Winamp lameness

Roto13 · 10-02-2008, 07:20 AM

Winamp crashes whenever I try to start it up. I uninstalled and when I tried to reinstall it, it said that it couldn't access nscrt.dll, elevatorps.dll, or elevator.exe. I found them and I couldn't delete them so I restarted the computer and tried again. I managed to delete them this time. When I finished installing and tried to start it up again, it crashed and AVG gave me some warning about zlib.dll.

Help me.

Momiji · 10-02-2008, 07:45 AM

Originally Posted by Roto13 ^

Winamp crashes whenever I try to start it up. I uninstalled and when I tried to reinstall it, it said that it couldn't access nscrt.dll, elevatorps.dll, or elevator.exe. I found them and I couldn't delete them so I restarted the computer and tried again. I managed to delete them this time. When I finished installing and tried to start it up again, it crashed and AVG gave me some warning about zlib.dll.

Help me.

I had something similar, but I never had an AVG warning or anything. It worked when I reinstalled it though, so I can't help you there.

Perhaps the installer you downloaded got corrupted? Try redownloading and reinstalling that. Just a guess.

Roto13 · 10-02-2008, 07:50 AM

I redownloaded it like five times. :P

Momiji · 10-02-2008, 02:02 PM

Psssst

....what, I don't want to break the chain

Anyway, I don't know what to tell you. Have you tried downloading the .dll files separately?

crono_logical · 10-02-2008, 02:35 PM

when you uninstall winamp, also delete all traces of it's folders, since it can leave stuff behind, like in Program Files, before you reinstall it

Other possiblities include a virus deeper in the system, hence the alert and the weird files it was trying to access (why the heck does it need to access an .exe of all things?), I suggest you reinstall Windows

Personally, I prefer foobar2000 as an audio player under Windows anyway

Roto13 · 10-02-2008, 06:20 PM

I looked up what those three files were last night, and according to the Winamp forums, elevator.exe is necessary to allow Winamp to do things without those security notices and stuff in Vista.

Anyway, I don't know what the hell happened, but it's working now. >_> It wasn't working last night and I haven't restarted since then, but now it's working ok. (Except all of my bookmarks and things are gone. Bah.)

Rantzien · 10-02-2008, 06:28 PM

~~The elevator.exe and dll things have to do with Vista UAC and are not viruses AFAIK. Do you have UAC activated? If so, maybe try and except Winamp from it, although I doubt it'll make a difference.~~ I'm late to the party, it seems.

But yes, foobar2000 whips the llama's bottom better than Winamp does.

Omecle · 10-04-2008, 12:57 AM

Originally Posted by Rantzien ^

But yes, foobar2000 whips the llama's bottom better than Winamp does.

I prefer an interface that doesn't look like its from 1999.

Roto13 Banned Cim's Official Frontsmack Location: On the INTARWEB	#3 (permalink) I redownloaded it like five times. :P
10-02-2008, 07:50 AM

Momiji Site Staff Index-Librorum-Prohibitorum Location: Loli, loli, loli, get your adverbs here~	#4 (permalink) Psssst ....what, I don't want to break the chain Anyway, I don't know what to tell you. Have you tried downloading the .dll files separately?
10-02-2008, 02:02 PM

Rantzien Merry Rantzien. Location: In... my basement? NeoTifaaa >:(	#7 (permalink) ~~The elevator.exe and dll things have to do with Vista UAC and are not viruses AFAIK. Do you have UAC activated? If so, maybe try and except Winamp from it, although I doubt it'll make a difference.~~ I'm late to the party, it seems. But yes, foobar2000 whips the llama's bottom better than Winamp does.
10-02-2008, 06:28 PM

Omecle Swanky. Location: Australia	#8 (permalink) Originally Posted by Rantzien ^ But yes, foobar2000 whips the llama's bottom better than Winamp does. I prefer an interface that doesn't look like its from 1999.
10-04-2008, 12:57 AM