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I need some technical help and am not sure where to pose this, as it's a problem that the program's developer has never seen before and his suggestions didn't solve.
Album Player is a very good sounding small audio player that's been around for a few years: Audio player Album Player 2.105. It simply unzips to wherever the user wants; i.e. it doesn't use the installer. After running it successfully for months, for the past three days it's been returning an error box on starting the program with the message, "Could not load the decoder." But the thing is the decoder file, ap2decoder.exe, shows as a running process in Windows Task Mgr (Win 8.1 x64 Pro). The developer says the decoder program hasn't changed in five versions (since 2.101, now 2.105).
Here's what I've tried without success:
- deleted and reinstalled the x64 and x32 versions a few times (with reboots)
- excluded the player from Comodo anti-virus and firewall (there were no warnings)
- changed folders where it's located
- run as administrator
- run Yamicsoft Windows 8 Mgr repair module
The only other new thing I can think of during these past couple of days is that there have been two computer startups among many where the system SSD wasn't recognized by the BIOS. The first time I checked BIOS settings and all looked normal, and then coming out of it the computer started right up. The second time I ignored it and it just rebooted normally. I also unplugged/replugged the SSD on both ends just to be sure (Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK mobo; firmware up to date).
Any other ideas? Anything about Windows that could be causing this? Thanks,
Album Player is a very good sounding small audio player that's been around for a few years: Audio player Album Player 2.105. It simply unzips to wherever the user wants; i.e. it doesn't use the installer. After running it successfully for months, for the past three days it's been returning an error box on starting the program with the message, "Could not load the decoder." But the thing is the decoder file, ap2decoder.exe, shows as a running process in Windows Task Mgr (Win 8.1 x64 Pro). The developer says the decoder program hasn't changed in five versions (since 2.101, now 2.105).
Here's what I've tried without success:
- deleted and reinstalled the x64 and x32 versions a few times (with reboots)
- excluded the player from Comodo anti-virus and firewall (there were no warnings)
- changed folders where it's located
- run as administrator
- run Yamicsoft Windows 8 Mgr repair module
The only other new thing I can think of during these past couple of days is that there have been two computer startups among many where the system SSD wasn't recognized by the BIOS. The first time I checked BIOS settings and all looked normal, and then coming out of it the computer started right up. The second time I ignored it and it just rebooted normally. I also unplugged/replugged the SSD on both ends just to be sure (Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK mobo; firmware up to date).
Any other ideas? Anything about Windows that could be causing this? Thanks,
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Win 8.1 Pro x64
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- DIY
- CPU
- i5 4690K
- Motherboard
- Gigabyte GA-Z97X-UD5H-BK3 (rev. 1.2) UEFI Bios
- Memory
- 16 GB (4x4)
- Graphics Card(s)
- Sapphire Ultimate HD7750
- Sound Card
- JCAT USB
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Dell U2412M
- Screen Resolution
- 1920x1200
- Hard Drives
- Samsung 850 Pro 256 GB SSD
Seagate 3TB, 2TB & 1TB HDDs
- PSU
- Seasonic x650 PSU
- Case
- Cooler Master Elite 335
- Cooling
- Prolimatech Megahalems Rev. C cooler, 3 Nexus Silent Fans
- Keyboard
- IBM Model M
- Mouse
- Bornd Wireless Mouse
- Internet Speed
- 60+ mbps claimed
- Antivirus
- Comodo CIS, MBAM Pro
- Other Info
- PS Audio Directstream dac, Quad 12L powered speakers, Core Audio Tech Kora LPS, JCAT USB card, Uptone Regen USB