exe.xml is corrupted

[Michael Moe]

Hi, i just reinstalled MSFS intirely and also reinstalled GSX PRO.

i get this error . What can i do ? its properly not a GSX fault

Thanks Michael Moe

https://ibb.co/44CWvCm

[virtuali]

Yes, you file is as corrupted as it could be...since it contained multiple FSUIPC sections all enclosed with the <SimBase.Document> tag, making it an XML illegal file for sure. Here's a fixed version.

[Michael Moe]

Thank you for your support
Michael Moe

[Michael Moe]

Hi again ,
What about Coualt64?
Is this possible via the exe.xml?
Do you know what the new consol section meens?
Thanks
Michael Moe

[virtuali]

I fixed ( I think ) your existing EXE.XML which was corrupted and prevented the GSX installer to add its section. To do it again without reinstall, from the FSDT Installer:

- Choose Uninstall, but reply NO to the next question, so it will UNLINK GSX Pro

- When "Relink" appears, click on it, so it will recreate the Community links AND will try to configure the EXE.XML again, adding the Couatl sections to it.

[Dreamflight767]

I fixed ( I think ) your existing EXE.XML which was corrupted and prevented the GSX installer to add its section. To do it again without reinstall, from the FSDT Installer:

- Choose Uninstall, but reply NO to the next question, so it will UNLINK GSX Pro

- When "Relink" appears, click on it, so it will recreate the Community links AND will try to configure the EXE.XML again, adding the Couatl sections to it.

Hi:

I'm running into this issue too.  I tried to use your copy of the EXE XML and run as you suggested.  But when I run the "relink" I still get an error that says my EXE is corrupt and no changes will be made.

Here is my copy.

Thanks!

[virtuali]

I'm running into this issue too.  I tried to use your copy of the EXE XML and run as you suggested.  But when I run the "relink" I still get an error that says my EXE is corrupt and no changes will be made.

Your EXE.XML is corrupted in a different way, it ends like this:

</SimBase.Docum

Instead as it should ( and how my copy was )

</SimBase.Document>

[Dreamflight767]

OK.  I'll fix it.  Thanks!

[Dreamflight767]

I'm running into this issue too.  I tried to use your copy of the EXE XML and run as you suggested.  But when I run the "relink" I still get an error that says my EXE is corrupt and no changes will be made.

Your EXE.XML is corrupted in a different way, it ends like this:

</SimBase.Docum

Instead as it should ( and how my copy was )

</SimBase.Document>

Sorry to bother you but I'm getting the same error message even after the fix.  Would you mind having one more look for me please?
Thanks!

[virtuali]

Sorry to bother you but I'm getting the same error message even after the fix.  Would you mind having one more look for me please?

Now you have a different problem. In the first EXE.XML you posted, I haven't noticed that, in addition to having the last line truncated, you were also missing the </Launch.Addon> closing Tag for the Fenix section.

However, in the last EXE.XML you posted, it's even worse, because you are now missing the </Launch.Addon> for FSUIPC7 ( which you had before ). Try to be more careful when doing edits, here's a fixed version but please, don't use the FSDT forum as a general "XML cleanup service", because it this becomes an habit, nobody will get any support, since I'll spend all my time fixing corrupted XMLs.

There's a EASY way to verify if you EXE.XML is legal, and is to open it with Internet Explorer. If there are any syntax errors, it will say that.

[Dreamflight767]

Thanks.  I got it working after copying an EXE from a different user.  It's interesting how this got corrupt as I have never touched it before.  I just completed a new computer build last week so I did a fresh install w/ SU11.

[virtuali]

Thanks.  I got it working after copying an EXE from a different user.  It's interesting how this got corrupt as I have never touched it before.  I just completed a new computer build last week so I did a fresh install w/ SU11.

The most common case is a problem caused by a 3rd party installer that has some bug. This was a known problem in FSX, which was solved in P3D ( each add-on has its own add-on.xml ), but now is back with MSFS.

That's why, our installer will FIRST check the XML file to be absolutely correct before doing any changes to it, because operating on an already corrupted XML would make even more damages to it.

[virtuali]

The .exe you attached is perfectly fine and has been modified correctly by the installer. However, it was called with a different name and renamed .txt so, I cannot possibly be sure if this is the actual EXE.XML in your system, or some other file you edited or fixed which is not used by the sim.

So, check again, and send your actual EXE.XML ZIPPED and DO NOT rename it or change it in any way.

Be sure the file you send is the one really called EXE.XML, not something else like EXE.XML.TXT. To be sure of this, be sure the option to hide extensions for known file names is disabled in the Windows Explorer View options.

[virtuali]

And again, please send your actual EXE.XML ZIPPED and DO NOT rename it or change it in any way.