"The first thing I suggested to check" is the log, which apparently has a suggestion to verify (it doesnt) and anyway I did reinstall the resources multiple times and the only thing that was ever overwriting them was texgen output (which should overwrite them according to all instructions I can find) however I will try reinstalling everything again see if it works. The only files that were being overwritten were files generated by TexGen, according to the instructions those files are to be installed over the core resources. I ran texgen again (deleting the old files of course) and it still had the error, I deleted everything from dyndolod (including resources, texgen, texgen output, and dyndolod) and redownloaded and installed everything. I finally get a screen that is useful. apparently it wasnt dyndolod resources that was corrupt (or the first 4 reinstalls would have fixed it) but rather the dyndolod install that was corrupt. I dont know whether it was the exe or one of the other files. it was quite annoying however to have to redownload so much and ask why only to basically get "you didnt follow the instructions" twice when I did several times.