Hey all.
Was given a buddy key of a work friend last night, downloaded the game via Cryptic's downloader, installed it, patched it went to sign in and the client crashed giving me an error about a d3dx9_37.dll not been compatable with windows or possibly corrupt. Iv tried manually downloading the file afresh from Mircosoft but i still got the same error. I downloaded the game files again but this time from the torrent listed on the download section but again im getting the same error.
All the files are set to admin and all the the correct privilages, i did a force verify which came back fine too.
Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit
AMD X2 64 6000+
8800gt 512mb
4gb OCZ Ram
Iv done the usually scan of google but i was unable to fine an answer, i just seemed to run into dead ends.
I like the sound of STO but this slight technical issue i seem to be experiancing is putting me off buying the game. Iv only got 4 days left of the trial, it be nice to see whats to offer other than error codes

Thanks in advance..
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http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=2da43d38-db71-4c1b-bc6a-9b6652cd92a3
File Name: dxwebsetup.exe
Version: 9.28.1886
Date Published: 2/5/2010
"C:\Users\Public\Games\Cryptic Studios\Star Trek Online\Live\D3DX9_37.dll" is showing Microsoft Corporation Tuesday, March 04, 2008 7:14:34 PM
Fantastic, that worked like a charm. But now im faced with another error this time its a Fatal Error and something to do with the textures.hogg. So ill delete them and let the launcher reinstall them.
Im in game but its now time for work so looks like ill have to wait untill tonight to get stuck in.
Thanks for the help everyone.
Are you downloading the client through a 3rd party site? try a full redownload using http://files.startrekonline.com/installer/star_trek_online_setup.exe
and see if it clears up. If it doesn't, then theres a problem with your system
Its working now was playing it for a few hours last night with no problems.
That link you posted was how i downloaded it originally, and the 3rd party download was a torrent that is listed in the download section on this website. The download data must just simply be corrupt, but deleting the corrupt files and letting the client repatch them back into the game seems to fix the problem. Was abit of a pain and took 3 days off the trial time but im happy now im in..
Thanks for all the help everyone.
some examples
that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:11 31 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:11 38 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:12 45 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:13 52 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:13 59 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:14 66 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:15 73 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:16 80 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:17 87 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:18 94 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:18 101 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:19 108 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
100121 22:15:20 115 MasterControlProgram[1] ESC : The patchclientlib is internally recording error code : 36\nA file was locked that could not be open for writing. - Unable to read back file
but the crash itself looks always the same...
I have 23 other games on my HDD (Champions Online, WAR, WOW, DawnOf WarII, Bioshock2, OFP-DR, RIsen , L4D1+2, FarCry2, Dirt 2 and so on...) and all of them run absolutely rockstable.
It makes me sad, cause I m one of the few players who loves STO the way it is and I really planned to play it for a long time, but with this regular crashes its kind of impossible.
Sorry for my bad english, native german speaker here