06515: -: Multiple errors when running mame64.exe - Unable to parse plugin definition file

ID	Category [?]	Severity [?]	Reproducibility	Date Submitted	Last Update
06515	Core	Minor	Always	Mar 9, 2017, 16:35	Mar 10, 2017, 00:45

Tester	rcoltrane	View Status	Public	Platform	MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To		Resolution	No change required	OS	Windows 10 (64-bit)
Status [?]	Closed			Driver
Version	0.183	Fixed in Version		Build	64-bit
		Fixed in Git Commit		Github Pull Request #

Summary	06515: -: Multiple errors when running mame64.exe - Unable to parse plugin definition file
Description	When you run mame64 straight from Windows Explorer, it starts popping up several plugin error messages such as these: Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\coro-channel\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\coro-channel\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\coro-http\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\coro-net\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\coro-tls\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\coro-wrapper\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\http-codec\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\mime\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\path\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\pretty-print\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\querystring\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\weblit\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\webserver\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member Unable to parse plugin definition file plugins\websocket-codec\plugin.json. Errors returned: Missing a name for object member And then it enters normally at the UI menu.
Steps To Reproduce	Just execute mame64 (0.183) straight through Windows 10 file explorer.
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No.13688 Haze Senior Tester Mar 9, 2017, 19:32	sounds like you're using a broken distribution. I seem to recall you posting bugs in the past due to a broken distribution.
No.13689 B2K24 Senior Tester Mar 9, 2017, 23:14	I definitely can't reproduce this on Windows 10 (64-bit). I suggest you download from mamedev.org and extract into an empty folder. Create a fresh mame.ini and go from there.
No.13690 crazyc Developer Mar 10, 2017, 00:45	All of those plugins were removed some time ago. Delete them to silence the errors.