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Ok, I just made a thread about my other problem.

Ok, I have a very bizarre and pretty unique problem. All of this is only happening on one of my comphters. I don't have this problem at all on my other computer. (I am using a Windows XP Home Edition.) I open IG L2W, set the path to Lineage II/system/l2.exe, and press Run...nothing happens. This problem only occurs for the versions where l2asrv.exe works (1.55, 1.46, etc.) If I use IG L2W 1.78, it runs perfectly. I set it to the same path, I press Run, the game launches, all is well...except you can't use l2asrv.exe with 1.78, and therefore I cannot verify L2W. I have tried COUNTLESS things to fix this, including getting an entirely new anti virus. I seriously doubt this would even affect it, but my hosts file is definitely set properly. The problem occurs when I run l2asrv and when I don't run l2asrv. Now, I noticed something...if I run the task manager (Ctrl+Alt+Delete), and go into the 'Processes' tab, pressing Run will actually make l2.exe appear in processes, but no windows will come up, and it's not in the 'Applications' tab of task manager, and it just doesn't launch. l2.exe disappears from processes after 30-45 seconds usually. Anyway, all this leads me to believe that there's something that's blocking Lineage 2 from running when it's run by these older versions of L2W. I am pretty confused that 1.78 works fine though. This isn't just occurring on one server, though. It happened on one server, so I tried another server...same thing. If I launch L2W, but don't press Run, then launch l2.exe normally, l2.exe loads up and stuff. But, if I press Home, nothing happens. I've been doing everything I can to fix this problem for about 2 weeks now, and nothing has worked. Anyone have any ideas what may be causing this and what could fix it? Listen. I don't have a verification problem. I don't need help with verification. The game actually will not start up if I use 1.55 or 1.46 or whatever. When I press Run in L2W, it just minimizes and nothing happens. This has nothing to do with my hosts file, or l2asrv.exe.

Yeah, I had like 10+ windows on my screen, and I forgot to exit l2asrv.exe like an hour ago, so it was still running. It's all good now. And I don't think you mean, I agree with you 100%. I actually used to GM on 2 L2 private servers (L2X and L2R), and with that job came forum moderation. So many people would never use search, and there'd be like 5 threads up on the exact same thing. I think in this case my eyes were sort of looking for just "l2gold" threads, and I skipped over the one about engine.dll scripts and whatnot. =p Anyway, about my other problem on my other computer, I'll make a detailed thread on it some time tomorrow.

I really did look around for threads on this, but I just never happened upon yours. I'll be sure to search more thoroughly from now on, sorry. When I replace my system folder with yours, though, starting l2asrv.exe gives me this: 20:48:13: Can not resume thread 0 (error 6: the handle is invalid.) 20:48:13: Can not resume thread 0 (error 6: the handle is invalid.) 20:48:13: Can not resume thread 0 (error 6: the handle is invalid.) 20:48:13: Can not resume thread 0 (error 6: the handle is invalid.) Edit: Interesting. I waited like 15 minutes, tried it again...and l2asrv.exe works fine. Everything works perfectly now. No l2.exe file size error, I can log in, I can press home, and it verifies. Thank you soooooo much. Edit 2: By the way, one of my other computers has an extremely bizarre and I think somewhat unique problem related to L2W. I'm gonna make an entirely new thread on it. If you or anyone else would be kind enough to try and help me, I'd be extremely grateful. If I really can't fix it, I can live with using L2W on just one computer.

L2Gold recently edited their l2.exe file, making it so that if you try to start up L2W, you get the l2.exe file size error. The thread you linked will not help with that. =/

Ok, I tried tons of different things to get around the protection. Basically, this is what L2Gold is: A. They made the file l2.exe display the file size error for those trying to use L2W. Not sure if they made it too big or too small. B. They made it so that you NEED their l2.exe file or you cannot LOG IN. If you try and swap out the l2.exe, the game will start up, but pressing Login will do nothing. Does anyone have any ideas on how to either make it so L2Gold THINKS you're using their l2.exe, when you're actually not, or just some way to change the file size of l2.exe, or SOMETHING?