Can't Get game to start

[Rags_OG]

First time trying to get p99 to work, long time EQ player from long ago. Anyway, i've tried just about everything i can think of and every suggestion i could find on here and no luck. I checked out the dbg file in my folder and it reads as follows:

2019-09-28 18:17:19 Starting EverQuest (Build Oct 31 2005 10:33:37)
2019-09-28 18:17:19 Timezone: UTC-6h00m
2019-09-28 18:17:19 Loading graphics DLL.
2019-09-28 18:17:19 Parsing INI file .\eqclient.ini
2019-09-28 18:17:19 INI file .\eqclient.ini loaded.
2019-09-28 18:17:20 Unable to load EQGraphicsDX9.DLL (126)
2019-09-28 18:17:20
2019-09-28 18:17:21 Initializing timers.

I've tried turning off my firewall and starting and i get the same thing. I also cannot for the life of me find the eqclient.ini file anywhere on my computer, not in the EQ folder or in users/app data. Nowhere.

Open to any suggestions, thanks. I'm running windows 8.1

[Rags_OG]

Forgot to mention the 2 errors i get when trying to launch. First is a windows system error "exception processing message 0xc0000135 and then windows application error memory cannot be read.

[Vynidalan]

same issue after applying patch v50

eqgame.exe-System Error

"the code execution cannot proceed because DSETUP.dll was not found. Reinstalling the program may fix this this problem"

[Baler]

Make sure your antivirus didn't quarantine the dsetup.dll It shows up as a false positive because it uses themidia encryption
If you know how you can add an exception for it.

[Vynidalan]

Uninstalled McAfee and still getting the error.
As far as i can tell windows defender is not quarantining the file.

WIndows 10

[Vynidalan]

I reinstalled v50 and now it works.

[thewarehouse41]

Make sure your antivirus didn't quarantine the dsetup.dll It shows up as a false positive because it uses themidia encryption
If you know how you can add an exception for it.

Hi there, I am using McAfee antivirus. Is the only way to do this reliable to disable my protection, perform the extraction, then re-enable? I went into my quarantine and restored the file, then when I tried to run the LaunchTitanium exe my McAfee re-quarantined DSETUP.DDL.

Thanks!

[thewarehouse41]

Never mind - I figured it out!

[Tobius]

Never mind - I figured it out!

Don't be that guy who figures it out and doesn't tell anyone what he did, jesus fuck.

[thewarehouse41]

Don't be that guy who figures it out and doesn't tell anyone what he did, jesus fuck.

Good point. It is in settings under "Real-time Scanning". You can add files to exclude from the normal scans (which would occur when you attempt to run a program). Adding the DSETUP.DDL file to this excluded list and then re-downloading and extracting the patch fixed the issue.

Thanks for the kick in the butt!