when i click LFS.exe on my desktop it starts lfs and gose to a black screen then gose straight back to my desktop Please help anyone

Are your graphics drivers correctly installed? LFS generates a "deb.log" file when it runs, could you post it here? It might give us a clue where exactly LFS decides to bail out...

Quote from MadCatX :

Are your graphics drivers correctly installed? LFS generates a "deb.log" file when it runs, could you post it here? It might give us a clue where exactly LFS decides to bail out...

It wont lwt me upload the deb.log file so i copied what was inside it

Dec 23 12:24:45 LFS : 0.6B
Dec 23 12:24:45 timer resolution 1 ms
Dec 23 12:24:45 read config
Dec 23 12:24:45 get command line
Dec 23 12:24:45 preinit d3d
Dec 23 12:24:45 number of adapters : 1
Dec 23 12:24:45 adapter 0 - valid modes : 60
Dec 23 12:24:45 load bans
Dec 23 12:24:45 load font
Dec 23 12:24:45 no fonts available : SHIFTJIS
Dec 23 12:24:45 no fonts available : CHINESEBIG5
Dec 23 12:24:45 no fonts available : GB2312
Dec 23 12:24:45 no fonts available : HANGUL
Dec 23 12:24:45 -----
Dec 23 12:24:45 max texture size 8192
Dec 23 12:24:45 can do shadows
Dec 23 12:24:45 can use 2x tex
Dec 23 12:24:45 can do multi tex
Dec 23 12:24:45 can use dynamic tex
Dec 23 12:24:45 can use compressed tex
Dec 23 12:24:45 create english file
Dec 23 12:24:45 initialisations
Dec 23 12:24:45 human system
Dec 23 12:24:46 tables
Dec 23 12:24:46 helmet
Dec 23 12:24:46 controllers

My Graphics card is a ATI Radeon HD 2600 Its installed correctly aswell

This would suggest that some LFS files are damaged or missing. You could download LFS again (preferably from another mirror) and do a fresh install. If you're running Vista/7, it's also recommended to not install LFS into Program Files directory.

Iv just put a fresh install on and it still dosnt work :/

Heres my system information:-

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 3 Build 2600
OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation
System Name JLN-3B743781A09
System Manufacturer NVIDIA
System Model AWRDACPI
System Type X86-based PC
Processor x86 Family 15 Model 35 Stepping 2 AuthenticAMD ~2210 Mhz
BIOS Version/Date Phoenix Technologies, LTD 6.00 PG, 11/08/2005
SMBIOS Version 2.2
Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS
System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32
Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume1
Locale United Kingdom
Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.5512 (xpsp.080413-2111)"
User Name JLN-3B743781A09\Josh
Time Zone GMT Standard Time
Total Physical Memory 512.00 MB
Available Physical Memory 192.54 MB
Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB
Available Virtual Memory 1.96 GB
Page File Space 1.22 GB
Page File C:\pagefile.sys

Iv done about 5 fresh in stalls since i made this thread and still no luck iv tried disableing my fire wall etc.. and removing programs which my stop it from working so confussed used to play the game fine but has stopped working for some reason its asif it auto shuts the game as soon as it starts :/

Quote from MadCatX :

This would suggest that some LFS files are damaged or missing. You could download LFS again (preferably from another mirror) and do a fresh install. If you're running Vista/7, it's also recommended to not install LFS into Program Files directory.

Iv got a feeling its my cfg file as it only has "Start Windowed 0"
in it :/ yet the very old version has

Start Windowed 0
Allow Wide Screen 0
Welcome Screen 0
Show FPS 1
Use Specular 1
Use 2X Tex 1
Use Multi Tex 1
Use Mirrors 1
Max Tex Res 1024
Car Colour 0
Wheel Colour 0
Human Index 0
Horn Type 0
Control Type 1
FF Steps 128
Dual Axis 1
Swap Pedals 0
Force Type 1
Combined Axis 0
Throttle Axis 0
Brake Axis 4
Combined Invert 0
Throttle Invert 0
Brake Invert 1
Button Format 2
Flexible Steer 1
HELP_MB 1
HELP_MT 0
HELP_WB 0
HELP_WT 0
FF Max 100.00
FF Strength 60.00
Tilt Per G 0.50
Right Shift 0.000
Forward Shift 0.050
Vertical Shift 0.050
Camera Delay 1.00
Rubber Rate 0.20
Rubber Reduce 0.80
Rubber Darkness 0.70
Mip Bias -2.00
Sun Intensity 1.00
User LOD 1.0
Mirror LOD 0.3
Smoke LOD 1.0
Screen Res 3
TrackEd Speed 131072
ModelEd Speed 65536
Sun Colour 255 255 255
Sky High 150 160 200
Sky Low 210 210 180
Ground 100 100 100
Background 30 30 30
Back Texture 100 100 100
RGB Type 0
Driver FOV 80.00
Editor FOV 60.00
View Height 0.30
View Angle 0.26
View Distance 5.00
Selected Car XF GTI
Map Name Blackwood
Ply Name micromental
Plate
Set Name
Address Name 0
Server IP 0.0.0.0
Master IP 62.30.60.159
Server Name
Server Pass
Game Name
Game Pass
Country Unknown
Music Path
Settings 0
Steer Correct 0.00
Steer Correct Half 20.00
Combined Non Linear 0.00
Steer Non Linear 0.70
Mouse Non Linear 0.80
Kart Non Linear Mul 0.50
Speed Reduce 0.00
Speed Reduce Half 150
KAC_ACCEL -1 1
KAC_BRAKE -1 2
KAC_LEFT 0 87
KAC_RIGHT 1 69
KAC_REAR 2 82
KAC_CH_UP 3 68
KAC_CH_DOWN 4 83
KAC_HANDBRAKE 5 81
KAC_HORN 6 66
KAC_RESET 7 32
Selected View 0
Driver Pos View 0
Skill Level 0
Blob Size 3
Windowed Link 1
Simple Wheels 1
Opt Min Pix 4
Music Volume 8.00
Car Overall Vol 16.00
Car Shine 1.00
Music Channel 1
Enable Dither 1
Enable Mip Filter 1
Shadow Mode 2
Lag Bug Repair 0
Half Tex Res 0
OSD Track 0
OSD Car 0
Log Messages 0
Dedicated Host 0
Music Setup 1
Music Game 1
Music Replay 1
Gear Change Cut 1
Gear Change Blip 1
Auto Gears 1
Swap Side 0
Auto Save 1
Miles KM 0
Char Size 1
Conn Type 0
Max Conns 6
Min Skill 0
Conn To Master 1
Update Number 3

Inside it Hellp??

Quote from micromental :

Iv got a feeling its my cfg file as it only has "Start Windowed 0"

Thats ok, that's the generic cfg that LFS restores when you delete it. Once you run the game it will be filled (appended?) with all those lines.

It dosnt seem to work when its maximised it some times work when its half the skreen size :/

So you're saying that it doesn't work in fullscreen but windowed mode is OK? Are your graphics drivers up to date?

Yeah my graphics drivers are ok and it's very picky about when it works

Quote from micromental :

when i click LFS.exe on my desktop it starts lfs and gose to a black screen then gose straight back to my desktop Please help anyone

Misplaced reference... But I have same issue and symptoms.

Quote from micromental :

Yeah my graphics drivers are ok and it's very picky about when it works

Are you running the game as administrator?

Only happens with lfs or others games too?, Can you watch videos on full screen without any problem?

I managed to fix mine with this setting in the cfg.txt

Antialiasing 0

Quote from Mouldy :

I managed to fix mine with this setting in the cfg.txt

Antialiasing 0

thanks. this worked for me on a new win 7 home amd64 install.