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Startup error encountered

I had a crash recently while screen-scraper was running and so there maybe some corruption.

Each time I restart, I get the below...

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.screenscraper.Settings.getEdition(Settings.java:1778)
at com.screenscraper.controller.ControllerMain.main(ControllerMain.java:385)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source)

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deanh2k on 04/06/2015 at 10:07 am

Make sure there is no running

Make sure there is no running screen-scraper or java processes. Do you get anything in the error.log?

 jason on 04/07/2015 at 8:42 am

startup issue

There are no processes running....

Even rebooted...

Log directory is empty

java.lang.NullPointerException
at com.screenscraper.Settings.getEdition(Settings.java:1778)
at com.screenscraper.controller.ControllerMain.main(ControllerMain.java:385)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source)

 deanh2k on 04/08/2015 at 6:07 pm

In that case you may need to

In that case you may need to reinstall. If you need to back up, go to the screen-scraper/resource dir.

  1. In /db save all the ss* files to another location
  2. in the /conf subdirectory get the screen-scraper.properties file, and save it
  3. Then delete the existing install and download a new installer.

Once installed you want the new installation to be at the same version as your old before you put the db files back. If you look in the screen-scraper.properties file, and let me know your version I can help.

 jason on 04/09/2015 at 10:30 am

32 bit versus 64 bit

I seem to have a 64 bit installation but on the archive page I see only a 32bit version

is there a 64 bit version?

 deanh2k on 04/09/2015 at 5:49 pm

startup error

that properties file is blank which would explain the startup error.

I do see from the uninstall screen version 5.5 installed back on 11/11/2011

I made a backup copy.

What should I do next?

Uninstall/re-install version 5.5?

 deanh2k on 04/09/2015 at 3:18 pm

There is no 64-bit build for

There is no 64-bit build for version 5.5, so you should just uninstall and reinstall.

 jason on 04/10/2015 at 7:43 am

back up running..

Thanks Jason... I am back up and running!

 deanh2k on 04/10/2015 at 11:12 am