Vvvv splash screen crash IF packs/dx11 in main folder

vvvv beta question
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I’m getting an endless splash screen when opening vvvv only if I have packs/dx11 in my root folder.

I ran /logstartup and, unsurprsingly, a dx11 node fails. Any ideas?

Running windows 10 - x64 everything

21:49:59.790 vvvv caused error during startup: The composition produced a single composition error. The root cause is provided below. Review the CompositionException.Errors property for more detailed information.

  1. Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Resulting in: An exception occurred while trying to create an instance of type ‘VVVV.DX11.Factories.DX11NodesFactory’.

Resulting in: Cannot activate part ‘VVVV.DX11.Factories.DX11NodesFactory’.
Element: VVVV.DX11.Factories.DX11NodesFactory → VVVV.DX11.Factories.DX11NodesFactory → DirectoryCatalog (Path=“C:\Users\Willi\Desktop\vvvv_45beta34.1_x64\packs\dx11\factories”)

Resulting in: Cannot get export ‘VVVV.DX11.Factories.DX11NodesFactory (ContractName=“VVVV.PluginInterfaces.V2.IAddonFactory”)’ from part ‘VVVV.DX11.Factories.DX11NodesFactory’.
Element: VVVV.DX11.Factories.DX11NodesFactory (ContractName=“VVVV.PluginInterfaces.V2.IAddonFactory”) → VVVV.DX11.Factories.DX11NodesFactory → DirectoryCatalog (Path=“C:\Users\Willi\Desktop\vvvv_45beta34.1_x64\packs\dx11\factories”)

Resulting in: Cannot set import ‘VVVV.Hosting.HDEHost.AddonFactories (ContractName=“VVVV.PluginInterfaces.V2.IAddonFactory”)’ on part ‘VVVV.Hosting.HDEHost’.
Element: VVVV.Hosting.HDEHost.AddonFactories (ContractName=“VVVV.PluginInterfaces.V2.IAddonFactory”) → VVVV.Hosting.HDEHost

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try re-download and unzip with something like 7-zip or winrar

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@antokhio Cheers! That fixed all my problems. If only I understood why…

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it has something to do with permissions, that is why it is mentioned in the install instructions thaty you should use 7zip to unzip: downloads