[RESOLVED] Setup crashing at theme selector - Alpha Blue Theme

Hi there.  New user here hoping for some help.

I've installed on two separate machines.  One is my arcade cabinet, C2D, ati X1300 graphics, with an svideo display.  The other an i7 laptop with nvidia quadro graphics.  Both run Windows 7 64bit.  On both systems I am unable to pick anything but the MCE theme.  If I try to change themes within gamex, I get a crash with an output ending with:

 

 

23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: Creating Surfaces Misc and Dialogs
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: --**--
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: ERRORS DETECTED: EXITING
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: Parameter is not valid.
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(String filename)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.a(Surface& A_0, String A_1, SurfaceDescription A_2, Boolean A_3, Boolean A_4, Int32 A_5)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.e(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Int32 A_4, Int32 A_5, Int32 A_6, Boolean A_7, Boolean A_8)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Int32 A_4, Int32 A_5, Int32 A_6, Boolean A_7)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.a(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2, Boolean A_3, Int32 A_4, Int32 A_5, Int32 A_6)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.f(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1, Boolean A_2)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.a(Boolean A_0, String A_1, Boolean A_2)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.a(Int32& A_0)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.b(Boolean A_0, Boolean A_1)
23:59:27.7 12/28/2013: at GameEx.GameEx.mainform.d3()

If I change the theme from the setup wizard, I get an unhandled exception error with this in the body:

 

See the end of this message for details on invoking 

just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

 

************** Exception Text **************

System.ArgumentException: Parameter is not valid.

   at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(String filename)

   at SetupWizard.ThemeSelector..ctor(Int32 top)

   at SetupWizard.XmlSection.ShowSettings(Int32 top)

   at SetupWizard.XmlSectionArray.ShowSection()

   at SetupWizard.XmlSectionArray.GoToNextSection()

   at SetupWizard.frmMain.butNext_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.RaiseEvent(Object key, EventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripButton.OnClick(EventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleClick(EventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.HandleMouseUp(MouseEventArgs e)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEventInteractive(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStripItem.FireEvent(EventArgs e, ToolStripItemEventType met)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mea)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ScrollableControl.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.ToolStrip.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

 

Aside from a fresh install of gameex, these machines have nothing in common besides running 64bit Windows 7

Once its crashed, gameex will not launch again.  I have to hack the theme out of the .ini before it will run again.

Samples of the log and .ini are attached.