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thank you much. this only effects x64 systems. they should really fix thisThis may not fix all win7+eac problems, but it got me on my
way.
The way EAC accesses directories appears to be partially
incompatible with windows 7. In particular, if EAC attempts to
access a non-existent folder or if EAC has insufficient
privileges to access a folder, the program crashes. It may also
have something to do with a buffer overflow/null pointer when
passing information to the windows dialog box -- I didn't
bother running a debugger.
The solution is to go through every dialog in the program that
requires a path and paste or type in an appropriate path. A "my
documents" folder for the extraction directory, the lame
folder+executable in the the compression section. You cannot
use the "browse…" button or the program will immediately crash.
If the EAC options/Directories/"Use This Directory" is not set
to a usable directory, EAC will always crash when attempting to
extract data. Do not leave it set to "Ask every time".
You must also set the Compression Options/External
Compression/"Program, including path, used for compression"
entry this way or lame will not run.
Hopes this helps some other people.
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I actually found the solution. Hopefully this helps others. I
ended up right clicking, going to properties, selecting the
compatibility tab and checking "disabled visual themes" and the
windows now work without crashing the app.
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Hello,
We've found a new hot hint for crashing EAC's under Windows 7:
Adobe Drive.
Several German users of EAC have installed Adobe Photoshop or
an Adobe Suite which comes with an software called "Adobe
Drive". It will allways be installed and can be disabled with
the Microsoft Sysinternals Tool Autoruns:
http://technet.microsoft.com/de-de/s.../bb963902.aspx (use the
find function and search for "adobe drive" and disable all
autoruns used by Adobe Drive.
Disabling Adobe Drive fixes the crash on opening any "browse
folder" windows e.g. to select output folders and the crash on
clicking on "convert to MP3" and maybe other similar problems.