Arena 3.5.1 and Windows 11

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carldaman
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Arena 3.5.1 and Windows 11

Post by carldaman »

After installing the latest windows updates I've discovered that Arena tournaments no longer can be run. :( If I click on Tournaments nothing happens anymore. There was no such problem until today.

Is anyone else experiencing this problem?

Thank you in advance!
carldaman
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Re: Arena 3.5.1 and Windows 11

Post by carldaman »

I'm happy to report that rebooting (though I was barely able to do it), and reinstalling Arena in a different folder returned things to normal. Also had to reinstall my favorite Alpha piece fonts. I have assume that these were technical gremlins jealous of my new testing laptop. :P

Seasons Greetings everyone! Stay healthy and bug-free! :)
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Re: Arena 3.5.1 and Windows 11

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thats good to know...anyway....i stay with w10 so far to be one of the guys who do not need to "biosing" for an OS for a slower AMD-system ;-)
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Re: Arena 3.5.1 and Windows 11

Post by RubiChess »

carldaman wrote: Sat Dec 18, 2021 3:10 am I'm happy to report that rebooting (though I was barely able to do it), and reinstalling Arena in a different folder returned things to normal. Also had to reinstall my favorite Alpha piece fonts. I have assume that these were technical gremlins jealous of my new testing laptop. :P

Seasons Greetings everyone! Stay healthy and bug-free! :)
I have similar problems with Arena from time to time not related to any Windows update. Just deleting the file 'ArenaGUI.cfg' usually helps and lets you keep your engines installed which are in a different file 'ArenaENG.cfg'.
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Re: Arena 3.5.1 and Windows 11

Post by carldaman »

That's interesting - never really had that kind of nasty problem before, as eventually all the clickable buttons stopped working in all the apps, not just Arena, and had to force a reboot using the keyboard. I use Arena nearly all the time.