Could not find executable? (android)

[bimdragon]

hello, i have a problem with the emulator. when i press a game i want to play, it says "could not find executable". i have tried multiple games and it still has the same error. can someone please help me with this issue?

[aki21]

(08-05-2013 10:40 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  hello, i have a problem with the emulator. when i press a game i want to play, it says "could not find executable". i have tried multiple games and it still has the same error. can someone please help me with this issue?

maybe you use pbp/demo version to play or monster hunter portable 3rd?,also please state your tested games and ppsspp version.

[bimdragon]

(08-06-2013 07:34 AM)aki21 Wrote:  

(08-05-2013 10:40 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  hello, i have a problem with the emulator. when i press a game i want to play, it says "could not find executable". i have tried multiple games and it still has the same error. can someone please help me with this issue?

maybe you use pbp/demo version to play or monster hunter portable 3rd?,also please state your tested games and ppsspp version.

my version is v0.8.1, and i have tested NBA 10 The Inside, NBA Ballers: Rebound, and Audition (Korea).

[vnctdj]

(08-06-2013 04:37 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  my version is v0.8.1

You should use the latest available version of PPSSPP here

[bimdragon]

(08-06-2013 04:40 PM)vnctdj Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 04:37 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  my version is v0.8.1

You should use the latest available version of PPSSPP here

Okay, i just updated it, but it has the same error but worded differently. it says "Error loading file: Could not find executable disc" and it shows a directory. did i do something wrong?

[vnctdj]

(08-06-2013 05:18 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 04:40 PM)vnctdj Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 04:37 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  my version is v0.8.1

You should use the latest available version of PPSSPP here

Okay, i just updated it, but it has the same error but worded differently. it says "Error loading file: Could not find executable disc" and it shows a directory. did i do something wrong?

Humm... OK...
Unfortunately I don't own an Android device, so I can't help you more... But I'm sure that somebody will help you

[Apology11]

(08-06-2013 05:18 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 04:40 PM)vnctdj Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 04:37 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  my version is v0.8.1

You should use the latest available version of PPSSPP here

Okay, i just updated it, but it has the same error but worded differently. it says "Error loading file: Could not find executable disc" and it shows a directory. did i do something wrong?

Which format do your games have? (.iso ? )

[bimdragon]

(08-06-2013 05:29 PM)Apology11 Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 05:18 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 04:40 PM)vnctdj Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 04:37 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  my version is v0.8.1

You should use the latest available version of PPSSPP here

Okay, i just updated it, but it has the same error but worded differently. it says "Error loading file: Could not find executable disc" and it shows a directory. did i do something wrong?

Which format do your games have? (.iso ? )

yeah the format for all of my games are .isos

[Apology11]

one thing you could do is try to open it up with 7zip and tell us whats inside.
Or did you test the games with a real psp already?

[bimdragon]

(08-06-2013 06:29 PM)Apology11 Wrote:  one thing you could do is try to open it up with 7zip and tell us whats inside.
Or did you test the games with a real psp already?

when i open it up with winrar, all three of the games i listed have a bunch of other winrar archives inside of it. in each of those archives is an .iso with the game's name and a few letters and numbers after the name. there are also a couple of other files in there also that don't look that important. and yes, i haven't tested these games personally on a PSP, but my cousin gave me these games and he owns a PSP so I'm assuming that he did play these games on a real PSP before.

[Apology11]

Open the iso, go to : /PSP_GAME/SYSDIR/
and check if there is a file called "EBOOT".

If not your iso is probably broken/incorrect. If yes which file extension does it have?

[bimdragon]

(08-06-2013 07:40 PM)Apology11 Wrote:  Open the iso, go to : /PSP_GAME/SYSDIR/
and check if there is a file called "EBOOT".

If not your iso is probably broken/incorrect. If yes which file extension does it have?

yeah, in the many winrar archives, there are .iso files in each one, and they all have the same file name as each other. i opened each of the .iso files and they all have a file in SYSDIR called EBOOT. but since there are more than one iso file with eboot, i dont know which one is the right one. this is really difficult to explain, but i hope you know what im talking about

[takeshineale88]

(08-06-2013 08:38 PM)bimdragon Wrote:  

(08-06-2013 07:40 PM)Apology11 Wrote:  Open the iso, go to : /PSP_GAME/SYSDIR/
and check if there is a file called "EBOOT".

If not your iso is probably broken/incorrect. If yes which file extension does it have?

yeah, in the many winrar archives, there are .iso files in each one, and they all have the same file name as each other. i opened each of the .iso files and they all have a file in SYSDIR called EBOOT. but since there are more than one iso file with eboot, i dont know which one is the right one. this is really difficult to explain, but i hope you know what im talking about

I get these all the time. Click on the one without any numbers thats what I do.

[Apology11]

Maby you can take a screenshot?

[TheDax]

Sounds like the OP has an ISO in a rar file, which of course, leads one to believe it might have dubious origins..however, let's give him the benefit of the doubt for now and say he probably archived it to save space.

PPSSPP doesn't support running games from archives like RAR files, 7zip files, etc. Extract the rar file[s] and just open the ISO directly in PPSSPP.