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GDI+ error

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Rosario Manzo

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All of a sudden I've started to get GDI+ error when opening any AD4 file.
ADE starts normally. The error only happens at the final stage after opening a file. I can see the airport layout and elements on the screen, then a window appears with this:

System.Runtime.InteropServices.ExternalException: Errore generico in GDI+.
in System.Drawing.Region.IsVisible(RectangleF rect, Graphics g)
in System.Drawing.Region.IsVisible(RectangleF rect)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.Nodes.PPath.Intersects(RectangleF bounds, PMatrix matrix)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.Nodes.PPath.Intersects(RectangleF bounds)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PNode.PickAfterChildren(PPickPath pickPath)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.Nodes.PPath.PickAfterChildren(PPickPath pickPath)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PNode.FullPick(PPickPath pickPath)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PNode.FullPick(PPickPath pickPath)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PCamera.PickCameraView(PPickPath pickPath)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PCamera.PickAfterChildren(PPickPath pickPath)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PNode.FullPick(PPickPath pickPath)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PCamera.Pick(Single x, Single y, Single halo)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PInputManager.ProcessInput()
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PRoot.ProcessInputs()
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PInputManager.ProcessEventFromCamera(EventArgs e, PInputType type, PCamera camera, PCanvas canvas)
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PCanvas.SimulateMouseMoveOrDrag()
in UMD.HCIL.Piccolo.PCanvas.OnMouseEnter(EventArgs e)
in System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseEnter(Message& m)
in System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
in System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
in System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
in System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
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This happens on a machine where FSX is not installed, with both 1.70 and 1.75RC1, but I've had no problems at all for months. I do not have this problem on another machine with ADE installed. Maybe some specific windows update issue?
System is Win7 Professional 64, ADE with ProKey.

Thanks in advance for any help.
 
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This is coming from the third party graphics engine that ADE uses. I don't know what causes the problem. Please send me the log file so I might see the point in the ADE code that triggers this
 
OK - I am sorry but I can't see any way to fix this since it is all happening outside my code. General GDI+ errors are very hard to find - it could be memory, or lack of resources or almost anything. It seems that it relates to your computer setup. I am afraid I am not being helpful here :(
 
I would try running the software with elevated privileges. It is easy to conclude that a Windows update added a security restriction and this conclusion could be re enforced with a confirmation that ADE has been installed into the Program Files directory. Such dysfunctionality was a common occurrence for users who migrated to the increased, or significantly changed security environment of Windows 10 and it was learned that the program files directory bore the highest focus of these security restrictions. The conclusion would be that this security environment was now being applied to W7 users.
So there are actually two solutions to try, based on the conclusion, because in many cases, installing software in any other directory than Program Files, allowed the software, that otherwise had errors like the one shown above, to run normally without the need for elevated privileges.
 
I don't know how to increase privileges.
I have an admin account on W7, UAC is disabled, ADE is set to run as administrator and it is installed in its own directory in C:
The whole directory is also disabled in Microsoft Security Essentials.
 
That is about the extent you can do for elevated privileges.
 
Hello!
Just to report that the simplest solution generally given in these cases is always the most effective too. Uninstall and reinstall did the trick!
 
That's good - thanks for letting us know
 
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