5.53 won't run in Vista - gen_ml.dll

[mcbreakfast]

Like a number of other posters here, 5.53 (Pro) will not run for me on Vista under any circumstances.

The Event Viewer reported the following details:

code:
Faulting application winamp.exe,

version 5.5.3.1924, time stamp 0x47eb406a, faulting module gen_ml.dll, version 0.0.0.0, time stamp 0x47eb3fc3,

exception code 0xc0000005, fault offset 0x0001a380, process id 0x1a54, application start time 0x01c892493bf22334.

Event data:

code:
 winamp.exe 

   5.5.3.1924 

   47eb406a 

   gen_ml.dll 

   0.0.0.0 

   47eb3fc3 

   c0000005 

   0001a380 

   1a54 

   01c892493bf22334 

Here are some additional details in case anyone's interested:

1. I am running Vista Ultimate - *NOT* SP1
2. My first attempt at installing 5.53 was as a simple update, i.e. without uninstalling 5.52.
3. After this failed, I did a system restore, then uninstalled 5.52 (including manual removal of all related folders in the Users folder, as well as leftover bits in Program Files); followed by a reboot and clean install of 5.53. This "scorched earth" approach made no difference.
4. Disabling Aero made no difference.
5. Running 5.53 in XP compatibility mode also made no difference.
6. The only way I can make it run is by renaming or deleting gen_ml.dll, which of course disable the media library functionality.
7. Sometimes, the crash causes an error to appear for a very short period which says something about C++ - but it disappears too quickly for me to capture any detail.

Judging by other posts, this version clearly has a significant flaw - I am reverting to 5.52 until I see 5.54 come out with an announcement that this particular 'feature' has been fixed.

Good luck to us all

neil

[Rocker]

works fine for me. ultimate 64bit

just sounds like you have a corrupt ml database.

[Alpha2k6]

winamp553_full_en-us.exe works fine for me
Vista Ultimate 64-bit without SP1.

[xhilaration]

I have to agree with Rocker, sounds like a corrupted file in it I have & run vista & runs great with it

[DJ Egg]

It also runs fine for me on Vista Ultimate (32-bit) sp1

Maybe we should all post our List Of Plugins...?

There's a few I don't install on my Vista box, because I've got no use for them on there, eg. the Portable Media Player plugins (ml_pmp.dll, pmp_*.dll) and Remote Media (ml_orb.dll).

Maybe try removing those to see if it runs okay
(i.e. it could be one of the ml plugins causing gen_ml to crash)

You could also try fbthpg's solution
where he says that disabling visual themes fixed the problem....

Right-Click on your Winamp Icon.

Go to properties.

'compatibility' tab

Check the box that says "disable visual themes"

It should run