hi i installed the reg files to remove the splashscreen in norton AV and it's the 
only recent change i've made.  now i can't start winamp v.3  i get a popup error

-Assertion failed-
Expression: f->ptr filesize
File: C:\projects\studio-488d\Ns_database\Vfs.cpp
Line: 149

reinstalling winamp didn't work and i searched the registry for references to that 
directory with no luck. c:\projects...etc does NOT exist on c drive.

does anyone think that this might be related? thank you :)

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1. Did you make a backup or rename the registry entries before making the change.

2. If you know what changes were made, can you manually change it back again.

Bob Cerelli






On Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 11:55 am, anthony wrote:
>hi i installed the reg files to remove the splashscreen in norton AV and it's the 
>only recent change i've made.  now i can't start winamp v.3  i get a popup error
>
>-Assertion failed-
>Expression: f->ptr filesize
>File: C:\projects\studio-488d\Ns_database\Vfs.cpp
>Line: 149
>
>reinstalling winamp didn't work and i searched the registry for references to that 
>directory with no luck. c:\projects...etc does NOT exist on c drive.
>
>does anyone think that this might be related? thank you :)
>
>
>

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-kicking myself-
1. no (dumb move)
2. not sure what keys were edited.
although, i found a workaround at winamp's site :) so that is no longer a problem. 
i still think it may have been due to the registry writing, but have noticed no other 
errors. i'll keep my fingers crossed. if anyone else notices a cause/effect relation 
between this reg/norton splashscreen fix and winamp or other progs, i'd be interested 
to know. thanks!





On Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 12:24 pm, Bob Cerelli wrote:
>1. Did you make a backup or rename the registry entries before making the change.
>
>2. If you know what changes were made, can you manually change it back again.
>
>Bob Cerelli
>
>



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I didn't change or install anything that I'm aware of. And now I'm suddenly getting the same error message with Winamp 3, and just yesterday it was working perfectly. How did you resolve it?


On Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 3:14 pm, anthony wrote:

>
>-kicking myself-
>1. no (dumb move)
>2. not sure what keys were edited.
>although, i found a workaround at winamp's site :) so that is no longer a problem. 
>i still think it may have been due to the registry writing, but have noticed no 
other 
>errors. i'll keep my fingers crossed. if anyone else notices a cause/effect relation 
>between this reg/norton splashscreen fix and winamp or other progs, i'd be interested 
>to know. thanks!
>

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hi,

I'm getting exactly the same pop-up error in winamp, in my case it happened after 
installing Auto Mp3 Renamer v2.2 and Tagscanner v4.7

can't seem to get rid of this error either, even after uninstalling those programs 
& reinstalling Winamp ...






On Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 11:55 am, anthony wrote:
>hi i installed the reg files to remove the splashscreen in norton AV and it's the 
>only recent change i've made.  now i can't start winamp v.3  i get a popup error
>
>-Assertion failed-
>Expression: f->ptr filesize
>File: C:\projects\studio-488d\Ns_database\Vfs.cpp
>Line: 149
>
>reinstalling winamp didn't work and i searched the registry for references to that 
>directory with no luck. c:\projects...etc does NOT exist on c drive.
>
>does anyone think that this might be related? thank you :)
>
>
>

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check winamp's site and do a search for: Assertion failed thats how i fixed the error. seems some things (installs etc) corrupt part of the winamp


On Friday, April 18, 2003 at 5:48 am, DJ Shmug wrote:

>hi,
>
>I'm getting exactly the same pop-up error in winamp, in my case it happened after 
>installing Auto Mp3 Renamer v2.2 and Tagscanner v4.7
>
>can't seem to get rid of this error either, even after uninstalling those programs 
>& reinstalling Winamp ...
>
>

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I am getting the same message!!!! This is BS.


On Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 11:55 am, anthony wrote:

>hi i installed the reg files to remove the splashscreen in norton AV and it's the 
>only recent change i've made.  now i can't start winamp v.3  i get a popup error
>
>-Assertion failed-
>Expression: f->ptr filesize
>File: C:\projects\studio-488d\Ns_database\Vfs.cpp
>Line: 149
>
>reinstalling winamp didn't work and i searched the registry for references to that 
>directory with no luck. c:\projects...etc does NOT exist on c drive.
>
>does anyone think that this might be related? thank you :)
>
>
>

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Delete the contents of the "Winamp3/db" directory. This happens when the database gets corrupt. Currently there appears to be no safeguards in Winamp3 for this. Helmut

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Nice one Mate ;=},, winamp been giving me Gip for days,with the Assertion Failed Bollocks,no idea wot caused it,i install so much crap there's no telling,anyway Thank You Helmut,deleting the "db" directory worked sweet,got me tunes on now... I doubt very much you r the same Helmut that i played TRIBES with so many times,,,let me know M8;=}


On Sunday, August 3, 2003 at 5:41 am, Helmut wrote:
>Delete the contents of the "Winamp3/db" directory. This happens when the database
>gets corrupt. Currently there appears to be no safeguards in Winamp3 for this.
>
>Helmut

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Thank you, that's exactly what was wrong.

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DB did the job for me too..good job bud


On Sunday, August 3, 2003 at 5:41 am, Helmut wrote:
>Delete the contents of the "Winamp3/db" directory. This happens when the database
>gets corrupt. Currently there appears to be no safeguards in Winamp3 for this.
>
>Helmut

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I am recieving the same error with winamp 3... I am running NAV corp edition, but I have made no changes to the registry. I have however disabled many services today which have been bogging down my computer ... I'm sure one is needed as this is the only change I have made.

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Cool, i've been scratching my head for the past hour wondering what the heck was up with Winamp, thats weird that all a sudden this has been happening to everyone. This Assertion Failed thing has been spreading over the last couple weeks i've noticed in other forums. thanks for the help, party on to your winamp, woohoo!


On Wednesday, November 19, 2003 at 6:16 pm, crazyengineer wrote:
>DB did the job for me too..good job bud
>
>

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Thanks mate, I had the same problem, the error only appeared when i played 2 bob marley songs though... really weird. anyway thanks again!


On Sunday, August 3, 2003 at 5:41 am, Helmut wrote:
>Delete the contents of the "Winamp3/db" directory. This happens when the database
>gets corrupt. Currently there appears to be no safeguards in Winamp3 for this.
>
>Helmut

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