predcon Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Ok, so, if I create a shortcut to obse_loader.exe and place it on my desktop, and then run the program from that shortcut, a DOS shell window will open up and hang for thirty seconds, and then I get the error message (inside the shell) "Process::InstallHook: waiting for thread = WAIT_TIMEOUT Couldn't inject dll." Followed by a popup with the standard "Yellow Hazard Triangle With Exclamation Mark" saying "Couldn't inject dll". However, if I run obse_loader.exe directly from the \Oblivion directory, then the game loads without incident. I can also run the game successfully from the "Launch Oblivion" command in the Oblivion Mod Manager. I've made sure the shortcut has Admin security permissions, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telyn Posted March 21, 2011 Share Posted March 21, 2011 Are you using the Steam version of Oblivion? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predcon Posted March 22, 2011 Author Share Posted March 22, 2011 No. It's the physical GOTY edition. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hickory Posted March 23, 2011 Share Posted March 23, 2011 Ok, so, if I create a shortcut to obse_loader.exe and place it on my desktop, and then run the program from that shortcut, a DOS shell window will open up and hang for thirty seconds, and then I get the error message (inside the shell) "Process::InstallHook: waiting for thread = WAIT_TIMEOUT Couldn't inject dll." Followed by a popup with the standard "Yellow Hazard Triangle With Exclamation Mark" saying "Couldn't inject dll". However, if I run obse_loader.exe directly from the \Oblivion directory, then the game loads without incident. I can also run the game successfully from the "Launch Oblivion" command in the Oblivion Mod Manager. I've made sure the shortcut has Admin security permissions, so I'm not sure what the problem is. Your shortcut must have the game directory (where obse_loader is found) as it's 'Start In' folder. Eg. if your shortcut is: C:\Games\Oblivion\obse_loader.exe then the shortcut's 'Start In' folder must be: C:\Games\Oblivion Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
predcon Posted March 24, 2011 Author Share Posted March 24, 2011 I know how to make a shortcut. The problem is that this is a shortcut that is just now failing to operate correctly. It's always worked correctly for as long as I've had it on my desktop. It doesn't matter anyway, since it's working correctly again now. My guess is that something in my OS' Startup queue was causing a severe RAM or virtual memory thrashing drain or something. After I rebooted a couple times, the shortcut functioned normally again. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hickory Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Then you should be looking into that issue with earnest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bben46 Posted March 24, 2011 Share Posted March 24, 2011 Have you moved anything except the shortcut from the folder where you created it? If so, the shortcut is broken and points to the wrong location. It points to the original location. Delete it. Find the current location of the program you want to make a shortcut to. Test it to make sure that it actually works.Create the shortcut - Test it while it is still in that folder also. Now, move the shortcut to the new location (do not move any of the original program)Test the shortcut in the new location. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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