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  • November 30, 2010 at 8:53 pm #1000
    Bryan Durio
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    I had a flash of brilliance this morning. I thought, "Why not install VAC and see if I can record BAE in Audacity?" Bad move.

    I’m running Win 7 Pro. I searched for VAC on my HD and found vac312full_breakaway.zip dated 1-15-2009. I unzipped it and tried to run setup.exe. Bad move #2. I got a BSOD and was about to write down the info on the screen when my PC rebooted.

    I thought I’d better uninstall VAC and reinstall it. I got a message box stating:

    No AppName event in file "uninst.ini"

    I saved a log. It reads:

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    30.11.10 10:00:29 Setup utility version: 1.23
    30.11.10 10:00:29 Command Line: “-u”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 ExeModuleDir=”C:Program FilesVirtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 ExeModuleName=”setup.exe”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 OS version: 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2
    30.11.10 10:00:29 CurrentDir=”C:Program FilesVirtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 Initializing COM
    30.11.10 10:00:29 Value “SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionProgramFilesDir”=”C:Program Files”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 —-
    30.11.10 10:00:29 WindowsDir=”C:Windows”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 ProgramFilesDir=”C:Program Files”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 LocalProgramsFolder=”C:UsersBryanAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuPrograms”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 CommonProgramsFolder=”C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuPrograms”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 —-
    30.11.10 10:00:29 Working as primary process
    30.11.10 10:00:29 InstallDir=”C:Program FilesVirtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 Sync event name: “C:/Program Files/Virtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 Created sync event “C:/Program Files/Virtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 10:00:29 Loading file “C:Program FilesVirtual Audio Cableuninst.ini”
    30.11.10*10:00:29**MessageBox: No AppName event in file “uninst.ini”
    30.11.10 10:00:35 Uninstallation (first phase) aborted.

    I can’t uninstall it. So I tried to reinstall it, and I get another message box stating:

    Service "VirtualAudioCable" is already present

    The log reads:

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    30.11.10 12:36:49 Setup utility version: 1.23
    30.11.10 12:36:49 Command Line: “”
    30.11.10 12:36:49 ExeModuleDir=”C:temp”
    30.11.10 12:36:49 ExeModuleName=”setup.exe”
    30.11.10 12:36:49 OS version: 6.1.7600
    30.11.10 12:36:49 CurrentDir=”C:temp”
    30.11.10 12:36:49 Initializing COM
    30.11.10 12:36:50 Value “SoftwareMicrosoftWindowsCurrentVersionProgramFilesDir”=”C:Program Files”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 —-
    30.11.10 12:36:50 WindowsDir=”C:Windows”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 ProgramFilesDir=”C:Program Files”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 LocalProgramsFolder=”C:UsersBryanAppDataRoamingMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuPrograms”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 CommonProgramsFolder=”C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuPrograms”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 —-
    30.11.10 12:36:50 SourceDir=”C:temp”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 AppName=”Virtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 AppVersion=”3.12″
    30.11.10 12:36:50 DefaultProgramGroup=”Virtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 DefaultInstallDir=”C:Program FilesVirtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 StartMenuFolder=”C:ProgramDataMicrosoftWindowsStart MenuPrograms”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 DeviceName=”Virtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 ReadmeFile=”readme.txt”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 LicenseFile=”license.txt”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 MmeDriverModule=”vacumd.dll”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 MmeDriverCategories=”wave,mixer”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 ServiceName=”VirtualAudioCable”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 ServiceImage=”system32driversvackmd.sys”
    30.11.10 12:36:50 ServiceType=”1″
    30.11.10 12:36:50 ServiceStartup=”1″
    30.11.10 12:36:50 —-
    30.11.10 12:36:50 MessageBox: Virtual Audio Cable 3.12 will be installed on your computer. Do you want to continue?
    30.11.10 12:36:54 Installation enabled
    30.11.10 12:36:54 Displaying license agreement
    30.11.10 12:36:54 Loading file “C:templicense.txt”
    30.11.10 12:36:56 License agreement accepted
    30.11.10 12:36:56 Displaying directory selection dialog
    30.11.10 12:36:59 Directory selection succeeded
    30.11.10 12:36:59 Actual install dir is “C:Program FilesVirtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 12:36:59 Actual program group is “Virtual Audio Cable”
    30.11.10 12:36:59 The user is normal
    30.11.10 12:36:59 Enumerating values in drivers.desc
    30.11.10 12:36:59 Service “VirtualAudioCable” is opened
    30.11.10*12:36:59**MessageBox: Service “VirtualAudioCable” is already present
    30.11.10 12:38:31 Installation aborted.

    The "VirtualAudioCable" service is not running. I don’t know what to do. How can I uninstall VAC?? I guess I should have checked to see if it or an updated version can run on Win 7.

    December 1, 2010 at 6:42 am #5318
    Milky
    Keymaster

    Hmmm, messy. How about a system restore to a point earlier than the install?
    Control Panel > System > Advanced System Settings > System Protection > System Restore.

    December 2, 2010 at 8:41 am #5319
    JesseG
    Member

    go to device manager, use the "show hidden devices" option, and you should see it in there if the driver is still installed, even if it’s not loaded. if not, then it’s not installed. cheers.

    December 7, 2010 at 1:51 pm #5320
    Bryan Durio
    Member

    Milky: I’ve always disabled the System Restore function because of its unreliability, so that’s not an option for me.

    Jesse: I found the Virtual Audio Cable device and disabled it.

    Thanks for your help!

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