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Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

Last post 11/3/2009 4:32 AM by livelyppop. 12 replies.
  • 10/30/2009 3:24 AM

    Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    I dl MS Visual C# 2008 Express, MS XNA Game Studio 3.1 and the Zune HD extensions. I installed them... Whenever I try to deploy a ccgame file to the Zune I get the error.... "There is no editor available for ""location and name of game"".  Make sure the application for the file type .ccgame is installed.

    The file association fot .ccgame has MS Visual C# 2008 Express.

    I can deploy source files to the Zune in the normal manner with MS Visual C# 2008 Express. And I can deploy the ccgames file by using the XNA Game Studio Command Prompt and doing this..... Go to start, programs, XNA Game Studio 3.0, Tools, Xna Game Studio Command Prompt.
    In the command prompt type cd then space and right-click, paste the address and press enter. It should look like this:
    cd C:\Documents and Settings\User_Name\Desktop\downloads

    Now type this, with your .ccgame name instead of pacman.ccgame
    xnapack unpack pacman.ccgame

    I was just wondering why I get the error message and can't just double click the ccgame and have it start deploying...

    I am a beginner with this type of programming and when I have tried following the C# lessons from places I get several error messages there also...

    Any help or advice would be greatly appreciated.
    Preston
  • 10/30/2009 1:36 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    Are you sure the .ccgame files you're trying to deploy are for XNA GS 3.1?
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  • 10/30/2009 4:06 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    livelyppop:
    The file association fot .ccgame has MS Visual C# 2008 Express

    Did you set this file association? Visual C# 2008 does not know what a .ccgame file is, so it won't be able to open it properly. The file extension should be associated with ccgame.exe (you'll find this in the same directory as xnapack.exe).
    Stephen Styrchak | XNA Game Studio Developer
  • 10/30/2009 5:42 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    Stephen Styrchak:
    livelyppop:
    The file association fot .ccgame has MS Visual C# 2008 Express

    Did you set this file association? Visual C# 2008 does not know what a .ccgame file is, so it won't be able to open it properly. The file extension should be associated with ccgame.exe (you'll find this in the same directory as xnapack.exe).

    Well, when I first installed it, it worked once, then it switched the file association on its own I guess, because I didn't do it. And it hasn't worked since.
    I can't find the ccgame.exe or the xnapack.exe files anywhere.... I searched the computer and it says they are no matches....

    Any other suggestions as to where they may be hidding...?  Thanks Stephen...

    Livelyppop
  • 10/30/2009 5:44 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    Not completely sure but I was told they were... I was told to use 3.1 with them....
    Thanks....
  • 10/30/2009 5:44 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    They should be in C:\Program Files\Common Files\microsoft shared\XNA\XnaPack
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  • 10/31/2009 1:51 AM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    Nick, I found them, but when i choose the ccgame one it tells me it is xnapackfh.exe, i tried it and got an error that said with xnaclub games use the xnapack.exe... I'm confused on this.... Thanks for your help
  • 10/31/2009 5:32 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    Open Control Panel and go to the screen where you uninstall programs. Run a repair on Microsoft XNA Game Studio Platform Tools. That should re-establish the correct file association.
    Stephen Styrchak | XNA Game Studio Developer
  • 10/31/2009 8:17 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    Stephen Styrchak:
    Open Control Panel and go to the screen where you uninstall programs. Run a repair on Microsoft XNA Game Studio Platform Tools. That should re-establish the correct file association.

    I did this and it didn't work. There is nothing there to associate the file to... no xnapack.exe.... Thanks
  • 11/1/2009 5:21 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    livelyppop:
    Stephen Styrchak:
    Open Control Panel and go to the screen where you uninstall programs. Run a repair on Microsoft XNA Game Studio Platform Tools. That should re-establish the correct file association.

    I did this and it didn't work. There is nothing there to associate the file to... no xnapack.exe.... Thanks

    I don't understand what you mean by, "there is nothing there...". If you do this, you shouldn't be looking at file associations at all. Just repair the Platform Tools, and the association will be created for you. Repair is a command you can run instead of uninstall.
    Stephen Styrchak | XNA Game Studio Developer
  • 11/1/2009 7:14 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    Stephen, I ran the repair command... it did not work, it said to use another program.... I checked the file association just to see, it still showed the xnapackfh.exe..... then i looked in the directory for xnapack.exe.... it is not there....

    One of the other replies said to use the xnapack.exe for the ccgames.... it is not in the directory, just xnapackFH.exe and it tells me to use another program to use CC Game programs....

    Like I said I"m just confused... If I knew what all files to remove I would just completely remove all that I have installed and start over but there are so many files that are added I don't know what all to remove... lol....

    Thanks for your help.....
  • 11/2/2009 11:59 PM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    ccgame.exe is the application that should be associated with the .ccgame extension. In Control Panel, this will be displayed as xnapackfh.exe. That's a bug in Game Studio, but shouldn't affect the behavior. Control Panel is displaying the value from a property in the application instead of the file name - the property is supposed to match the file name, but doesn't (that's a bug).

    If at any time you remove the file association for .ccgame or modify it manually, it will be broken. In the registry, the ccgame.exe is associated with the extension, but it also specifies ProgID instantiation. That setting can't be made by manually editing the association. If you would please enter a bug on Connect (use the feedback link at the top of this site), you can suggest that we change this so the association can be modified manually.

    Your best bet is to uninstall the platform tools and re-install it. It gets installed with GS or with the Zune Extensions, so you should also uninstall and re-install one of those applications.

    The Zune Extensions version of GS Platform Tools is more recent than the GS 3.1 version, so if you had Zune Extensions installed, you should also uninstall and re-install Zune Extensions.
    Stephen Styrchak | XNA Game Studio Developer
  • 11/3/2009 4:32 AM In reply to

    Re: Problem with MS Visual C# 2008 Express and ccgame files.....

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    Stephen, I uninstalled GS Platform Tools and Zune Exensions. I tried to re-insall Zune Exetensions and was told that the GS Platform Tools had to be installed first. So, I did a reinstall on XNA GS 3.1... Then I reinstalled Zune Exensions....

    This is what I got when I tried to deploy...

    Please use XNA GS Package utility (XNApack.exe) to interact with XNA Creators Club packages (.ccgames files).

    Thanks for all your help with this....

    PS... I tried to go to connections to leave a bug report but the link didn't work...
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