WINDVD MFC Application has stopped working (WinDVD 8 LE)

zalex · Post by **zalex** » Sat Oct 20, 2007 7:27 pm

Possible fix when this error message displays.

I hope this may help others with a similar configuration and situation. I have WinDVD 8 LE that came with the Pioneer BDC-2202. Besides not being able to play blu ray dvds on windvd (that is a whole different problem that I am trying to research!), I started to get the following error message recently when trying to start WinDVD.

WINDVD MFC Application has stopped working

My system consists of ...
OS: Vista Home Premium
Mobo: Gigabyte GA-MA69GM-S2H
Processor: AMD 64x2 4800
Video Card: (onboard disabled) Diamond HD2600XT 512MB
Optical Drive: Pioneer BDC-2202

I don't know what the specific issue was in the new driver, but I know what caused the problem. When I updated the audio driver (Realtek High Definition Audio Driver with DTS Function WEB Version R1.72(5449) ) from the Gigabyte website, I started to get the error listed above when launching WinDVD. To fix the problem, I backed out the updated driver with the original one that came with the Gigabyte driver disk (RealTek 6.0.1.5413)and the problem went away.

Anyway, hope this helps someone in the same situation.

mapa · Post by **mapa** » Sat Nov 17, 2007 7:19 pm

I got same error, but I run Win XP MCE sp2.

It worked like a charm (until I tried Spider man trilogy which not works)

But now, everytime I start WinDVD, it display menu, but on start of movie .. CRASH BOUM BANG -> MFC Application error

WinDVD ver 7.5.43.298 delivered with my SONY VAIO.

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 3:50 am

zalex
Thank you for sharing that with us.

Cuz · Post by **Cuz** » Sun Nov 18, 2007 10:18 pm

I get the same error report on a new installation of WinDVD 8 . Please read my post in the Copy DVD thread . I cannot install either program .

sjj1805 · Post by **sjj1805** » Mon Nov 19, 2007 1:31 am

Please view:
WinDVD Version 8 errors

Cuz · Post by **Cuz** » Tue Nov 20, 2007 4:14 am

Last night I did a system recovery to my computer . I checked the system registry and there was no trace of any Intervideo or Corel products . All antivirus and firewalls were disabled before I attempted to do a new installation of Windvd 8. I was again given the Windvd MFC Application error upon trying to install WinDVD 8 .
The application patch does not work because it is for older versions of WinDVD 8 . All of the Microsoft Corp. programs it requires were successfully installed . Copy 6 will not install either . There are no other DVD copying or viewing programs installed to conflict with the installation of these two programs . I enjoy a computer challenge but this is just too much. This is the first time in many years of installing computer software that I encountered any programs like these .

clm3s · Post by **clm3s** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 11:26 am

This might help:

http://support.corel.com/scripts/rightn ... 1178144503

OH! One more thing, the fix is not compatable with VISTA. Big suprise huh?

Cuz · Post by **Cuz** » Wed Nov 21, 2007 2:56 pm

Thanks for the links clm3s ,
I will try that when I have the time . In regards to your Vista comment , I have read so many negative comments about the Vista OS that just yesterday I purchased a retail copy of Windows XP sp2 to install on my next new computer purchase .

Cuz · Post by **Cuz** » Thu Nov 22, 2007 3:52 pm

clm3s,
I cannot install the 3.0x86 files . The microsoft error report says some other files are missing and preventing the installation . I will pursue this further when I get the time . I am giving up on WinDVD 8 I am convinced there is a serious flaw in the software . I base that opinion on the fact that I reinstalled WinDVD 7 and it works perfectly. I didn't even uninstall WinDVD8 prior to installing WinDVD7.
I am no longer going to try to install DVD Copy 6 either . These programs should never and I repeat never be this difficult to get up and running.

Cuz · Post by **Cuz** » Sun Dec 02, 2007 2:46 pm

Last week I completed one of the most extreme alterations to my computer that comes just short of replacing it. It is a Compaq desktop /320 HDD/1GB memory and an AMD Athlon 2.16 processor.It came new with Windows XP sp1 for an OS. Compaq had so much bloatware installed in the operating system to the degree that I was never satisfied with its performance. What I have now done is install a complete replacement operating system. I am now running Windows XP sp2 OEM . What a difference it made in the speed of computer. The second program I attempted to install after my failure with Copy 6 was WINDVD 8. I received the same results as before with the old os MFC Application Error. I used three different downloads on the chance I was getting a flawed download. I completely removed all Intervideo traces in the computer system between each attempt. I pursued most of the suggestions in previous threads. DirectX and the runntime files are properly installed. I can't help but wonder if there is a conflict with the program and the AMD processor. I will follow this thread on the chance someone will find a solution. For now I am out of ideas. Also (Sorry Corel) I purchased Cyberlinks PowerDVD 7 Deluxe. It is up and running perfectly!

Daffy · Post by **Daffy** » Thu Jun 05, 2008 11:04 am

I'm having this exact same problem with the pioneer package.

The "fix" simply doesn't apply to Vista (at least not Vista Home Premium 64). I don't need to update something that Vista doesn't run.

your link: Directs us to

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/deta ... layLang=en

I go there and see this (summarized):

"Service Pack 6 for Visual Basic 6.0: Run-Time Redistribution Pack (vbrun60sp6.exe)

......

System Requirements

* Supported Operating Systems: Windows 2000; Windows 2000 Advanced Server; Windows 2000 Server; Windows 2000 Service Pack 2; Windows 2000 Service Pack 3; Windows 2000 Service Pack 4; Windows 95; Windows 98; Windows 98 Second Edition; Windows ME; Windows NT; Windows Server 2003; Windows XP"

Sorry, I dont see anything about vista in that list. If someone can give me the right link I'll give it a try I guess.

Other fixes have also pointed to un-applicable-to-vista paths as well...

Just thought I'd point that out (even though it looks like it already has and has been ignored for months by the dates I'm seeing).

I feel bad for people that aren't MCSA/MCSE certified that buy this product. Although, I bet some of them would bang their own heads into a concrete wall until it was a bloody pulp as well. Actually the hardware seems to work just fine, but the software maker's QC department seems non-existent, to be releasing crap like this...

No wonder when I bought it, it was the only box not orange-tagged (returned by a customer and re-sold). I thought that a bunch of people with incompatible motherboards (i.e. no SATA or something "noob" like that) bought it and ran out without reading the box. Now I have to go stand in the line of angry consumers at Fry's Return Line tomorrow.

I feel lucky now, if I can buy anything that claims to be "vista compatible" and dont feel like I'm being defrauded after wasting countless hours trying to get it to work.

**Edit**

Ok so I said screw it and downloaded from that link and extracted the file and ran it (This is ON TOP of the 7 hours I've spent googling solutions from other places). I'm still having the same problem.

The more I sit around and think about it, the more this smells something like a extortion.

I've tried every work-around other than "MFC error Step 2". which I stopped at after I installed the new version, and I was quickly taken to a page where they wanted more money to make my already-paid-for product work. I never had a "registration code" or any of that crap printed anywhere in the package.

This is ridiculous.

I've also completely uninstalled it and reinstalled from the disk that came with my drive and then applied the patch I found on their (Pioneer's) website... I mean tried to... Wrong version error, hah. Bear in mind that I've had 0 problems with Vista for months now.

if my business was run like this, we'd have been hit by a class-action, and out of business so fast! I dont know how you guys pull it off.

rose3 · Post by **rose3** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:44 pm

extortion?

Anyway, what vid card and what driver?

Update to 175.16 or latest.

Daffy · Post by **Daffy** » Sat Jun 07, 2008 9:57 pm

Meh, my system is totally up to date. Maybe extortion wasn't the best word to use, its more like an electronic bait-and-switch of sorts. Either way, I bet selling someone a product, then telling them they need to spend another 100 dollars to get it to work, isn't quite "legal"... All my hardware FAR exceeds the required system specs as well.

Its cool, I'm just never buying a Corel product again, and I'm not doing business with Pioneer until they drop Corel. I really am happy for those of you who were able to get this to work, I just don't have the time to deal with this kind of BS anymore.

Also, why the hell do you have to install Real Player AND Quicktime to get WinDVD to work? Not to mention all this Visual Basic stuff? Whatever happened to creating programs that simply worked by themselves?

Shoddy Workmanship and SHADY business practices are running rampant in North America now. Its sad. Someone really needs to do something about this.

Daffy · Post by **Daffy** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:18 am

Bah, double post.

rose3 · Post by **rose3** » Sun Jun 08, 2008 12:55 am

Daffy wrote:Meh, my system is totally up to date. Maybe extortion wasn't the best word to use, its more like an electronic bait-and-switch of sorts. Either way, I bet selling someone a product, then telling them they need to spend another 100 dollars to get it to work, isn't quite "legal"..

What ever are you talking about???

. All my hardware FAR exceeds the required system specs as well.

What driver?

Its cool, I'm just never buying a Corel product again, and I'm not doing business with Pioneer until they drop Corel. I really am happy for those of you who were able to get this to work, I just don't have the time to deal with this kind of BS anymore.

I'm sure Corel and Pioneer will feel the pain.

Also, why the hell do you have to install Real Player AND Quicktime to get WinDVD to work? Not to mention all this Visual Basic stuff? Whatever happened to creating programs that simply worked by themselves?

I wasn't aware that you had to. It asks, only so that it can use them, IF you want to. You don't have to. If some other file needs it, that's your problem.

Shoddy Workmanship and SHADY business practices are running rampant in North America now. Its sad. Someone really needs to do something about this.

Corel has a trial with all features free for 30 days. If you find you don't like it or it doesn't work for you, go use something else. I understand there are 2 other choices. I won't trust Cyberlink on my machine since trying it in early XP. I tried the 3rd one but it doesn't upconvert regular DVD to a higher def.

It isn't perfect, but I think you're just looking to trash something and get attention.

Remember, this is a user to user forum - no Corel tech support here.