Do you need admin rights to run the calculator (that definitely isn’t necessary!) or to install the redistributable package (that is necessary).
Did you maybe install the wrong redistributable package? You need to install vcredist_x86.exe even if you have a 64-bit Windows (because it’s an 32-bit application
When you try to open the programme, a console window should also open in the background. Do you see any error message there?
Do you see any other error message?
Do you have 32-bit or 64-bit windows? (It shouldn’t matter, but who knows).
Hey rahv7, after downloading the zip-file my anti-virus (360 Total Security) screams Trojan alert "HEUR/QVM10.1.Malware.Gen"
It’s probably a false alarm but I thought I’d let you know…?
Thanks for letting me know. I have no idea where this is coming from.
I just tried downloaded/extracting/running it on my system and neither Security Essentials nor Avira reacted in any way.
Does it say which file contains a virus? If it’s the executable, I could try to do some minor changes so checksums and such would change when I recompile it.
No further alarms after I de-quarantined it. Calculator’s running fine, thank you! :)
In case it helps you, I’m running Win 10 64-bit. The original alarm occurred when I tried opening the zip-file "directly", right-click and extract with 7-zip didn’t trigger an alarm. edited by Amélie Vaincœur on 11/25/2015
[quote=rahv7]@John Savage: Sorry, never heard of this issue.
Let’s see if we can find out what the reason is:
Do you need admin rights to run the calculator (that definitely isn’t necessary!) or to install the redistributable package (that is necessary).
Did you maybe install the wrong redistributable package? You need to install vcredist_x86.exe even if you have a 64-bit Windows (because it’s an 32-bit application
When you try to open the programme, a console window should also open in the background. Do you see any error message there?
Do you see any other error message?
Do you have 32-bit or 64-bit windows? (It shouldn’t matter, but who knows).[/quote]
Running 64 bit Windows 8.1 (I think)…
I needed admin to run the calculator, yes… I just did a "repair (?))" of my redistributable package… but I still can’t run it… permanent working cursor… going to need to re-boot again… lovely… I hate Bill Gates… I have mentioned that, yes?
@John Savage: Win 8.1 is SHIT, upgrade to 10 asap. Seriously. Even if you have an older machine, it’ll run a lot better with 10! edited by Amélie Vaincœur on 11/25/2015
[quote=Amélie Vaincœur]@John Savage: Win 8.1 is SHIT, upgrade to 10 asap. Seriously. Even if you have an older machine, it’ll run a lot better with 10! edited by Amélie Vaincœur on 11/25/2015[/quote]
no one I know likes 10… they all call it a virus in itself… except my friends who work for Microsoft of course…
EDIT: Me, personally… until they bring back 3.1 I will never like Windows… "upgrading" was the worst move I ever made on my old system edited by John Savage on 11/25/2015
[quote=John Savage][quote=Amélie Vaincœur]@John Savage: Win 8.1 is SHIT, upgrade to 10 asap. Seriously. Even if you have an older machine, it’ll run a lot better with 10! edited by Amélie Vaincœur on 11/25/2015[/quote]
no one I know likes 10… they all call it a virus in itself… except my friends who work for Microsoft of course…
EDIT: Me, personally… until they bring back 3.1 I will never like Windows… "upgrading" was the worst move I ever made on my old system edited by John Savage on 11/25/2015[/quote]
10 is buggier, but generally better, than 8.1. now, 10 is what you get if you poorly combine 7 & 8, so if you love 8, don’t upgrade, if you love 7, don’t upgrade.
10 is a decent windows, and they’re still updating it. I’m not upgrading, but i’ve used 10- it’s really not that bad.
[b]@John Savage: I’ve ran the programme on windows 8 system at work and everything was fine. I can only imagine that it is some weird conflict between my programme and other programmes/drivers/services you are running. Sorry.
@Amélie: If everything is working for you now I won’t change anything. In addition to Avira and Security Essentials, I also tested it with Spybot and with McAfee Antivius and none of those complain on any of the machines I’ve tested this on.