My best guess is that when you open a Gaussian file by double clicking it,
it results in Avogadro's runtime location being in that directory (which
means it won't find the force field files).
For now, I'd always open Avogadro by using the shortcut, and then open the
Gaussian file using the "Open"
Dear Patrick,
are these problems related to PC ? I use MAC and have never had a problem with
Avogadro.
Cheers,
Andre
On 22 Oct 2016, at 16:34, Patrick Avery
> wrote:
Hi Michael,
This usually means the force field files were not found. These
Michael,
most of the molecular modeling software does not tolerate
"Program Files" in the path name. The code for all those programs is
written for Linux and just adapted to windows. Linux does not recognize
empty space, i.e. "Program Files" should be "Program_Files". Thus, when
I have to