OK....I've been having "kernel" problems ever since MS Visual C++ 2012 was installed. It "wormed" its way in to just about everything. So I NUKED my OS, and did a full, complete format including writing 0's 3x's and reinstalled image of W7_64 Ultimate.
Install went fine without any hiccups and was back to my original pristine OS.
Finally got around to IL-2 and reinstalled my 4.0.7m image; it ran fine.
Updated to 4.12.2m; it ran fine.
Installed ModAct 5.30, Flyables and JSGME Options and when I ran the Selector...@^#%%$*#(#&$% popped up "%1 is not a valid win32 application". There was no error code nor anything showing in E.V.!!!
I've tried MA 5.30 via Mediafire, torrent and my original saved files with all the same results. I'm not blaming ModAct application in any way! I even Installed HSFX7 and updated it to 7.0.3 without any problems.
I did not have this problem with MA 5.30 in IL-2 nor any any other mod in IL-2, ever, until now.
What the hell happened? I've been f*ing around with pc's sine late 1980's and have built several including screwing around with submerged. I've been around DOS5 and all Windows except for Millenium, Vista and 8 and to this very day, this is the first time I've seen such an error.
I've just about exhausted all of my troubleshooting avenues. This damn error is so far off the radar that I'm about to NUKE the whole thing again. ProcMon doesn't even pick it up!
I've searched the forums and tried all sorts of filters trying to hone in on this error and now I'm posting to see if by chance, anyone has an idea.
Thanks for reading this rant. 99.975% of the time I'm able to remedy whatever problem(s) I've encountered, but this one is something else.
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