Thanks, this allowed to start it with the standard shell of Windows NT (does not work yet with 4NT as opposed to all previous versions).
Intellij, please clean up idea.bat so it accepts the proper directory name. This used to work well with previous version of IDEA and seems to be broken only in recent version. Thanks, Tal > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On > Behalf Of Jason Boehle > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 7:54 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [Eap-list] Error when trying to start IDEA 2.5 > > > Try using the short name for the 'Program Files' directory - PROGRA~1. > > Jason Boehle > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Tal Dayan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, December 11, 2001 12:07 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Eap-list] Error when trying to start IDEA 2.5 > > > I tried to upgrade from IDEA 515 to 2.5 but it does not even start. The > problem may be related to the quoting of idea home directory ('Program > Files') but I am not sure. > > My desktop is NT 4.0 SP 6 and IDEA home is at "c:\Program Files\idea" . > > JVM is: > java version "1.3.1" > Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition (build 1.3.1-b24) Java > HotSpot(TM) Client VM (build 1.3.1-b24, mixed mode) > > The only modification I made to idea.bat is setting IDEA home as follows: > > SET IDEA_HOME="c:\Program Files\idea" > > All previous versions of IDEA use to run with these settings but with 2.5, > the JVM complains that it cannot find class com/intellij/idea/Main > > Included below are a copy of my idea.bat and the runtime log > (when enablling > the echo). > > Any help will be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks, > > Tal > > > > ------- idea. bat --------- > > @echo on > > ::---------------------------------------------------------------------- > :: IntelliJ IDEA Startup Script > ::---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > :: Before you can run IntelliJ IDEA, please, specify the location of the > :: Sun's JDK 1.3 installed on your system. > :: The JDK you specify here will be used to start IntelliJ IDEA. > :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > IF EXIST "%JAVA_HOME%" goto java_home_exists > > SET JAVA_HOME=c:\jdk1.3.1 > > :java_home_exists > > :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > :: Before you run IntelliJ IDEA, please, specify the location of the > :: directory where IntelliJ IDEA is installed > :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > SET IDEA_HOME="c:\program files\idea" > > :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > :: If you have correctly set the JAVA_HOME path, then in most cases > :: you will not need to change the settings below. > :: --------------------------------------------------------------------- > SET JAVA_EXE=%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe > > IF NOT EXIST "%JAVA_EXE%" goto error > > SET JVM_ARGS=-ms16m -mx96m > > SET TOOLS_LIBRARY=%JAVA_HOME%\lib\tools.jar > SET JPDA_PATH=%JAVA_HOME%\bin > SET MAIN_CLASS_NAME=com.intellij.idea.Main > SET OLD_PATH=%PATH% > SET PATH=%JPDA_PATH%;%PATH% > SET OLD_CVS_PASSFILE=%CVS_PASSFILE% > IF "%CVS_PASSFILE%" == "" SET CVS_PASSFILE=C:\.cvspass > > SET BOOT_CLASS_PATH=%IDEA_HOME%\lib\jaxp.jar;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\crimson.jar; > SET CLASS_PATH= > for %%c in (%IDEA_HOME%\lib\*.zip %IDEA_HOME%\lib\*.jar) do call > %IDEA_HOME%\bin\append.bat %%c if not "%CLASS_PATH%" == "" goto > classpathSet > echo Unable to set CLASSPATH dynamically. echo Setting your CLASSPATH > statically. SET > CLASS_PATH=%BOOT_CLASS_PATH%;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\idea.jar;%IDEA_HOME%\ > lib\oromat > cher.jar;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\icons.jar;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\jh.jar;%IDEA_HO > ME%\lib\an > t.jar;%IDEA_HOME%\lib\junit.jar; > > :classPathSet > SET CLASS_PATH=%CLASS_PATH%;%TOOLS_LIBRARY% > > "%JAVA_EXE%" %JVM_ARGS% -Xbootclasspath/p:%BOOT_CLASS_PATH% -cp > "%CLASS_PATH%" -Djdk.home="%JAVA_HOME%" -DCVS_PASSFILE="%CVS_PASSFILE%" > %MAIN_CLASS_NAME% %* SET PATH=%OLD_PATH% SET > CVS_PASSFILE=%OLD_CVS_PASSFILE% > goto end :error echo > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > echo ERROR: cannot start IntelliJ IDEA. > echo Please, specify JAVA_HOME variable in this batch file. echo > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > pause > :end > > > > ------- execution log (when turning 'echo' to 'on' ) ------------------ > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>idea.bat > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>IF EXIST "c:\jdk1.3.1" goto java_home_exists > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET IDEA_HOME="c:\Program Files\idea" > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET JAVA_EXE=c:\jdk1.3.1\bin\java.exe > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>IF NOT EXIST "c:\jdk1.3.1\bin\java.exe" > goto error > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET JVM_ARGS=-ms16m -mx96m > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET TOOLS_LIBRARY=c:\jdk1.3.1\lib\tools.jar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET JPDA_PATH=c:\jdk1.3.1\bin > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET MAIN_CLASS_NAME=com.intellij.idea.Main > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > OLD_PATH=c:\cygwin\mingw\bin;c:\cygwin\bin;d:\util\perl\bin;u:/my;u:/g > p;C:\winnt\system32;C:\winnt;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program > Files\Common Files\InstallShield\; C:\Program Files\SSH Communications > Security\SSH Secure Shell > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > PATH=c:\jdk1.3.1\bin;c:\cygwin\mingw\bin;c:\cygwin\bin;d:\util\perl\bi > n;u:/my;u:/gp;C:\winnt\system32;C:\winnt;C:\Program > Files\Perforce;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Ins tallShield\;C:\Program > Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH Secure Shell > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET OLD_CVS_PASSFILE= > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>IF "" == "" SET CVS_PASSFILE=C:\.cvspass > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET BOOT_CLASS_PATH="c:\Program > Files\idea"\lib\jaxp.jar;"c:\Program Files \idea"\lib\crimson.jar; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET CLASS_PATH= > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>FOR %c in ("c:\Program Files\idea"\lib\*.zip > "c:\Program Files\idea"\lib\* > .jar) do call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat %c > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat > c:\Program Files\idea\lib\ant. jar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET CLASS_PATH=c:\Program; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat > c:\Program Files\idea\lib\crim son.jar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET CLASS_PATH=c:\Program;c:\Program; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat > c:\Program Files\idea\lib\icon s.jar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET CLASS_PATH=c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat > c:\Program Files\idea\lib\idea .jar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > CLASS_PATH=c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat > c:\Program Files\idea\lib\jaxp .jar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > CLASS_PATH=c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat > c:\Program Files\idea\lib\jh.j ar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > CLASS_PATH=c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\P > rogram; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat > c:\Program Files\idea\lib\juni t.jar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > CLASS_PATH=c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\P > rogram;c:\Program; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat > c:\Program Files\idea\lib\opti onal.jar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > CLASS_PATH=c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\P > rogram;c:\Program;c:\Program; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>call "c:\Program Files\idea"\bin\append.bat > c:\Program Files\idea\lib\orom atcher.jar > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > CLASS_PATH=c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\P > rogram;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program; > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>if not > "c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program; > c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;" == "" goto classpathSet > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > CLASS_PATH=c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\P > rogram;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;;c:\jdk1.3.1\lib\tools.jar > > C:\Program > Files\idea\bin>"c:\jdk1.3.1\bin\java.exe" -ms16m -mx96m > -Xbootclasspath/p:"c > :\Program Fil es\idea"\lib\jaxp.jar;"c:\Program > Files\idea"\lib\crimson.jar; > -cp "c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program > ;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program;c:\Program > ;;c:\jdk1. > 3.1\lib\tools.jar" -Djdk > .home="c:\jdk1.3.1" -DCVS_PASSFILE="C:\.cvspass" com.intellij.idea.Main > Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: > com/intellij/idea/Main > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET > PATH=c:\cygwin\mingw\bin;c:\cygwin\bin;d:\util\perl\bin;u:/my;u:/gp;C: > \winnt\system32;C:\winnt;C:\Program Files\Perforce;C:\Program Files\Common > Files\InstallShield\;C:\P rogram Files\SSH Communications Security\SSH > Secure Shell > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>SET CVS_PASSFILE= > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin>goto end > > C:\Program Files\idea\bin> > > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list > > _______________________________________________ > Eap-list mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list _______________________________________________ Eap-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellij.com/mailman/listinfo/eap-list
