Help! It wont start!

30 November 2009, 22:58

Hi Folks,

new to the board.

I am having a problem with WINUAE. I have installed it. When i click on the icon to fire it up, it comes up with the following warning message:

'windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions for this item'

Any ideas?

NewDeli · 30 November 2009, 23:13

Download the zip archive, extract it to a folder outside 'program files' (e.g. to another partition) and see if it starts up this time

30 November 2009, 23:29

Ok. I did that, double clicked the .exe file and nothing happened.

I extracted it to a file on my desktop.

Does that help at all?

TCD · 30 November 2009, 23:31

Hi pwig and welcome to EAB!

Try to set WinUAE to run with administrator rights : http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm (assuming you use Vista or Windows 7)

DH · 30 November 2009, 23:34

Hi pwig, welcome to EAB from one Geordie to another

01 December 2009, 10:51

Right sorted this last night.

I was running a commodo firewall without me knowing and it blocked the program from starting up

Still sorted out now

SWOS here we come. I even bought me one of them retro joysticks to use.

Toni Wilen · 02 December 2009, 13:54

Some overly paranoid malware tools may detect winuae as suspicious because of winpcap support (used for network card emulation)

NewDeli · 02 December 2009, 14:54

I use Comodo firewall too, the additional security layer is a good tool to block communications between some installed software and their editors, but it displays an alerts each time a modification is made to the system.

This is especially annoying during software installations. I hope the firewall itself is more competent than Windows', but I am not even positive it is so.

WinUAE gives two alerts IIRC, one being for using DirectX 8 dll.

30 November 2009, 22:58	#1
pwig Posts: n/a	Help! It wont start! Hi Folks, new to the board. I am having a problem with WINUAE. I have installed it. When i click on the icon to fire it up, it comes up with the following warning message: 'windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions for this item' Any ideas?

30 November 2009, 23:31	#4
TCD Moderator Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Germany Age: 35 Posts: 22,640	Hi pwig and welcome to EAB! Try to set WinUAE to run with administrator rights : http://vistasupport.mvps.org/run_as_administrator.htm (assuming you use Vista or Windows 7) __________________ "I am Polka and that's why I don't like accordions" - CrazyOne, April 2013

30 November 2009, 23:34	#5
DH Global Moderator Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: UK Age: 46 Posts: 3,438	Hi pwig, welcome to EAB from one Geordie to another __________________ CiA FORUM - CiA WEBSITE

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30 November 2009, 23:13	#2
NewDeli Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Paris / FRANCE Age: 39 Posts: 1,248	Download the zip archive, extract it to a folder outside 'program files' (e.g. to another partition) and see if it starts up this time

30 November 2009, 23:29	#3
pwig Posts: n/a	Ok. I did that, double clicked the .exe file and nothing happened. I extracted it to a file on my desktop. Does that help at all?

01 December 2009, 10:51	#6
pwig Posts: n/a	Right sorted this last night. I was running a commodo firewall without me knowing and it blocked the program from starting up Still sorted out now SWOS here we come. I even bought me one of them retro joysticks to use.

02 December 2009, 13:54	#7
Toni Wilen WinUAE developer Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Hämeenlinna/Finland Age: 38 Posts: 12,032	Some overly paranoid malware tools may detect winuae as suspicious because of winpcap support (used for network card emulation)

02 December 2009, 14:54	#8
NewDeli Banned Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Paris / FRANCE Age: 39 Posts: 1,248	I use Comodo firewall too, the additional security layer is a good tool to block communications between some installed software and their editors, but it displays an alerts each time a modification is made to the system. This is especially annoying during software installations. I hope the firewall itself is more competent than Windows', but I am not even positive it is so. WinUAE gives two alerts IIRC, one being for using DirectX 8 dll.

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