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Fix Fraps Not Opening Problem

Posted By Raymond In Category: Computer

Sep
14
2007

Fix fraps unable to run problemOne of my very good friend has problems in running Fraps and he asked me for help. I’ve always heard of Fraps but never knew what is it for. I went to www.fraps.com and found out that Fraps is used for real-time video capture, screen capture and benchmark your FPS. I believe Fraps is mostly being used by gamers who wants to record their game play.

Usually when a software can’t run, I’d advice to try uninstalling the software completely and then reinstall again. Uninstalling completely doesn’t mean just run the uninstall command from Add or Remove Programs. It means to delete every single registry entry and also files that was created by the software and not removed.

Here’s how to uninstall Fraps completely and reinstalling it to fix Fraps not opening problem.


Fraps is a shareware and the restriction is:
1. Fraps watermark along top of video
2. Maximum of 30 seconds per recording
3. Screenshots saved in bitmap (BMP) format

“IF” Fraps has 30 days trial limit, uninstalling completely would be resetting the time limit and that is “cracking“. Since Fraps doesn’t expire, that’s why I am writing this tutorial on how to get Fraps running again.

I used RegMon to see which registry keys is accessed, read and written by Fraps in real time. There is also a similar tool called FileMon but it is used to monitor files being read and written by Fraps. With this 2 free utilities combined, I can 100% know what to delete in order to completely remove Fraps from my friend’s system.

Follow the steps below to uninstall Fraps.
1. Download Regmon, extract and run Regmon.exe

2. Press CTRL+L and type fraps.exe at the Include box. Click Apply then OK button.
Filter Fraps in Regmon

3. Run Fraps. You will notice that a lot of registry activities being captured.
Fraps entries in regmon

4. Press CTRL+F and type CLSID. Try to locate the CLSID at HKCR\CLSID\{Random Data Here} path.
Fraps cannot run fix

5. Double click the CLSID path at Regmon and your Registry will open. Right click the whole folder and select delete.

6. In Registry, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\LICENSES and delete the LICENSES folder.

7. Go to Start -> Run, and type %temp% and hit OK button. Delete everything in there.

8. Go to Start -> Run, and type del %systemroot%\system32\frapsvid.dll and hit OK button.

9. Open My Computer and navigate to C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\ and delete TEMP folder.

10. Uninstall Fraps from Add or Remove Programs.
Uninstall Fraps completely

11. If you’ve purchased a retail version, then install the retail version that you have instead of the demo. Otherwise, download the latest Fraps demo and install.

Fraps should be able to run as normal now.
Fraps automatically closes when ran

Note: The above method is not about cracking or hacking Fraps. It’s just that Fraps uninstaller is not smart enough to remove everything that Fraps created. So when you have problems running Fraps, uninstalling and reinstalling Fraps is not enough to fix the problem. You need to manually trace and delete the registry and files created by Fraps.


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    • http://www.mysoace.com/error_threat In-f3st

      Well, I have an older version and it does save screenshots in jpg, bmp, png, tga. I guess you have as you mentioned the trail version. Only negative thing about this program is that it makes huge avi files ( 3min ~ 600MB !! )

    • Munchy

      I think first priority would be to make a backup of your registry before attempting to delete any registry entries.

    • http://www.oyunda.info Oyun

      great program ! thanks

    • http://www.seviyorumseni.com sevgi

      yes its good program i used.

    • Rafael Fontenelle

      It seems that Sysinternals released a software called “Process Monitor” that includes both RegMon and FileMon plus some enhances.

      Anyway, great apps. I just removed a trojan and verified my system with this great hint. Thanks!

    • MXH

      This doesn’t work on Vista, unfortunately…

    • http://www.thanks.pt Friks

      Thanks Bro u saved me from 1 hour of hard work !! Ur Great !!

    • Mistermike30

      I am unsure of which file to delete, refering to “HKCR\CLSID\{Random Data Here} path”. I did the search and many came up. Do I navigate to the first one and go from there? Please help.

      Thanks

    • http://www.raymond.cc/ Raymond

      Did you use Registry Monitor to sniff out the CLSID?

    • mistermike30

      Yes I did and it came up with alot of HKCR\CLSID entries. I’m no registry wizard, so I don’t think I know which one to start with

    • http://www.oyunda.info oyunlar

      This doesn’t work on Vista, unfortunately…

    • http://www.dopdolu.net haberler

      super website. very thanks

    • mini

      hey mate, good tut, only problem is… it didnt work… did everything you said… same problem remains… any idea why?

    • emocide

      same as mike several came up so which should i delete the folder that contains all of them, the first one which?

    • http://www.resimsakla.com resim upload

      thank you.

    • http://www.damak.net oktay usta

      Thanks

    • Eidion

      Very nice guide thanks a lot, just though I would mention a few things that slowed me down during following this.

      First when doing step 4, make sure you have the right registry selected as there are some with a slightly different name which take you to the wrong place; unfortunately it automatically selected the wrong type after using CTRL+f to search.

      Also step 8. “del %systemroot%\system32\frapsvid.dll” did not work for me, but I found it easy enough to go into C:\WINDOWS\system32 and find the frapsvid.dll in there to delete it.

      Hope this is of help.

    • crap

      didnt work… what did i do wrong… i had a ton of HKCR/CLSID files… and i just picked one and deleted it…what else do i have to do.?

    • wowzors

      do you delete every thing in temp??

    • Rex

      Does anyone maybe know where to find a nother program just like fraps, but thats free to download the full version? (and is easier to use). I would really appritiate any help (if you know anything please send me a link on renexy111@hotmail.com)

    • dym

      Tried everything described here but didn’t seem to work. Then I took a look again at what regestykeys fraps Creates/Querys when installed and discovered it creates(if not there)/querys(if already there) a licenseentry at

      HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Wow6432Node\Licenses

      deleting this did the trick for me. I am using WinXP x64 so on 32bit-os the key will probably named differently.

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    • http://www.madameli.com yemek tarifleri

      Thanks Bro u saved me from 1 hour of hard work !! Ur Great !!

    • tony

      i too found a ton of clsid idk which one to delete help please? fonoodles@yahoo.com

    • Yoda

      1) Made an export of the full registry first.
      2) Then deleted all the “HKCR\CLSID\{Random Data Here}” I could find.
      3) Enjoyed

    • Fur

      thanks a ton for the guide, easy to follow and fixed my problem

    • Roumirues

      dude how to do that on vista. Heeeelp

    • http://www.oyunambari.com oyun

      Thanks Bro u saved me from 1 hour of hard work !! Ur Great …

    • http://www.erogluzeytin.com zeytin

      thankss for evert things

    • http://mangacross.com Trust

      Hey, thanks for the guide. My retailed version is working now.

    • tom

      thank you, finaly a good guide

    • http://Verygood Joe

      Hey, realy Super Advise…
      Now my program is working great…
      Big THX,
      joe

    • Orange

      Nice! Thnx for the tutorial, works fine! :]

    • BorDZz

      MAN! THANK YOU SO MUCH!!!

    • Ricardo

      Para vista há uma versão em:

      http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896645.aspx

      Espero ter ajudado.

      Eu estou a executar o programa para ver se consigo voltar a usar o fraps completo.

      Eu instalei em primeiro o demo e abriu sempre.

      Assim que instalei o completo só abriu à primeira vez, depois não abriu mais.

    • Machinima Panda

      Hope this works for Vista. Got the the Process part so far:P I really need it to work . Great guide mate! Thank you!

    • http://www.raymond.cc/blog/wp-comments-post.php whoop

      its not working nothing comes when i run fraps in regmon i fraps just says Error!
      erroe while unpacking program,LP5 please report to author

    • bisrt

      works like a charm

      thanks

    • KLuk

      hey, i need help!

      when i run fraps, i tap ctrl+f, it opens the little window, alright, and then i type CLSID, and the program says t“Cannot find the string `CLSID“

      Help someone???

      lucas.philip.93@gmail.com

    • Hazdoc

      Wow, made my day. Thanks a ton! Only change was that regmon and the other filemon got squished together into a new program, but I figured out how to do it.

      On VISTA. Shocker eh?

    • Jimbo

      @Hazdoc

      How did you get this to work on Vista? I’m running Vista Ultimate x64 and cannot get this method to work.

      I wasn’t even able to do a few of the steps. Could you please explain?

    • http://asd fraps is gay

      HOW DO YOU UNINSTALL IT ON VISTA HALP PLOXX!!!!!!!!!!!!1111111

    • LemGambino

      I ran all the steps here, but when I installed and ran a “cracked” version of fraps, it didn’t work. I think the cracked one I was using was a dud…I dunno.

    • Brandon

      You did an amazing job writing this tutorial. Very easy to follow and guess what? It worked absolutely perfectly. Good job and kudos to you =)

    • VILLE

      thanks.. now i need to install windows again.

    • http://gabystelistu95.wordpress.com/ Gabystelistu95

      IT DOESN’T WORK FOR ME
      when i want to open the Fraps i get an error Send/Dont Send

    • DANIEL

      It’s doesn’t work! The registry can not be deleted! I tried a million times, it just does not allow me to delete it!

    • swat

      why the fraps dont install on win 7 64

    • HiggenZ

      The Regmon link didnt work for me.

    • http://Nahravkacs Mew

      Ja potrebujem nahrava video counter strike 1,6. Proste pusti ma viac min record v fraps. dik :) Ja som z Slovakia

    • Helper !

      Guys … I Think I Found a Way to Open Registry Monitor(Reg Mon) on Vista or Windows 7 or Any thing else !!! I Know You want to Know fast so … Here you are
      Fist the Download Link is Damaged so … Google it and Download, Then Extract the Program in any where You wanna extract it Zen … Riet Clk on za prgrm 4nd choz prprts zen choz ‘Compatility’ zen … choz wndz xp sp3 :P

      Then Run the Program Regulary ! the End … Want to Know why I Wrote with Strange Language ? Cuz I Want only Pro Dudes to Know the Steps … It’s not Very hard Just try to Read it xD
      P.S = Want to Thank me ??? Wish I Can Make my First Windows in my Life xD and I Will try to Upload it ‘.iso’ in This forums :PPP … MI550 – Mohammed Kamal Fergany
      Cairo, Egypt

    • raheem362

       there is not a solution for remove time limit without paying if somebody now pliz tell about fraps 3.4.6 version if not tell about an other desktop video recorder.

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