SVCD2DVD v2.0 RC1 crashes during startup

[Joergi]

Dear community, dear developer,
unfortunately my freshly bought SVCD2DVD v2.0 RC1 crashes during startup. I have never seen the main program window. Uninstall and reinstall does not solve the problem.

I receive 3 consecutive error messages (in German):

[ChrissyBoy]

ok. Can you post the text of the last image as text so i can use it? Also, what does the message part mean in english? "Message: Absolute....."

[Joergi]

Version: 2.0 RC1

Type: System.ArgumentException

Source: mscorlib

Message: Absolute Pfadinformationen sind erforderlich.

InnerException: 

StackTrace:    at System.Security.Util.StringExpressionSet.AddExpressions(String[] str, Boolean checkForDuplicates, 

Boolean needFullPath)
   at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission.AddPathList(FileIOPermissionAccess access, String[] 

pathListOrig, Boolean checkForDuplicates, Boolean needFullPath, Boolean copyPathList)
   at System.Security.Permissions.FileIOPermission..ctor(FileIOPermissionAccess access, String path)
   at System.Environment.GetFolderPath(SpecialFolder folder)
   at x3284ccece41ee22b.x067e7d569898d5a4..ctor()
   at x3284ccece41ee22b.xfa6d102debc45529..ctor()
   at x3284ccece41ee22b.x210ff09a2516b1a7.x0507e45eec4e9097(Object xe0292b9ed559da7d, EventArgs 

xfbf34718e704c6bc)
   at System.EventHandler.Invoke(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.OnLoad(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Form.SetVisibleCore(Boolean value)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.set_Visible(Boolean value)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoopInner(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ThreadContext.RunMessageLoop(Int32 reason, ApplicationContext context)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Application.Run(Form mainForm)
   at x3284ccece41ee22b.x210ff09a2516b1a7.xc447809891322395(String[] xce8d8c7e3c2c2426)

Message: "Absolute Pfadinformationen sind erforderlich."
means in English:
Message: "Absolute path information is mandatory/required."

[ChrissyBoy]

Well the error occurs when trying to determine the "Program files" directory.

A couple of questions. What is the "Program files" directory path on your PC? Do you have administative permissions on the PC? And do you have DV DDecrypter installed?

[Joergi]

Thank you very much for your quick response ChrissyBoy !

Concerning your questions:
Yes, I have DVD Decrypter installed.
Yes, I have administrator rights.

Ok, I fixed the problem ! The problem was my default "Program Files" path. I used Microsoft TweakUI to change it from C:\Program Files to D:\. I have the root directory of D:\ for my Program Files.
After your question about my default directory for Program Files I went into RegEdit and checked
HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\Current Version
and there the ProgramFileDir key.
ProgramFileDir was set to D:
What I did now, was simply adding a backslash.
Now ProgramFileDir is set to D:\

Voilà, SVCD2DVD v2.0 RC1 works ! Really funny, because I am using my Windows XP installation now already since XP was released and I never ran into problems with the missing backslash. Your program somehow "found" it now .

[ChrissyBoy]

Excellent news. I suppose the issue was that d: is not a path yet d:\ is in the pedantic world of the .Net framework!

Thanks for the update.

[Joergi]

Hello ChrissyBoy,

it is now already 3 months ago but lately I found out that it seems to be correct to have D: and not D:\ as a value in the before mentioned registry entry.

Problem:
SVCD2DVD crashes when not having a backslash behind the drive letter entry in the registry. I described the problem in my postings above.
The WISE installer has a double backslash when having a backslash behind the drive letter in the registry.

Question: Who is wrong, WISE installer or SVCD2DVD ?

ChrissyBoy: Could you implement a small fix for this problem in the next beta release of SVCD2DVD ?