It seems you're trying to create your data directory inside the program directory, where it's not unsurprising that you don't have write permission.
Not really sure what caused this, but try deleting C:\users\peter\appdata\roaming\mnemosyne\config and try again. Cheers, Peter > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:mnemosyne-proj- > [email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] > Sent: 08 April 2014 02:22 > To: [email protected] > Subject: [mnemosyne-proj-users] Startup error message in Windows 7 > > > Mnemosyne worked fined under XP, but I've been unable to get the > program to start under Windows 7. > > I downloaded a fresh copy of Mnemosyne, installed it without incident, but > when I click on the executable, the following error message appears. > > An unexpected error has occurred. > Pleas forward the following info to the developers: > > Traceback (innermost last): > File "mnemosyne", line 155, in <module> > File "mnemosyne\libmnemosyne\__init__.pyo", line 179, in initialise > File "mnemosyne\libmenmosyne\__init__.pyo", line 295, in load_database > File "mnemosyne\libmnemosyne\databases\SQLite.pyo", line 351, in load > File "mnemosyne\libmnemosyne\databases\SQLite_media.pyo", line 39, > in > create_media_dir_if_needed > File "os.pyo", line 157, in makedirs > WindowsError: [Error 5] Access is denied: u'C:/Program > Files(x86)/Mnemosyne2/ > backups/default-20140328-155836.db_media' > > Is this a known problem, and is there a solution? > > > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to mnemosyne-proj- > [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/16e51dc3-4740- > 47a2-9f36-7cdb9692482f%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/16e51dc3- > 4740-47a2-9f36- > 7cdb9692482f%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=foot > er> . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/mnemosyne-proj-users/010e01cf535c%24d1ac7270%2475055750%24%40UGent.be. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
