part. If I open the .ASDEX on my main monitor VSTARS is running on and I want to move it to the my secondary one and leave it there, it'll crash VSTARS and leave it hanging the next time I attempt to open the .ASDEX. This happens for both PDX and SEA airports where I control mostly. When I also try to open VSTARS on my secondary monitor it crashes instantly without warning instead the program hanging and not responding. As long as I open VSTARS on my main primary monitor everything seems to work fine, but when I try to use both is when I run into issues. PC and monitor specs: Processor   11th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-11700F @ 2.50GHz, 2501 Mhz, 8 Core(s), 16 Logical Processor(s) NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3080 (Both monitors 2560x1440. Both G-SYNC enabled with max sync rate of 165 hz. Main monitor running on display port, second monitor running on HDMI port.)  Thanks in advance for your assistance. Let me know if you need anymore information!  Craig  Follow this, best of luck. This should resolve your issue. I followed this, and now it's working fine with no issues. https://gyazo.com/e434369d246d634d0e4a2e60ff7c1b2a Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Littleton Posted January 27, 2022 at 07:26 AM Posted January 27, 2022 at 07:26 AM 1 minute ago, Norman Maddox said: Follow this, best of luck. This should resolve your issue. I followed this, and now it's working fine with no issues. https://gyazo.com/e434369d246d634d0e4a2e60ff7c1b2a Hi Norman,  Thanks for the quick reply and assistance. I've already disabled that service on my PC and I still get the same results when attempting to utilize 2 monitors. Specifically opening .ASDEX where I left it on my second monitor last. It crashes if everything is not on my main display when it was closed last. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Maddox Posted January 27, 2022 at 08:36 AM Author Posted January 27, 2022 at 08:36 AM (edited) 1 hour ago, Craig Littleton said: Hi Norman,  Thanks for the quick reply and assistance. I've already disabled that service on my PC and I still get the same results when attempting to utilize 2 monitors. Specifically opening .ASDEX where I left it on my second monitor last. It crashes if everything is not on my main display when it was closed last. Did you make sure to close the service? It's probably still running, be sure to hit stop program as well after you follow those instructions then try it again. This should resolve your issue, if not, then I'm not sure. Maybe Ross can assist further, but this seems to be the likely of your cause since it was for mine too and after disabling and stopping the program from running on my system it resolved the .asdex issue. Be sure in services.msc itlooks like this under the service https://gyazo.com/0e1cf23688c2bf8e82485f2ab8f70f02 Edited January 27, 2022 at 08:38 AM by Norman Maddox Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Littleton Posted January 27, 2022 at 04:49 PM Posted January 27, 2022 at 04:49 PM 8 hours ago, Norman Maddox said: Did you make sure to close the service? It's probably still running, be sure to hit stop program as well after you follow those instructions then try it again. This should resolve your issue, if not, then I'm not sure. Maybe Ross can assist further, but this seems to be the likely of your cause since it was for mine too and after disabling and stopping the program from running on my system it resolved the .asdex issue. Be sure in services.msc itlooks like this under the service https://gyazo.com/0e1cf23688c2bf8e82485f2ab8f70f02  Yes, it is stopped and disabled on startup as well.  Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norman Maddox Posted January 27, 2022 at 06:00 PM Author Posted January 27, 2022 at 06:00 PM Try doing a fresh install of vStars like remove everything the files that are left behind when you uninstall. Everything. What I did was went to " This PC " searched vStars and got rid of every file, I even went as far as removing everything out of my registry not sure if you need to go to that extend, but that is what I did. After removing the NahmimicService I no longer have any issues with .asdex opening on my secondary screen. I would try at least removing all vstars files from your PC, and then doing a fresh install or maybe running vStars on another drive and see if that fixes it. 1 hour ago, Craig Littleton said:  Yes, it is stopped and disabled on startup as well.   Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig Littleton Posted January 27, 2022 at 06:38 PM Posted January 27, 2022 at 06:38 PM 37 minutes ago, Norman Maddox said: Try doing a fresh install of vStars like remove everything the files that are left behind when you uninstall. Everything. What I did was went to " This PC " searched vStars and got rid of every file, I even went as far as removing everything out of my registry not sure if you need to go to that extend, but that is what I did. After removing the NahmimicService I no longer have any issues with .asdex opening on my secondary screen. I would try at least removing all vstars files from your PC, and then doing a fresh install or maybe running vStars on another drive and see if that fixes it.  I did reinstall VSTARS 3 times prior to finding out about the Nahimic Service. So maybe another fresh install will help the cause here. I will do that and update further if the problem persists thank you! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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