Hi

All of of a sudden P4AO is not working correctly. Whilst i can add and alter scenery etc it is not saving that info when I press Backup.

On start up I get this error, Errors detected in config files! exe.xml:there is an error in xml document(1,4). Contents will not be visible!

 

Here is user config

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<configuration>
    <configSections>
        <sectionGroup name="userSettings" type="System.Configuration.UserSettingsGroup, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" >
            <section name="P3DAddonOrganizer.Properties.Settings" type="System.Configuration.ClientSettingsSection, System, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089" allowExeDefinition="MachineToLocalUser" requirePermission="false" />
        </sectionGroup>
    </configSections>
    <userSettings>
        <P3DAddonOrganizer.Properties.Settings>
            <setting name="AskClearScenIndex" serializeAs="String">
                <value>True</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="LightRed" serializeAs="String">
                <value>#FFFFB6C1</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="DarkRed" serializeAs="String">
                <value>#FFFF4500</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="Prepar3DVersion" serializeAs="String">
                <value>V4</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="AutoRelayer" serializeAs="String">
                <value>True</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="BackupPath" serializeAs="String">
                <value>C:\Users\chris\Downloads\P3D 4 files\P4AO Backup Files</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="PackageLaw" serializeAs="String">
                <value>False</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="LightGreen" serializeAs="String">
                <value>#FF90EE90</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="DarkGreen" serializeAs="String">
                <value>#FF32CD32</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="NeverClearIndex" serializeAs="String">
                <value>False</value>
            </setting>
            <setting name="StrictLayerOrder" serializeAs="String">
                <value>False</value>
            </setting>
        </P3DAddonOrganizer.Properties.Settings>
    </userSettings>
</configuration>

I think this all resulted from a disaster install and subsequent uninstall of Process Lasso, which removed lots of stuff off my PC!!

Please advise me what to do?

Regards

chris

 

20 minutes ago, bevchris said:

it is not saving that info when I press Backup.

I don't understand - what exactly do you mean by that? Doesn't the app create a ZIP file?

21 minutes ago, bevchris said:

On start up I get this error, Errors detected in config files! exe.xml:there is an error in xml document(1,4). Contents will not be visible!

Then you have a broken exe.xml. There can be two of them:

C:\Users\...\AppData\Roaming\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\exe.xml

C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\exe.xml

At least in one of them the XML format has been destroyed. 

HI Oliver

Thanks, yes my addon_configuration_backup_P3Dv4_2021 is empty.

Here are my 2 exe.xml files

Program data

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

<SimBase.Document Type="AceXML" version="3,0" id="exe">
    <Descr>AceXML Document</Descr>
    <Filename>exe.xml</Filename>
    
</SimBase.Document>

 and App data

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="Windows-1252"?>
<SimBase.Document Type="Launch" version="1,0">
<Descr>Launch</Descr>
<Filename>EXE.xml</Filename>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<Launch.ManualLoad>False</Launch.ManualLoad>
<Launch.Addon>
<Disabled>False</Disabled>
<ManualLoad>False</ManualLoad>
<Name>as_connect</Name>
<Path>as_srv\as_connect_64.dll</Path>
<NewConsole>True</NewConsole>
</Launch.Addon>
</SimBase.Document>   

I can not see what is wrong?

Regards

chris

1 hour ago, bevchris said:

Thanks, yes my addon_configuration_backup_P3Dv4_2021 is empty.

Are you trying to open it with a doubleclick? Then it won't show the contents and appear empty. But it isn't, check the file size.

The paths of the files in the backup include the drive letter, Windows Explorer can't handle that. So the ZIP can only be opened with 7ZIP or a similar program

 

About the exe.xml: it is probably the first one, it is missing a few parts. You can probably just delete (=rename) that file, it doesn't contain anything useful. But this error would never keep P4AO from creating the backup.

 

Edited March 3, 20215 yr by Lorby_SI

Oliver

OK point taken on the backup files.

As for the first xml i deleted it and re-run P3d and it produced this one.

Still getting the errors detected in config files when starting Addon Organiser?

 

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>

-<SimBase.Document id="exe" version="3,0" Type="AceXML">

<Descr>AceXML Document</Descr>

<Filename>exe.xml</Filename>

</SimBase.Document>

Regards

chris