Quartus II 11.1sp1 Programmer- Fatal error during .pof file opening

[Altera_Forum]

Trying to open pof file with the stand alone programmer (Quartus II 11.1sp1)..and it throws me back to Win XP with a fatal error announcement. 

 What should I do:confused:? It's a free web addition for small CPLD and FPGA programming and I have the licence.

[Altera_Forum]

What's the error announcement? 

 Is the error coming up as soon as you attach the POF to the chain? or when you are attempting to program your device?  Are you in Active Serial Mode, and not JTAG mode?  Pete

[Altera_Forum]

The error announcement is: 

 *** Fatal Error: Unrecognized Windows Exception Module: quartus_pgmw.exe Stack Trace: 0x12afa: RaiseException + 0x51 (kernel32) 0x12c93: DMGR_UTILITY::create_device + 0x111f3 (DDB_DMGR) 0x122d0: DMGR_UTILITY::create_device + 0x10830 (DDB_DMGR) 0xe759: DMGR_UTILITY::create_device + 0xccb9 (DDB_DMGR) 0x7ca1: DMGR_UTILITY::create_device + 0x6201 (DDB_DMGR) 0x10432: DMGR_UTILITY::create_device + 0xe992 (DDB_DMGR) 0x1456: dmgr_create_device + 0x196 (DDB_DMGR) 0x112c4: DMGR_UTILITY::create_device + 0xf824 (DDB_DMGR) End-trace Quartus II 32-bit Version 11.1 Build 216 11/23/2011 SJ Full Version Service Pack Installed: 1   It appears as soon as I click "Open" on the POF file. I'm in JTAG mode.   What do you think it's about?:rolleyes:

[Altera_Forum]

You can only open pof in active serial mode.

[Altera_Forum]

It doesn't matter..it does the same in every mode.

[Altera_Forum]

You should have received a message that stated:  

"Cannot add target device EPCSXX to device chain when in current programming mode" when you added the .pof in JTAG mode. I just tried it with 11.1 with hotfix 0.12 installed.  I would open a support with Altera on this.  Also try it with a different .pof file and the same pof on a different machine if you have one available..

[Altera_Forum]

It works on Version 7(stand alone programmer)..with the current . pof :rolleyes: 

where can I download the 0.12 hotfix?:huh:

[Altera_Forum]

SP1 is actually newer than 11.1 with hotfix 0.12. So you do not need that. 

 The hotfix was related to a fifo timing issue with 11.1 (no service pack) So it isn't related to your problem.  I think your best bet is to open a service request at this point.

[AnandKulkarni]

Why i get this error on Quartus 21.1 Programmer.... I am trying to program encrypted POF and EKP file.  I get below error when loading POF file.