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Posted: 29th Jan 2022 23:31
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I have reinstalled the program 3 times and verified files twice. I keep getting the following message when I try to start the program with the shortcut or the exe file directly..

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Posted: 30th Jan 2022 02:15 Edited at: 30th Jan 2022 02:17
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Hi
Can you post your system specs, including description of any third party AV/Firewall programs you may use,
the error is usually caused by a faulty DLL file.

I have moved you post to the correct thread.
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I don't believe gg Max will run on windows 8.1

It was made for windows 10.
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Posted: 30th Jan 2022 09:51
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Quote: "It was made for windows 10."

Yes Max is Windows 10 or above.
Sounds like this is the problem.
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Yes it is a DLL problem, windows 8.1 does not have the required DLLs to run MAX you need Windows 10
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Posted: 30th Jan 2022 13:52
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Straight from the GameGuru MAX website (https://www.game-guru.com/max):

Quote: "It is anticipated that the minimum specification for this product will require an NVIDIA GTX 960 or equivalent graphic card. We have also set the minimum operating system to Windows 10 ..."
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Posted: 30th Jan 2022 14:08
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Quote: "Return value

If the function succeeds, the return value is the HRESULT that denotes a successful operation. If the function fails, the return value is an HRESULT that denotes the error."


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https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/win32/api/processthreadsapi/nf-processthreadsapi-setthreaddescription
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