Football Manager 2009 XML Parsing error | FM2009 XML Parsing Error
Football Manager 2009 XML Parsing error problem and FM 09 XML Parsing Error solution. If you have a shortcut on your desktop you can do the following:
1. Right-click on the FM 2009 shortcut.
2. Choose "Properties" from the pop-up menu. In the "Target" field, add the --reset_preferences command line option after "fm.exe", so it should look like this:
"C:\Program Files\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\fm.exe" --reset_preferences
3. Press OK and then try to run the game as normal, using the shortcut.4. You'll want to remove the command after you run the game, as otherwise it will continue to reset your preferences every time you launch.
If you don't have a shortcut you can make one and then perform the instructions on the shortcut you've made.
* If you purchased and installed the game through Steam you should be able to find the fm.exe in the following directory: C:/Program Files/Steam/SteamApps/Common/Football Manager 2009/
* If you purchased and installed the game from a boxed DVD copy you should be able to find the fm.exe in the following directory: C:/Program Files/Sports Interactive/Football Manager 2009/
Other Solutions
First of all you need to turn on hidden files and folders. Go to My Computer and at the top select 'Tools' the 'Folder Options'. The go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'
Delete the following folder:
XP: C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings
Vista: C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings
This may solve some issues regarding the XML Parsing Errors
Other Solutions
First of all you need to turn on hidden files and folders. Go to My Computer and at the top select 'Tools' the 'Folder Options'. The go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'
Delete the following folder:
XP: C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings
Vista: C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings
This may solve some issues regarding the XML Parsing Errors
42 comments:
my tarhets field wont let me touch it when i go on it its all faint writing and wont let me change it what should i do
Same here, what the hell is going on with this game? all i wana do is play FM 09, Help? buttons...
Thanks man ! This helps :D
^^you're welcome
this doestn work...please help, i have played this game without any problemas since november...this problem ocurred me when i deleted a background of an skin that i download...holy crap..
it says D program files sports interactive...fm.exe--reset_preferences in the target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct!!!PLEASE HELP !!! I CANT PLAY FM 2009 PLEASE !!!! THANK YOU!!!
i installed it today and this happened to me i have done as you have said and it still does not work!!!
I DONT KNOW HOW TO CREATE A SHORTCUT I DONT KNOW WHERE TO GO.
it loads up da game but when im about to play i submit team and it goes off the game and says theres and error with highlights camera and s**t and says its an xml parsing error, this shouldnt happen all i wanna do is play the game, im running my through steam and ive done what it says and i dont work :@
go to update with patch 9.2.0, search.. maybe help you
done dat... what a surprise... dnt work
try this one solutions
First of all you need to turn on hidden files and folders. Go to My Computer and at the top select 'Tools' the 'Folder Options'. The go to the 'View' tab and select 'Show hidden files and folders'
Delete the following folder:
XP: C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings
Vista: C:\Users\(username)\AppData\Roaming\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings
This may solve some issues regarding the XML Errors
I DON'T APPEAR TO HAVE A SETTINGS FOLDER ALTHOUGH I HAVE ENABLED THE VIEW HIDDEN FOLDERS THING.. ANY OTHER SOLUTION. IT SAYS THE PROBLEM (THE PARSING ERROR) IS WITH THE TODATS RESULTS THING.
yehhh havin the same problem,worked all the way through november :(
only another 11 months before 2010 (if it comes out) and this problem should be sorted haha best thing to do wipe your whole computer and start again.... i did it and it worked for me (for now)
seems strange this hapnin to so many peeps. theres no point wiping my comp as i only brought to play this effing game, yeh i cant find settings either!!! that other option to fix it dosn't seem to work either!
this games a joke,works on onther accounts on the pc but this ones dead now.won't be getting any more SI games after this.
Thanks a lot, Cowok Metro. I created a shortcut at the desktop with the reset_preferences command line and FM works just fine.
HEY MAN, I JUST HAVE TO THANK YOU VERY VEEEEERY MUCH, YOU SAVED MY LIFE WITH THIS TRICK FOR XML PARSING ERROR, IT WOOOOOOORKS MAN, SO THANK YOU WHOEVER YOU ARE!!!!!
Thanks alot .. second one worked for me .. cheerz! :D
mine shortcut doesnt have fm.exe its somethink else like steam.exe football manager 09 has pissed me off this year help plzz!!!!
all i want to do is play this game and what keeps happening is this stupid PARSING ERROR!! ive read on how to fix it from everyone's comments but none have worked plz plz i need help any other soultions!
hey how can i get the tools and the hidden folders thing on vista?? there seems to be no option to select tools!
Never mind dude, i found it. Now my football manager works perfectly. Thanks a lot man!!
Matthew how did you find it? I'm having the same problem finding it. Please help.
thank u very much.I just have one question:
I must delete the settings file every time i start the game or it is ok now???
this is very help me...
thanks man...
THANKS THE SECOND SOLUTION TOTALLY WORKED!!
THANKS MATEYS. the 'Other Solution' worked perfectly!
pls pls pls pls help me i have this problem with xml but i haven't any solution...
thnx a lot...!!!
actually i can't do the first one that it seen 'the target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are correct'
so i choose the other solution so i delete the 'C:\Documents and Settings\(username)\Application Data\Sports Interactive\Football Manager 2009\settings'
it works!!!
OHHHHHHHH YOU LEGENDS. i thought all my hard work had gone to waste but the second solution is just as good as they say it is
cant fukn sort mine out HELLLP!!!!
the parsing error keeps coming up i hav typed in that reset - preferences thing and it says its not valid wer do i go from here plz
well, i deleted my 'settings' folder, and it works great. 1 problem. it says i cant load a last game, so i click load game, 'Reading' and something pops up and says: 'Cant load save game'....
help please?
i install with unicol and cant do either of those things im on vista no preferences on the target line and no tools on my comp plz helo bought this for £25 and got a weeks worth so far
i install with unicol and cant do either of those things im on vista no preferences on the target line and no tools on my comp plz helo bought this for £25 and got a weeks worth so far
idont understand
after i change the prferences of the shortcut, it worked perfectly........but i cant load the last game.........
any solution??
Very very thanks!!!
well tbh the first one works the same as the second, but you have your fm.exe in a differant place, just retrace the whereabouts of your 'fm.exe' and paste it in there with the --reset_preferences
but i do have the same problem with the fact i cant load my last game, 'reading' played a few seasons now, got them good, any tips?
can any1 help me im getting the parsing error, im on vista and cant find the place to turn on hidden files or the tools part and my short cut does not allow me to change the target part... any help would be greatly appreciated
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