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@blondboy

Try this patched x64 exe file v17.1.1 (04-03-2016) with no compress

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Thanks kenta2, this works. However it confirms my opinion that there must be something wrong with these compressed .exe files.

There is another problem: the newer versions of GM are not able to load a very large PNG from MOBAC. "very large" means a 75GB PNG file which results in a 150GB tmp file of GM. Last version that works withput problems is 16.0. Up to 16.2 there are still good chances for success. With ver.17 its almost impossible. It starts fine, but after a while the whole computer slows down and becomes unusable in the end because even the mouse sticks. I suspect parallel code in GM and/or energy saving mechanisms in my laptop to be responsible for that. Its written in the new features of ver.17: "Dramatic Speed Improvements - depending on data and machine anywhere from 5 to 10 times faster for all types of data processing and rendering". From that I conclude that they are using a new library for all these tasks. I did tests with unregistered and patched versions, there is no difference.

** Alternative patching of installed versions **

1. Install new version stable 18.2.0 (25-05-2017)
2a. patch 32-bit:
- Replace Adress h0030E0C5 h75 ==> hEB
- Replace Adress h006B0679 - 006B067A h32 C0 ==> hB0 01
- Replace Adress h006B38D1 - 006B38D4 h8A 44 24 0C ==> h33 C0 B0 01

2b. patch 64-bit:
- Replace Adress h002DAABF h75 ==> hEB
- Replace Adress h006C1630 - 006C1631 h32 C0 ==> hB0 01
- Replace Adress h006C4D06 - 006C4D0A h40 0F B6 C7 48 ==> h48 31 C0 FF C0
h = Hex-notation