P3D3.4 "Error creating child window"
Posted: Sat Apr 22, 2017 10:32 pm
Hi,
I've done a search and see that this is not an entirely new issue though it is new to me.
Background
I had P3D 3.3 installed with a significant number of updates (Aerosoft, PMDG, ORBX, etc.) and the whole installation had become a bit messy and unstable. As a result, I spent a fair bit of time on things other than flying. V3.4 came out and I left off downloading the full suite of files until about a week ago when I wanted to get back into some stable sim flying so though it was worth reinstalling everything (Truth be known I'm sort of waiting for the 64bit version but that isn't the point of this thread !)
What happened
I did a full uninstall of all the add-ons and P3D in accordance with the various instructions (cleared out %programdata%, %appdata%, etc., etc.), formatted the SSD that I dedicate to P3D, rebooted, ran CCleaner, tidied everything up etc. Then did the reinstall of V3.4 from the new downloaded files.
Issue
I keep getting "Error creating child window" crashes. I can't seem to tie it down to a specific event (e.g. changing aircraft in the sim, changing location, etc.) - the timing seems to be a bit random. I haven't reinstalled much by way of add-ons yet.
Some things that *could* be relevant:
- I do have a Saitek X52 joystick
- logitech mouse (runs a driver system called overwolf)
- two GTX 780Tis in SLI with NVidia surround on across three monitors (5040x1050)
- ASUS Xonar soundcard
All this stuff worked fine before so not sure if they really have any relevance.
Running i7-4770K @4.1MHz, ASUS Z87-Pro, 16Gb RAM and Windows 10 Build 170414-1642
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks,
Rob
I've done a search and see that this is not an entirely new issue though it is new to me.
Background
I had P3D 3.3 installed with a significant number of updates (Aerosoft, PMDG, ORBX, etc.) and the whole installation had become a bit messy and unstable. As a result, I spent a fair bit of time on things other than flying. V3.4 came out and I left off downloading the full suite of files until about a week ago when I wanted to get back into some stable sim flying so though it was worth reinstalling everything (Truth be known I'm sort of waiting for the 64bit version but that isn't the point of this thread !)
What happened
I did a full uninstall of all the add-ons and P3D in accordance with the various instructions (cleared out %programdata%, %appdata%, etc., etc.), formatted the SSD that I dedicate to P3D, rebooted, ran CCleaner, tidied everything up etc. Then did the reinstall of V3.4 from the new downloaded files.
Issue
I keep getting "Error creating child window" crashes. I can't seem to tie it down to a specific event (e.g. changing aircraft in the sim, changing location, etc.) - the timing seems to be a bit random. I haven't reinstalled much by way of add-ons yet.
Some things that *could* be relevant:
- I do have a Saitek X52 joystick
- logitech mouse (runs a driver system called overwolf)
- two GTX 780Tis in SLI with NVidia surround on across three monitors (5040x1050)
- ASUS Xonar soundcard
All this stuff worked fine before so not sure if they really have any relevance.
Running i7-4770K @4.1MHz, ASUS Z87-Pro, 16Gb RAM and Windows 10 Build 170414-1642
Any suggestions gratefully received.
Thanks,
Rob