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Unable to start SAMM - Unhandled Exception

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unitedkingdom
Hi all,

First post on this forum and I would appreciate some help please. I've installed SAMM v2.2.04a but when I try to start it I get an unhandled exception message.

Windows 7, Microsoft.NET Framework 4.6.2 and the P3D SDK are on the C:\ drive, with P3D v3.4 on the D:\ drive. SAMM is installed in C:\Static Aircraft Model Maker\. I've tried starting with "Run as administrator" but that doesn't work. The paths in the SAMM.ini file are all correct.

The following is copied from the unhandled exception message:

Unhandled exception has occurred in your application. If you click
Continue, the application will ignore this error and attemmpt to continue.
If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.
Could not load file or assembly 'ASToFra.Interfaces. Version=1.0.0.0.
Culture=neutral. PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The
syatem cannot find the file specified.
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Details:
See the end of this message for details on invoking
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.
************** Exception Text **************
System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'ASToFra.Interfaces, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.
File name: 'ASToFra.Interfaces, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null'
at SAMM2.MainPanel.StartByTimer(Object sender, EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.OnTick(EventArgs e)
at System.Windows.Forms.Timer.TimerNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)
WRN: Assembly binding logging is turned OFF.
To enable assembly bind failure logging, set the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog] (DWORD) to 1.
Note: There is some performance penalty associated with assembly bind failure logging.
To turn this feature off, remove the registry value [HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Fusion!EnableLog].

************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
Assembly Version: 2.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 2.0.50727.5485 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
SAMM2
Assembly Version: 2.2.0.4
Win32 Version: 2.2.0.4
CodeBase: file:///C:/Static%20Aircraft%20Model%20Maker/SAMM2.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
Assembly Version: 8.0.0.0
Win32 Version: 8.0.50727.5483 (Win7SP1GDR.050727-5400)
CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/8.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------

The message says "System.IO.FileNotFoundException: Could not load file or assembly 'ASToFra.Interfaces." but I don't know what that means. There are many System.IO files on my PC but I don't know what particular file SAMM is looking for.

Any suggestions on how to resolve this would be appreciated.

Regards
Graham
 
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gadgets

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Did you install Version 2.2.04 first. Development Releases can't run on this own.

If you did install 2.2.04, why isn't ASToFRA.Interfaces in your SAMM folder. It's in the archive.

Don
 
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unitedkingdom
That explains it. I didn't realise the development release wouldn't run on its own. Thanks, Don.

Regards
Graham
 
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