Vassal has stopped working for me

Hi there,

I have been using VASSAL for several years >5 when it has recently stopped working on 29 August 2019.
I click on Vassal and it no longer opens. Prior to this I was losing the modules I had already loaded and was required to reload them every once and awhile.
Would appreciate any help you could provide.

thanks Bindusri

information requested:
Model: ASUS F102B
OS: Windows 10 Home
CPU: Intel Core 2 Duo 2.20GHz
Memory: 4.00GB (3.44 GB usable)
Video: AMD A4-1200 APU with Radeon™ HD Graphics 1.00 GHz
VASSAL: 3.2.17
Java: 1.8.0_211-b11
Module: Paths of Glory

Sorry that should be:

Model: ASUS F102B
OS: Windows 10 Home
CPU: AMD A4-1200 APU with Radeon™ HD Graphics 1.00 GHz
Memory: 4.00GB (3.44 GB usable)
Video: AMD Radeon HD 8180
VASSAL: 3.2.17
Java: 1.8.0_211-b11
Module: Paths of Glory

Tried running to trouble shooting tool on in which recommended trying VASSAL on Windows 8 but that did not work either.

Appreciate any suggestions or help you can provide.
thanks Bindusri

What’s in your errorLog? vassalengine.org/wiki/Error_Logs

Thanks uckelman, it contains:

2019-09-07 17:41:28,684 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Starting
2019-09-07 17:41:28,733 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - OS Windows 10 10.0
2019-09-07 17:41:28,734 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Java version 1.8.0_221
2019-09-07 17:41:28,735 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - VASSAL version 3.2.17
2019-09-07 17:41:36,532 [0-AWT-EventQueue-0] INFO VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager - Manager
2019-09-07 17:41:42,077 [0-main] ERROR VASSAL.tools.ErrorDialog -
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Malformed \uxxxx encoding.
at java.util.Properties.loadConvert(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_221]
at java.util.Properties.load0(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_221]
at java.util.Properties.load(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.8.0_221]
at VASSAL.preferences.Prefs.read(Prefs.java:192) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.preferences.Prefs.(Prefs.java:74) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.preferences.Prefs.getGlobalPrefs(Prefs.java:271) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager.(ModuleManager.java:352) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager.main(ModuleManager.java:183) ~[Vengine.jar:na]

Hope this means something to you.

cheers Bindusri

Your global prefs file is corrupt. Look for prefs/V_Global and either delete the file or edit out the offending character. You’ll find prefs in the same directory as VASSAL’s errorLog.

Thank you uckelman you have solved my problem.

cheers Bindusri