ANSWERED Eddie won't start ? (Win7 x64)

[cocot69 1]

Hello

 

I'm a satisfied customer of AirVPN for a couple years. Everything was working fine.

But starting last week, I cannot launch the Eddie software anymore , I suspect some Windows .Net update stuff to mess with this ?

 

Any clues on how to fix this ?
I tried reinstalling current version, reverting to some of the previous ones (2.13, 2.14) without success.

For the time being I can use OpenVPN with a profile created in the config generator, so no real loss of service, but your app is more useful for me.
I will eventually make a clean install one of these weeks, but don't have time now.

(Hope I'm posting on the right place ?)

Thanks for your time, happy holydays !

[LZ1 673]

Hello!

 

Which version of Eddie was it that stopped working and have you tried the experimental client?

 

You could also try resetting Windows Firewall to its default state.

[cocot69 1]

It was the latest I think : 2.16.3

I see a 2.17 in the changelog, is it the experimental version ?

 

I'm pretty sure Eddie is not in fault, knowing Windows

 

Ok I can't even reset the settings, my firewall must be altered ? I'll check this. Thank you.

[LZ1 673]

Yes that's the current experimental .

 

If you used Network Lock then the firewall rules will have changed. But you should still be able to reset them in Windows.

 

We can agree on Windows, haha.

[cocot69 1]

Just a heads up, I'll have to format Windows

Spent a couple hours searching, I have no idea what went wrong, but a bunch of system services are going mad (nothing suspicious found with either my regular Eset or Malewarebytes)

To sum up :

-Eddie seems to rely on WFP service (firewall basically)

-Firewall is disabled (my guess it's because Eset suite took its place)
-Can't reset it (error while trying or even starting the service)

-Also requires BFE to be started, can't launch it as well
-tried a few registry things, no luck.

For now VPN works, I'm safe, I'll have to make a proper setup (more than two years, getting messier now )

 

Case.. closed dismissed