Minion stuck on splash screen

[BlackBear]

Same problem as I had months ago, haven't been able to fix it yet.

Have you talked to your Java programmer?

My Minion does not work. running on windows 7, 64-bit.

Do not have any minion log since I can't start it.

[Dolby]

We just released a new version a few days after you posted this. Can you try the latest version 2.1.1-beta (http://minion.gg) and let me know if it works for you? There have been some very large changes (no need for C++ redist and upgraded Minion to use JDK8). I'm hoping your issue is now resolved in this new release or at the very least sheds some more light on the issue.

[BlackBear]

Status is that I uninstalled my previous version and installed 2.1.2

so far the program won't even show loading screen but the minion.exe is running.

[Dolby]

Still no .minion folder with this new version?

What security software do you have installed again?

[BlackBear]

My internet failed and minion force loaded in a way. Now I have some logs.

Also this from the notebook:

[2015-02-23 18:40:11.INFO com.zam.minion.Minion logSystemInformation os.name=Windows 7
[2015-02-23 18:40:11.INFO com.zam.minion.Minion logSystemInformation os.version=6.1
[2015-02-23 18:40:11.INFO com.zam.minion.Minion logSystemInformation os.arch=amd64
[2015-02-23 18:40:11.INFO com.zam.minion.Minion logSystemInformation java.runtime.version=1.8.0_31-b13
[2015-02-23 18:40:11.INFO com.zam.minion.Minion logSystemInformation java.class.path=C:\Users\BBC\AppData\Local\Minion\app\Minion-jfx.jar;lib/httpclient-4.3.1.jar;lib/httpcore-4.3.jar;lib/commons-logging-1.1.3.jar;lib/commons-codec-1.6.jar;lib/commons-configuration-1.10.jar;lib/commons-lang-2.6.jar;lib/commons-jxpath-1.3.jar;lib/commons-collections-3.2.1.jar;lib/jackson-mapper-asl-1.9.13.jar;lib/jackson-core-asl-1.9.13.jar;lib/junrar-0.7.jar;lib/commons-logging-api-1.1.jar;lib/commons-vfs2-2.0.jar;lib/maven-scm-api-1.4.jar;lib/plexus-utils-1.5.6.jar;lib/maven-scm-provider-svnexe-1.4.jar;lib/maven-scm-provider-svn-commons-1.4.jar;lib/regexp-1.3.jar;lib/kefirbb-1.1-SNAPSHOT.jar;lib/commons-io-2.4.jar;lib/guice-4.0-beta4.jar;lib/javax.inject-1.jar;lib/aopalliance-1.0.jar;lib/guava-16.0.1.jar;lib/guice-assistedinject-4.0-beta4.jar;lib/guice-multibindings-4.0-beta4.jar;lib/jsr305-2.0.3.jar;lib/junique-1.0.4.jar;lib/jregex-1.2_01.jar;
[2015-02-23 18:40:11.INFO com.zam.minion.Minion logSystemInformation java.library.path=C:\Users\BBC\AppData\Local\Minion\app\
[2015-02-23 18:40:11.INFO com.zam.minion.Minion logSystemInformation user.language=da
[2015-02-23 18:40:11.INFO com.zam.minion.Minion logSystemInformation user.home=C:\Users\BBC
[2015-02-23 18:40:16.FINE com.zam.minion.Minion start Font: null
[2015-02-23 18:40:18.FINE com.zam.minion.controller.MinionController initWindowControls Controls initialized.
[2015-02-23 18:40:18.FINE com.zam.minion.util.FeedClient checkNetworkConnections Starting network check ...
[2015-02-23 18:40:18.FINE com.zam.minion.util.FeedClient getRoutePlanner System Default Http Proxy.
[2015-02-23 18:40:18.FINE com.zam.minion.util.FeedClient$HeadThread run Ping Status for http://cdn.mmoui.com/: 200
[2015-02-23 18:40:18.FINE com.zam.minion.util.FeedClient$HeadThread run Ping Status for http://api.mmoui.com/: 200
[2015-02-23 18:40:23.FINE com.zam.minion.controller.MinionController initBuildAndVersion Build: 032ab8bd6f0ea3e8ab13b17ac15e99edc4272c6a
[2015-02-23 18:40:23.FINE com.zam.minion.controller.MinionController initBuildAndVersion Version: 2.1.2-beta
[2015-02-23 18:40:23.SEVERE com.zam.minion.util.ConfigurationManager setPosition null
org.apache.commons.configuration.ConfigurationException: Unable to save to file C:\Users\BBC\.minion\minion.xml
at org.apache.commons.configuration.DefaultFileSystem.getOutputStream(DefaultFileSystem.java:143)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.DefaultFileSystem.getOutputStream(DefaultFileSystem.java:98)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractFileConfiguration.save(AbstractFileConfiguration.java:473)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractFileConfiguration.save(AbstractFileConfiguration.java:414)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration.save(AbstractHierarchicalFileConfiguration.java:214)
at com.zam.minion.util.ConfigurationManager.setPosition(ConfigurationManager.java:263)
at com.zam.minion.controller.MinionController$ResizeListener.changed(MinionController.java:673)
at com.zam.minion.controller.MinionController$ResizeListener.changed(MinionController.java:670)
at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper$SingleChange.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:182)
at com.sun.javafx.binding.ExpressionHelper.fireValueChangedEvent(ExpressionHelper.java:81)
at javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyDoubleWrapper$ReadOnlyPropertyImpl.fireValueChangedEvent(ReadOnlyDoubleWrapper.java:177)
at javafx.beans.property.ReadOnlyDoubleWrapper.fireValueChangedEvent(ReadOnlyDoubleWrapper.java:143)
at javafx.beans.property.DoublePropertyBase.markInvalid(DoublePropertyBase.java:113)
at javafx.beans.property.DoublePropertyBase.set(DoublePropertyBase.java:146)
at javafx.stage.Window.setHeight(Window.java:375)
at com.zam.minion.Minion.start(Minion.java:97)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl.lambda$launchApplication1$153(LauncherImpl.java:821)
at com.sun.javafx.application.LauncherImpl$$Lambda$55/1449636583.run(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runAndWait$166(PlatformImpl.java:323)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$$Lambda$50/1945077298.run(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$null$164(PlatformImpl.java:292)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$$Lambda$53/715381257.run(Unknown Source)
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl.lambda$runLater$165(PlatformImpl.java:291)
at com.sun.javafx.application.PlatformImpl$$Lambda$51/185838322.run(Unknown Source)
at com.sun.glass.ui.InvokeLaterDispatcher$Future.run(InvokeLaterDispatcher.java:95)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication._runLoop(Native Method)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication.lambda$null$141(WinApplication.java:102)
at com.sun.glass.ui.win.WinApplication$$Lambda$43/1003773482.run(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:745)
Caused by: java.io.FileNotFoundException: C:\Users\BBC\.minion\minion.xml (Den ønskede handling kan ikke udføres på en fil med en åben brugersektion)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.open(Native Method)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:213)
at java.io.FileOutputStream.<init>(FileOutputStream.java:162)
at org.apache.commons.configuration.DefaultFileSystem.getOutputStream(DefaultFileSystem.java:139)
... 29 more

[2015-02-23 18:42:19.FINE com.zam.minion.util.GameManager addGameConfig Adding new GameConfig: 'World of Warcraft'.

[BlackBear]

Antivirus is Microsoft Essential and free Avast Antivirus

[BlackBear]

Here is the xml

[BlackBear]

UPDATE:

I started out by uninstalling and installing java again.

Running Process Explorer (downloaded from Microsoft) and finding the handles/DLL for the minion I found that AVG was running the file as well and thus intercepting the file. This happened after I realised the error I got "The requested operation cannot be performed on a file with a user-mapped section open."

I uninstalled AVG and its smaller components. This seemed to start the program. Currently sitting on the loading addons screen.
After sometime and restarting it seems to have worked out. It updated my addons this time.

This thread can be marked as fixed.

[BlackBear]

Here is the new minion3 log - this one worked.