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

Thu Dec 18 12:23:04 PST 2025

a new rinkle...after we enter the lines provided (thank you for that!)
Status=1000 & Special=583183190 eQuest will only launch in DOE2.2 (with
Read Only activated as well). When we click on "launch DOE2.3" from the
eQuest interface it still launches in DOE2.2...anyone having this issue?

Apologies if someone already posted about this (I didn't see it, but
there's lot of postings so may have missed it).

Thanks,
Chris

On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 1:40 PM Brian Fountain via Equest-users <
equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org> wrote:

> On my computer, modifying the last two lines of eQUEST.ini to:
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> Status=1000
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> Special=583183190
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> … also worked for me.
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> Brian
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> *From:* Rahil Shah <rahil at nyu.edu>
> *Sent:* December 17, 2025 1:01 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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> Thanks Brian for this temporary fix. Your approach is indeed working.
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> I replaced the INI file after closing equest few times. It did end up
> opening every time.
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> -Rahil
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> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 12:51 PM Brian Fountain <
> Brian.Fountain at sa-footprint.com> wrote:
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> Older (working) eQUEST.ini attached.
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> Brian
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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?
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> -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:
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> I am also seeing the issue.
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> 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!
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> I also opened it once, but not again!
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> Any ideas would be great!
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> 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
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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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