ckhotspots, ckMouseHook error Thread last updated on 2008-08-07 10:44:00

Posted by member 362901 on 2008-08-05 09:59:55

Several themes I have downloaded use ckHotSpots. Whenever I restart / recycle, I get the following error:
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C:\LiteStep\modules\ckhotspots-2.3.3\ckMouseHook.dll
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Error: Could not find initModuleEx().

Please confirm that the dll is a Litestep module,
and check with the author for updates.

I've searched this forum, found a previous thread with the same issue, but there wasn't a resolution, other than to not use themes with this module.

The load command is
*NetLoadModule ckhotspots-2.3.3 load ckHotspots.dll

Anyone have any ideas?

Posted by member 1 on 2008-08-05 10:29:57 link

try putting ckMouseHook in c:\LiteStep and see what happens.

Posted by member 362901 on 2008-08-06 09:43:59 link

Same results. Just to be sure, I rebooted (not just recycled) and still got the same error. The themes I'm experiencing this on are "Gathering" and "Xandos". Can't recall if there's others...

Posted by member 1 on 2008-08-06 15:59:53 link

From the docs...

/****************** v2.1 2001/07/01************/
Alright, in this version, i separated the mouse hook into it's own dll,
which now runs much much faster and more efficient.
But remember to place it in the root dir with LiteStep.exe and lsapi.dll
or it won't work. You don't need to load ckMouseHook.dll,
hotspots will load it if you didn't specify ckHotspotsVersion1Style.
So this is basically it. BTW, thanks jugg for his suggestion and help. Thanks ;-)

Posted by member 99 on 2008-08-06 19:00:21 link

Look for modules.ini in your LiteStep dir. If there's a line under [NetLoadModule] that refers to ckMouseHook.dll, delete that line. (If there is no such line or section, ignore me.)

Posted by member 362901 on 2008-08-07 10:44:00 link

Rabid: Didn't find a "modules.ini" anywhere in my LiteStep folder/subfolders. I did find "NetLoadModule.ini" in the NLM folder in my LiteStep folder. There wasn't any reference to ckMouseHook.

Here's what I did to get rid of the error. I moved ckMouseHook.dll from my C:\LiteStep\modules\ckhotspots-2.3.3 folder to C:\LiteStep. Note that I didn't copy it, but moved it. Now it seems to be working without error.

Thanks for your help guys.