If Mnemosyne can't create its data directory, that could be because it's write protected (or any of it's parent directories), full, or corrupt. Could you have a look at these and also try a checkdisk?
Incidentally, what is the output of the following 3 commands if you type them in a terminal window? echo %HOME% echo %HOMEPATH% Peter On Wednesday 01 April 2009 14:04:24 Clayton Carson wrote: > Yes > > On Apr 1, 6:14 pm, Jason Axelson <[email protected]> wrote: > > Have you done a computerized search for the .mnemosyne folder? > > > > Jason > > > > On Wed, Apr 1, 2009 at 12:12 AM, Clayton Carson > > > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Ok, so first I renamed my .mnemosyne folder and deleted and excess > > > mnemosyne related material on my computer. next I uninstalled and > > > reinstalled mnemosyne, however after reinstalling I noticed there was > > > no new .mnemosyne folder created in /clayton. When I try to start > > > Mnemosyne up I get the error "Unable to load database. Creating tmp > > > file." I then click ok in this error popup, however mnemosyne does not > > > start. I can then rename my original .mnemosyne folder back > > > to .mnemosyne, however still no backups are created. If you need any > > > more information feel free to ask. > > > > > > On Mar 31, 10:40 pm, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> Can you tell me exactly what you did, what happens when the program > > >> starts, what the error messages are, ... > > >> > > >> Try to be as precise a possible, e.g. there is no such thing as a .mem > > >> folder, only a .mnemosyne folder containing a file default.mem. > > >> > > >> Without detailed info, it's difficult to know what is going on. > > >> > > >> Cheers, > > >> > > >> Peter > > >> > > >> On Tuesday 31 March 2009 13:45:22 Clayton Carson wrote: > > >> > The program wasn't starting normally I found a way around renaming > > >> > it but before that it wouldn't start, what would be causing > > >> > mnemosyne not to create a .mnemosyne folder? I have deleted all > > >> > mnemosyne files on my computer keeping only my .mem as a renamed > > >> > folder yet on installing still no .mem file is created. > > >> > > > >> > On Mar 31, 4:26?pm, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 08:15:14 Clayton Carson wrote: > > >> > > > I renamed mnemosyne but now i cant rename it back to .mnemosyne, > > >> > > > whenever i try I just get an error message "you must type a file > > >> > > > name" and in addition when reinstalling mnemosyne is not > > >> > > > creating a new .mem folder > > >> > > > > >> > > Are you sure it is not ending up someplace unexpected? There has > > >> > > to be a .mnemosyne folder, otherwise the program won't be able to > > >> > > start normally. Do a (computerised) search for .mnemosyne on your > > >> > > hard drive and usb drive. > > >> > > > > >> > > After it's created and you verified that everything is working, > > >> > > you can copy the contents of .mnemosyne_renamed (or whatever) back > > >> > > to the .mnemosyne directory that was created by the program. > > >> > > > > >> > > Peter > > >> > > >> ------------------------------------------------ > > >> Peter Bienstman > > >> Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology > > >> Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium > > >> tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 > > >> WWW:http://photonics.intec.UGent.be > > >> email: [email protected] > > >> ------------------------------------------------ > > -- ------------------------------------------------ Peter Bienstman Ghent University, Dept. of Information Technology Sint-Pietersnieuwstraat 41, B-9000 Gent, Belgium tel: +32 9 264 34 46, fax: +32 9 264 35 93 WWW: http://photonics.intec.UGent.be email: [email protected] ------------------------------------------------ --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
