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Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Hi everyone,

version 9.6.2., windows xp, previous versions worked fine...

Tonight for the first time I started getting this error: when I double click on a song, or hit the rewind button the foobar shuts down and I get two pop up small windows: one says "unhandled exception - invalid path syntax" and the other says "library viewer selection playlist".    It then says to contact foobar support as it needed to shut down...  It happens randomly, I could not figure out a pattern.  I restart foobar and everything's fine until it does it again.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #1 –
Bueller...?  Bueller...?

Anyone out there who may be able to figure this one out??

Thanks guys!!

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #2 –
I have the same problem using foobar2000 in vista. I find that a folder name with a character '。' cause the error. After removing that character, the problem no longer happen.

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #3 –
Thanks ohana,

I will check for any unusual characters in the folder/file names.  However, I decided to reinstall foobar and so far so good...  No crashes yet, been playing with it for about an hour.  Hopefully those pesky crashes will not be back...

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #4 –
Yeah, it started doing it again for some reason...

I checked all folder and file names for unusual characters, etc. and everything is fine.  I could not see a pattern, in other words it crashes while attempting to play a new song, but when I restart foobar and go to that same song it plays it fine.  So it is not the song...

Any ideas, I'm stuck at this point...

Thank you!

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #5 –
1. Post component list (from Preferences > Components > [copy]).
2. Look in Start > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer > Application log, there might be more information in an "Application Error" event.
3. When that message shows up again, do not dismiss it, but launch Process Explorer instead, double-click foobar2000.exe process, go to the tab Threads, show [Stack] for all of them, select all rows and copy here in a nice [codebox‎] as well.
Full-quoting makes you scroll past the same junk over and over.

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #6 –
Quote from: Yirkha on
1. Post component list (from Preferences > Components > [copy]).
2. Look in Start > Administrative Tools > Event Viewer > Application log, there might be more information in an "Application Error" event.
3. When that message shows up again, do not dismiss it, but launch Process Explorer instead, double-click foobar2000.exe process, go to the tab Threads, show [Stack] for all of them, select all rows and copy here in a nice [codebox‎] as well.

Thanks Yirkha!
I ran Process Explorer. Here is the "Stack for thread 6104" info:
Code: [Select]
ntkrnlpa.exe+0x6e9ab
ntkrnlpa.exe!MmIsDriverVerifying+0xbb0
ntkrnlpa.exe!MmIsDriverVerifying+0x1492
win32k.sys+0x2ed2
win32k.sys+0x36d8
win32k.sys+0x36f5
ntdll.dll!KiFastSystemCallRet
USER32.dll!GetCursorFrameInfo+0x1cc
USER32.dll!SoftModalMessageBox+0x677
USER32.dll!MessageBoxIndirectA+0x23a
USER32.dll!MessageBoxTimeoutW+0x7a
USER32.dll!MessageBoxExW+0x1b
USER32.dll!MessageBoxW+0x45
shared.dll!uMessageBox+0x4e
foobar2000.exe+0x3b0a3
foobar2000.exe+0xb117a
kernel32.dll!RegisterWaitForInputIdle+0x49

Here is the components list:
Code: [Select]
foo_abx.dll
foo_albumlist.dll
foo_benchmark.dll
foo_bitcompare.dll
foo_browser.dll
foo_cdda.dll
foo_converter.dll
foo_dsp_std.dll
foo_freedb2.dll
foo_input_dts.dll
foo_input_std.dll
foo_masstag.dll
foo_out_asio.dll
foo_rgscan.dll
foo_ui_columns.dll
foo_ui_std.dll
foo_uie_albumart.dll
foo_uie_albumlist.dll
foo_uie_peakmeter.dll
foo_uie_quicksearch.dll
foo_uie_trackinfo.dll
foo_uie_trackinfo_mod.dll
foo_unpack.dll
foo_input_validator.dll

Couldn't see anything in the event viewer...

Thank you very much!

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #7 –
It sounds like it may be an old version of foo_uie_albumart.
Full-quoting makes you scroll past the same junk over and over.

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #8 –
Thanks again, Yirkha!  I will go ahead and try to download the latest version and see what happens...

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #9 –
I downloaded and installed the latest foo_uie_albumart.  I played with it for about 2 hours and the problem has NOT come back.  It appears to have solved the problem, but I will report back. 

I am extremely grateful for all the help you have given me, Yirkha!

Unhandled Exception - Invalid Path Syntax with Library Viewer Selectio

Reply #10 –
Just a quick update:  after installing the latest foo_uie_albumart and extensive play, I haven't gotten the error message anymore.  I would have never been able to figure that out...  Again, a huge "thank you" to all who helped and particularly Yirkha who figured this one out for me... 

Cheers!