Profit updater throwing a nasty error on my vista machien
 

I have 2 systems with EQ
system no.1: Win XP system, with no issues

System number 2:
Win vista premium 64 bit
4 gb RAM
and more than enough of the rest to run EQ2 :)


After a roll back shortly before the expansion. (I hate viruses) The profit updater started throwing an error (Error1) when opened, which opens the no EQ directory had been set window. as if I had never installed it before.

Close the error, and click ok to close that window and the normal main window opens, and gives another error. (Error2) you can keep closing the errors and opening other things like change log and whatnot, but you will keep getting Error2

Also you cannot change any settings of the updater as thaey will nto be retained.

I did the following:
Looked up the FAQ; and did un-install the updater via java.
I disabled Avast (virus protection)
Disabled windows firewall (I know the router's firewall is not the issue because the XP system works, but I have pwr cycled the router just in case)
Disabled UAC
Re-installed Jave (had v6 update 10 before re-install, but I did it anyway)
removed profit from EQ2's directory
Google the initial exception (didn't result in anything significantly useful, mostly ways to fix the code when getting that error, did link to the thread in EQ2UI where you can DL the updater, someone else had this issue, but there was no answer on how to fix it.)
Beet it with a stick. (didn't help, but felt SO good)

Anyone else got any idead?

Error1:
Error2:
(edit added the fact that I re-installed jave)

One quesiton: which verison of Java are you using? I've had weird errors from the updater when not running Java 6. After that, what I'd suggest is using Add/Remove Programs to remove the updater completely, then go to updater.pala.de and download a completely fresh copy of the updater. That'll make sure there's no corruption in the Java application cache causing problems.

Oops, forgot to mention that I re-installed jave, most up to date (version 6, update 10)

Most likely the database files are corrupt. Use "Reset all settings" on the updater once its main window is visible (in the Settings menu) to reset the files.

And never disable UAC :P

Having the same problem, also did the restoring of the settings.

Vista Ultimate OS, UAC disabled.

edit: works now. I redownloaded the profitui updater, restored settings, defined the path for EQ2 in updater's settings.

I would like to thank you for this information as it was the cause of the error.

*looks at the error*
*looks at the solution*
*Looks back at the error*
*rolls up news paper*
*smacks self in head with the news paper.*

the only reason UAc got disabled is because I thought it was the issue.
the wife (who owns that system) don't like it (neither do I if it comes down to it) but I simply remind her that her that she's the one who got a virus, not me. (my system has win XP and nothing anywhere near as annoying as UAC on it :D)