[Equest-users] eQuest Error on Opening - Invalid Previous Run Date

Thu Dec 18 05:52:03 PST 2025

Hi Everyone,

Temporary solution for DOE-2.2 per communication with Jeff (it works I
tried it).

In the equest.ini, in the [Registration} section at the bottom, if you set
Status=0
before stating eQUEST, when DOE-2.2 is selected for the simulation engine
(not an issue with DOE-2.3 selected), should cause a registration dialog
with a valid registration number to be displayed instead, then you should
be able to click OK and it should startup normally. Some suggested using
the original equest.ini before starting it the first time and setting the
file to be read only; but that prevents saving other information about the
last use rather than having the startup just ignore previous date
information.

Applies eQUEST.ini located in the C:\Users\"your user
name"\Documents\eQUEST 3-65-7175 Data\

You can keep it open in Notepad and just reset the status to 0 each time
before re-opening eQUEST.

*Christina LaPerle (she/her)* PE, BEMP, CPHC®, CEM, CBCP
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On Thu, Dec 18, 2025 at 7:42 AM Daric Adair <
Daric.Adair at hendersonengineers.com> wrote:

> My team started having issues after a Windows 11update. Not everyone, but
> most.
>
> Kidding / not-kidding – the covert effort to kill off eQuest continues…..
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> Thanks,
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> *From:* Jeff Ross-Bain <jeff at rbgb.com>
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2025 2:59 PM
> *To:* Christina LaPerle <christina at karpmanconsulting.net>; Rahil Shah <
> rahil at nyu.edu>
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org; Melissa Crowe <
> melissa.crowe at oakwellteam.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest Error on Opening - Invalid Previous
> Run Date
>
>
>
> Just curious, is everyone referring to or using eQuest DOE 2.3? The fixes
> discussed have not worked for me (Doe 2.2).
>
> Also, this is the only content of my .ini file:
>
>
>
>
>
> *Jeff Ross-Bain, PE, LEED Fellow*
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> *From:* Equest-users <equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Christina LaPerle via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2025 1:13 PM
> *To:* Rahil Shah <rahil at nyu.edu>
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org; Melissa Crowe <
> melissa.crowe at oakwellteam.com>
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest Error on Opening - Invalid Previous
> Run Date
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>
> Works for me too. Thanks! The key seems to be the Special= number at the
> bottom.
>
>
>
> *Christina LaPerle (she/her)* PE, BEMP, CPHC®, CEM, CBCP
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> Principal Engineer
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> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 1:11 PM Rahil Shah via Equest-users <
> equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:
>
> Thanks Brian for this temporary fix. Your approach is indeed working.
>
> I replaced the INI file after closing equest few times. It did end up
> opening every time.
>
>
>
> -Rahil
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> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM Brian Fountain <
> Brian.Fountain at sa-footprint.com> wrote:
>
> Older (working) eQUEST.ini attached.
>
>
>
> Brian
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>
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> *From:* Rahil Shah <rahil at nyu.edu>
> *Sent:* December 17, 2025 12:49 PM
> *To:* Brian Fountain <Brian.Fountain at sa-footprint.com>
> *Cc:* Jeff Ross-Bain <jeff at rbgb.com>; Melissa Crowe <
> melissa.crowe at oakwellteam.com>; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest Error on Opening - Invalid Previous
> Run Date
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> *CAUTION: This message originated from outside Smith + Andersen*
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> Thanks Brian. Any chance you can share your old .INI, if you don't mind?
>
> -Rahil
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> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 12:46 PM Brian Fountain via Equest-users <
> equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:
>
> I am also seeing the issue.
>
>
>
> It seems to be something being written to eQUEST.ini.  I can get around it
> by having a “clean” copy of eQUEST.ini (with a date before today’s) and
> replacing eQUEST.ini with the clean version before opening eQUEST each
> time. (which is still a pain but better than reinstalling)
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>
>
> Brian
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> *From:* Equest-users <equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Jeff Ross-Bain via Equest-users
> *Sent:* December 17, 2025 11:44 AM
> *To:* Melissa Crowe <melissa.crowe at oakwellteam.com>;
> equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] eQuest Error on Opening - Invalid Previous
> Run Date
>
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> Same here, including the un/install actions. The note appeared just this
> morning!
>
> I also opened it once, but not again!
>
> Any ideas would be great!
>
> Thank you!
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> *From:* Equest-users <equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org> *On
> Behalf Of *Melissa Crowe via Equest-users
> *Sent:* Wednesday, December 17, 2025 11:19 AM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] eQuest Error on Opening - Invalid Previous Run
> Date
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> Hi All
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>
>
> I am having issues with eQuest I haven’t seen in all of my 15 years of
> eQuest.
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>
>
> After the first time it happened I uninstalled, reinstalled and it worked 1
> st time but on closing eQuest and opening it back up again I get this
> message
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> Anyone have a fix for this?
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> Thank you!!!!!!
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> *Melissa Crowe, LEED AP, BEMP*
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