Topic: Running Eclipse on Windows Vista. (Read 5469 times)

Lucifer · « **on:** March 25, 2008, 05:12:28 AM »

Running Eclipse on Windows Vista

Introduction

Welcome to a fresh tutorial of me, Godlord. In this tutorial I am going to show you how you do get Eclipse running on Windows Vista. Yes, you've heard it Vista. With this tutorial you're also able to run a lot of other programs which wouldn't have ran before. So fasten your seatbelt and let's start.

Requirements

For this tutorial you need of course Windows Vista but it's also required to be logged in as an Administrator. If you aren't an administrator then you won't be able to do this tutorial so first get yourself logged in as an administrator.

User Account Control

So, I am logged in as an administrator, so what now? We are now going to disable the whole user account control. This thing enhances security on Windows Vista but this also messes with a lot of programs. Thereby were going to put it off. UAC or not a computer can always get broken.

We're going to disable the UAC. Open the control panel and type "UAC" in the search box. The first result you'll normally get returned by the search function will be normally "User Accounts - Turn User Account Control (UAC) on or off.". Click on it and the UAC window will open. De-select the option "Use User Account Control (UAC) to help protect your computer" and press the O.K. button. Windows Vista will now request to restart your PC, restart it. After Vista has started up the UAC should be disabled.

Although Microsoft doesn't suggest this, you should turn it off if you want to run a lot of programs. You can get a lot of other programs to secure your system instead.

Getting the missing libraries

Microsoft removed DirectX 7 and 8 for Visual Basic from the System32 directory or SysWOW64 on 64-bit. You can simply download DirectX 7 for Visual Basic and DirectX 8 for Visual Basic from my website. If you have downloaded them then you should put them in "C:\WINDOWS\System32" on Windows Vista x32 or "C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\" on Windows Vista x64. If you aren't sure which version you have then check if you have the "SysWOW64" folder in "C:\WINDOWS" if not then you have x32 else you will have x64. (Or some idiot made that folder there to have a few jokes with you.).

Now you can register the two DLL files. You can do this by typing:

Quote

cd C:\WINDOWS\System32\
regsvr32 dx7vb.dll
regsvr32 dx8vb.dll

In a console, "cd C:\WINDOWS\SysWOW64\" for 64-bit Vista

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Or you can just open one DLL with... And then you select "C:\WINDOWS\System32\Regsvr32" as the program, remember SysWOW64 on Vista 64-bit. Then you tick the box to always open it with that. Then you can just click on the other DLL and you have registered both DLL files.

Done

Wow that was not that hard. You can now run Eclipse on Vista and probably a lot of other programs too

. Enjoy it.

To do

- Adding screenshots, I will be making them later on

...

Regards, Godlord.

♪♫♪ Derrick ♪♫♪ · « **Reply #1 on:** March 28, 2008, 12:04:42 PM »

Nicely done. The downloads on your website weren't working for some reason. They were saved as .exe files. Running them did nothing, and trying to register them after changing them to .dll files also did nothing. I found the two files on the internet and got it working though. Now I guess I can mess around on Eclipse again. :D

Lucifer · « **Reply #2 on:** March 28, 2008, 12:23:35 PM »

They were saved as .dll when I uploaded them. Lol it's probably Linux doing gay or something. I downloaded them from my site as and I just got dx8vb.dll. I then put it in my System32 folder and registered it wine regsvr32. So it's kind of weird that it doesn't work for you :/.

Regards, Godlord.

Djanghi · « **Reply #3 on:** March 29, 2008, 07:51:58 AM »

great tutorial but what if you dont have windows vista?

Draken · « **Reply #4 on:** March 29, 2008, 04:59:07 PM »

Quote from: Djanghi on March 29, 2008, 07:51:58 AM

great tutorial but what if you dont have windows vista?

then you dont need this tutorial

Lucifer · « **Reply #5 on:** April 01, 2008, 07:32:38 AM »

Quote from: Daddy Gnome Draken on March 29, 2008, 04:59:07 PM

then you dont need this tutorial

lmao you've been april fooled.

Regards, Godlord.

Isaac · « **Reply #6 on:** June 20, 2008, 08:01:15 AM »

Register them???

Lucifer · « **Reply #7 on:** June 20, 2008, 08:07:23 AM »

Quote from: Isaac on June 20, 2008, 08:01:15 AM

Register them???

Read the tutorial lol.

Regards, Godlord.

Isaac · « **Reply #8 on:** June 20, 2008, 08:16:23 AM »

It says i should check if it's compatible with the file i'm trying 2 use...
I'm using the 1 in the tutorial!

Lucifer · « **Reply #9 on:** June 20, 2008, 08:17:58 AM »

What do you mean, should check if it is compatible?

Regards, Godlord.

Isaac · « **Reply #10 on:** June 20, 2008, 08:23:50 AM »

When i open it with the regsvr32 it says;

The module
"C:\Windows\System32\DirectX80Aeng9xme.dll" May not be compatible with the version of windows you're running.
Check if the module is compatible with with an x86(32-bit) or X64 (64-Bit) Version of regserver32.exe.

I downloaded the Direct X files from THIS tut...

Bty; UAC is disabled...

Lucifer · « **Reply #11 on:** June 20, 2008, 08:26:59 AM »

Can you ignore it?

Regards, Godlord.

Isaac · « **Reply #12 on:** June 20, 2008, 08:27:16 AM »

Nope :S

Lucifer · « **Reply #13 on:** June 20, 2008, 08:31:23 AM »

Are you using Windows Vista x86 or Windows Vista x64?

Regards, Godlord.

Isaac · « **Reply #14 on:** June 20, 2008, 08:32:27 AM »

Ahhh dont worry... I reinstalled the files and it works... Ty for trying to help! ;D U rock

Isaac

The Superstar Chronicles Maker (Previously Gadget XP) · « **Reply #15 on:** July 29, 2008, 11:38:31 AM »

Godlord, I have something to say:

Thank You,Thank You,Thank You,Thank You,Thank You,Thank You,Thank You,Thank You
I Finally got Total Eclipse to Work on Vista

Tenjimaru · « **Reply #16 on:** August 06, 2008, 10:17:07 AM »

wait o.O ...

how do I register the files?
and after its all done, will there be any shortcuts in the start menu?

when i get my game online, do my players with vista have to do this to play?

thanks in advance

Lucifer · « **Reply #17 on:** August 09, 2008, 11:02:46 AM »

Read it more carefully...

It wouldn't affect your start menu at all.

Yes, people with Vista should do this in order to play.

Regards, Godlord.

Keyzack · « **Reply #18 on:** August 11, 2008, 10:36:56 AM »

when i try to register the dx files it pops me up a window that says that an error known with this code has occured "0x80070005" and well i search for a solution on the web but seems kinda too complex... and i don't think that error could really be that complex... so can anyone help!!??? someone else have the same error??... hope anyone could... fast!!! ;P.... cya

Lucifer · « **Reply #19 on:** August 11, 2008, 10:48:25 AM »

Read the tutorial for God's sake. You probably get that message because your UAC is either not disabled or because you didn't run RegSvr32 in administrator mode.

Regards, Godlord.

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