Speaker Client Problem after Upgrade

[smokeycoles]

Hi All

I upgraded to v.297 in Win10.

Now when I double click speaker client - it does not load, and I get no error messages - just seems to do nothing. Even using compatibility options...
I have restarted the Laptop a few times.

Is there a way to reinstall it?

Thanks
Chris

[Rupp]

Did you shut down the speaker client when you updated? If not the speaker client couldn't update as well.

[Pete]

Interesting.

This morning tested speaker dot exe version 3.0.0.3 which is the old one and it worked just fine with TTS and VR here on Windows 10.

Just looked at the speaker download and installed it and it is version 3.0.0.7 and it works fine too in Windows 10.

I wonder what the difference is between the 3.0.0.3 and 3.0.0.7 versions of the speaker client.

[smokeycoles]

I think I did yes, actually I am sure I did however I did have a few issues with some exe's - HSPI's... It did eventually upgrade after turning off all plugins but now my Speaker exe will not work.

It does say 3.0.0.7 in Properties...?
But it just does not open.. it does nothing...
I tend to upgrade when you start up HomeSeer and it checks for Updates.


Any idea's what I should do?
The file size says: 172KB, I have a lot of voices installed.
About 15 I think.



I only upgraded because of my HSTouch issues.

[Pete]

Here have only minor tweaked the PipoX7 Windows 10 box.

BTW I do believe that Windows 10 provides the ultimate in a user desktop experience (well tablet experience). I still today prefer to shut it off when not using it. That is me.

I have also let it update accordingly.

Below in another post were the basic changes I made to the original build

1 - ran the winlite script (thinking the Win10 update after I installed WinLite disabled the disabling it was doing).
WinLite looks to have been updated sometime in July, 2016.

Windows 10 Lite (Better Privacy)

2 - changed UAC a bit (UAC is still enabled and running fine)
3 - changed the directory properties such that any user can do anything with Homeseer.

Not sure if that is why it runs for me and not for you as I do only use the PipoX7 box to test remote plugins to Linux and it is running HSTouch and speaker dot exe.

Here too collect SAPI voice fonts (32 bit and 64 bit) and bug my wife with non english speaking Jogglers.

I am currently running (in Linux).

Only run Wintel clients here and only tested iOS and Android clients but never liked them. (still utilize tablets here of all sorts but shut them off when not using them). My phones do not shut off when I cradle them such that I do not cradle them anymore.

I am not tethered to my phone and have gone back to Windows Mobile for time bean.

HS3 lite and Pro version HS3 ZEE S2 Edition 3.0.0.291 (Linux) and HS3 Pro Edition 3.0.0.291 (Linux)
HS3 HSTouch server V 3.0.0.94 (Many folks are still running V.68 today)
HS3 Wintel Clients V. 36 (everything above wintel version .36 this wrecked havoc with my 15 touchscreens)
Speaker client 3.0.0.3 and 3.0.0.7 work fine on my wintel clients (XPe & W10) doing TTS and VR - validated both in the last two days. I also have an embedded W7 client that works fine with TTS but have not tried VR with it.

[smokeycoles]

I tried reinstalling the Speaker Client from the Downloads section; it created a new directory for Speaker.
I tried to launch it again and still nothing happens.

Has anyone else had these problems?
Chris

[Pete]

@Chris,

Here tried both old and new versions of speaker dot exe on W10 and they work fine for me.

Are you using the laptop as your base Homeseer 3 server?

Was HS3 / speaker dot exe running fine with previous versions of HS3 / speaker dot exe?

Is Windows 10 SAPI running OK? Have you tested it?

Are you running Windows 10 32 or 64 bit? Here the PipoX7 and test W10 enterprise are 32 bit.

[randy]

I tried reinstalling the Speaker Client from the Downloads section; it created a new directory for Speaker.
I tried to launch it again and still nothing happens.

Has anyone else had these problems?
Chris

Are you sure it is not running? When I load it it only shows up as an icon in the tray and in the task manager. I never see any other indication that it is loaded.




You only see the speaker controls when you click on Restore on the icon.

[smokeycoles]

Its defiantly not running, in either the icon tray or task manager.

[Pete]

Have you looked at the event logs?

[smokeycoles]

Good idea, the Windows ones?

[smokeycoles]

Faulting application name: Speaker.exe, version: 3.0.0.7, time stamp: 0x57102c08
Faulting module name: KERNELBASE.dll, version: 10.0.10586.494, time stamp: 0x5775e78b
Exception code: 0xe0434352
Fault offset: 0x000bdae8
Faulting process ID: 0x362c
Faulting application start time: 0x01d20b9cbc7db667
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS3\Speaker.exe
Faulting module path: C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNELBASE.dll
Report ID: 7f9adf0b-0e37-4aa8-8079-6b47dfd4f073
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

System

- Provider

[ Name] Application Error

- EventID 1000

[ Qualifiers] 0

Level 2

Task 100

Keywords 0x80000000000000

- TimeCreated

[ SystemTime] 2016-09-10T19:51:35.618564200Z

EventRecordID 15674

Channel Application

Computer Eagle54-HA

Security


- EventData

Speaker.exe
3.0.0.7
57102c08
KERNELBASE.dll
10.0.10586.494
5775e78b
e0434352
000bdae8
362c
01d20b9cbc7db667
C:\Program Files (x86)\HomeSeer HS3\Speaker.exe
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\KERNELBASE.dll
7f9adf0b-0e37-4aa8-8079-6b47dfd4f073


Application: Speaker.exe Framework Version: v4.0.30319 Description: The process was terminated due to an unhandled exception. Exception Info: System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException at System.Windows.Forms.UnsafeNativeMethods.CoCreateInstance(Sy stem.Guid ByRef, System.Object, Int32, System.Guid ByRef) at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateWithLicense(System.String, System.Guid) at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateInstanceCore(System.Guid) at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateInstance() at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.GetOcxCreate() at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.TransitionUpTo(Int32) at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.CreateHandle() at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.Control.CreateControl(Boolean) at System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.EndInit() at Speaker.FrmSpeaker.InitializeComponent() at Speaker.FrmSpeaker..ctor() Exception Info: System.InvalidOperationException at Speaker.My.MyProject+MyForms.Create__Instance__[[System.__Canon, mscorlib, Version=4.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089]](System.__Canon) at Speaker.My.MyApplication.OnCreateMainForm() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplic ationBase.OnRun() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplic ationBase.DoApplicationModel() at Microsoft.VisualBasic.ApplicationServices.WindowsFormsApplic ationBase.Run(System.String[]) at Speaker.My.MyApplication.Main(System.String[])

[randy]

Its defiantly not running, in either the icon tray or task manager.

My feeling it is O/S related rather than HS related.
Foolish thought #1 - Have you tried restarting the computer
Foolish thought #2 - Is there a chance that it is due to UAC? Try setting it at minimum.
Foolish thought #3 - Do you have a full backup of HomeSeer from when it was working you can test to see if it was really the HS update that broke it?
Foolish thought #4 - If there have been any Microsoft updates since it last worked, can you use system restore to roll Windows 10 back to a prior date?

[smokeycoles]

If I restore Windows back to the 04/19/16 (Installation of Critical Windows Update) - will this alter my HS3 settings and directory at all?

[Rupp]

If I restore Windows back to the 04/19/16 (Installation of Critical Windows Update) - will this alter my HS3 settings and directory at all?

No.