Cant get blender 2.49a to start

ShaneJ · Post by **ShaneJ** » Sun Jul 12, 2009 6:59 pm

Hi,
I extracted the 2.49 and 2.49a releases for vista 64 and after 2.48 working like a charm I cant get the 2.49s to even start.

I get this error message when i attempt to start blender

C:\Users\Shane\Blender\blender.exe

The application has failed to start because its side by side configuration is incorrect. Please see the application event log for more detail.

And I cant just simply use 2.48 because i foolishly deleted it thinking the side by side thing had something to do with having 2 versions of blender on my machine.
Any help would be appreciated and thanks for your time.

LetterRip · Post by **LetterRip** » Sat Aug 15, 2009 8:17 pm

There was a bug in the windows release, should be fixed now.

LetterRip

Drugon · Post by **Drugon** » Wed Aug 19, 2009 1:33 am

No I am getting this issue also, re-downloaded and everything.

Stravonski · Post by **Stravonski** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 12:34 am

I also downloaded this today for my Vista 64 PC. I got the same error.

Any idea on how to fix this?

Post by **stiv** » Fri Aug 21, 2009 3:31 am

Most likely either weird Vista permissions problems or graphics card/driver issues.

Stravonski · Post by **Stravonski** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 5:44 pm

stiv wrote:Most likely either weird Vista permissions problems or graphics card/driver issues.

I have the newest drivers for my video card and I haven't had "wierd Vista permissions problems" with any other software I have recently installed.

I did get Blender running on my Vista 32 laptop so I guess I can use it there, but my desktop is where I like to do most of my work.

Post by **stiv** » Tue Aug 25, 2009 6:23 pm

Latest drivers are not the same as working drivers. 64 bit drivers for Windows have been problems in the past and I won't even mention the Aero mess.

Without some actual details on the error and maybe some hardware info, there is not much more to do other than guess. Some posters have mentioned running in XP compatibility mode.

Please see the application event log for more detail.

HellfirePatzi · Post by **HellfirePatzi** » Sun Sep 06, 2009 12:51 pm

Hi ShaneJ,

i got the same error msg on my vista 64bit system. I simply downloaded and installed the "Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistribution Package (x64)" which can be found here

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... 7CFDFFEE4E

and after that it works. maybe this will help you.

Greetz

Patzi

dvidale · Post by **dvidale** » Thu Sep 24, 2009 4:19 pm

HellfirePatzi wrote:Hi ShaneJ,

i got the same error msg on my vista 64bit system. I simply downloaded and installed the "Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistribution Package (x64)" which can be found here

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... 7CFDFFEE4E

and after that it works. maybe this will help you.

Greetz

Patzi

I had the same error for Vista64 and Blender 2.49b and I downloaded that package and it's working fine now. Thank you.

Impulse Fire911 · Post by **Impulse Fire911** » Thu Oct 01, 2009 5:54 am

omg this worked i reinstalled vista and i forgot i even installed this on my other version. no wonder it wasnt working

Wefyb · Post by **Wefyb** » Thu Nov 12, 2009 7:31 am

OK, I have just about the same problem as you, but with one MASSIVE DIFFERENCE(sorry about the caps but there needed)

Im using Windows 7, i also have 2.49b, which seems to be having that same "side-by-side" error, and no, i cant just download the program thats been talked about for so long because my computer refuses to except it, is there any OTHER ways people know of to make it work?

jbrower115 · Post by **jbrower115** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:38 pm

The same goes for me, Wefyb. Any help would be GREATLY appreciated.

--j

jbrower115 · Post by **jbrower115** » Thu Dec 03, 2009 9:54 pm

Check this out:

http://www.seangw.com/wordpress/index.p ... incorrect/

and:

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/c ... layLang=en

I put that MS Visual C++ thing on and Blender started right up! Hope this helps.

--j