this began a few days ago while on version 2.5, did a clean install to version 2.6 and still having same issue. The service is running, tried service restarts, reboots and still states the service is unavailable.

interestingly the MCEBuddy uninstall program indicated it could not proceed as the program was not installed. I did a an application remove from windows plus manual delete of all MCEBuddy referenced folders and files. After a Windows restart the MCEBuddy install went without issue and now it finds t…

can you attach your mcebuddy.log?

I am unable to locate mcebuddy logs. when I click on “logs” nothing appears, when I click on “events” I get a window with: error retrieving event logs, unable to get event log entries from the mcebuddy engine, retrieving event logs from local machine. This displays much info but I don’t know where …

Very strange. Can you open up a PowerShell as Administrator and enter the following: Get-Service -Name MCEBuddy2x | Format-List -Property * Paste the results in a response. Can you also paste a screenshot of the main GUI window? Like this. [image]

So strange. It should be able to connect/see the service is running. Are there any files in the Logs directory? Try this powershell command and paste output in reply. Test-NetConnection -ComputerName localhost -Port 23332

Yes, the logs should be on the root of the MCEBuddy2x folder. It looks like something might be blocking the communication to the service on port 23332. Or it could be that the service even though it shows are running, it might be in state of non-responding. Open up the services and open the propet…

The mcebuddy service is unavailable

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SystemIdleProcess January 22, 2024, 8:55pm 13

I’m at a loss on why it’s not working. My only suggestion would be to retry the clean install method.

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