I downloaded and installed the latest version twice, in two different places on my drive. Unzipped, then got this message upon trying to run either copy of CS for the first time:

The program can’t start because SSLEAY32.dll is missing from your computer. Try reinstalling the program to fix this issue. The box heading is “Chatscript.exe”.

Ideas on where this dll might be located or called from?

ETA: Win 8.1 (64 bit). Also confirmed that 4.1 still works properly. This is specific to 4.2

Apparently postgress loads some things that are automatically visible to me by having it installed… I have replaced with Version 4.21 which does not by default use PostgreSQL

For what it’s worth, I do have PostgreSQL installed on this machine. Thanks for the quick followup.

Is PostgreSQL still an option in 4.21, and if so, how do I enable it?

Well, you recompile sources by commenting out the #Define DISCARDDATABASE 1 under WIN32.
But then we have to figure out where the blasted DLL is actually hiding and why I just naturally see it.
So that will take more hunting.

I just copied the SSLEAY32.dll and libeay32.dll into my CS directory and it’s now working properly. Apparently I’m having issues with PostgreSQL not being in my path properly.

Sorry about that. However, I’m guessing this would still have been a problem for those that don’t have PostgreSQL installed.

PS Got them both out of the /bin library from PostgreSQL

Right. Well, what I don’t know is what happens if postgress is not installed.  So I’ll leave the default off for now.

As a follow-up Bruce, I installed ver 4.2 onto a 2nd machine that did NOT have PostgreSQL installed.

By moving the 2 dll’s mentioned above to CS’s root directory, the program started and functioned normally. Apparently CS is happy if those 2 dll’s are present, and doesn’t care about the PostgreSQL installation as long as you aren’t using it.

Just fyi.

good to know. I will add them and re-enable default postgresql support when I next update sourceforge.