For some reason my Xlights keeps becoming unresponsive when I hit the Test option and then just goes into a loop and I need to kill the application. I have updated to the latest version and same problem. I dont have any other ideas other than I'm thinking of deleting Xlights but am concerned that it will delete my setup files and sequences which I don't want to do. I will then reinstall xlights. If I delete and reinstall, will I lose everything?
Deleting Xlights
- Thread starter dannyp
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Your real data is in the show folder (xlights_networks.xml, xlights_rgbeffects.xml, various .xsq, .xsqz, .zip, images, media, and so on). Deleting the program files would not affect that at all, but you can back it up to be sure.
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Try repairing or updating the VC++ redistributable packages. It's possible some of those were corrupted and reinstalling xLights will not fix those. It only looks to see if it is there and if not install them.
THIS !!
had a similar problem not so long ago and this was my only fix after thinking uninstalling and reinstalling would fix it
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Is this in a directory on my Pc or something I need to download?
christmasdave
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You can download direct from the xLights downloads: https://xlights.org/releases/
or on your PC, go to settings > apps > installed apps and scroll down (You're looking for Microsoft Visual C++ 2015-22 Redistributable) click the 3 dots and then modify > repair