Hi Roger. Ok. I never installed the 0.1.2.8-beta but this is what occured when I attempted to install the most recent release candidate:
WinXP (SP2) Vidalia bundle 0.1.2.9RC I downloaded and installed the bundle. In the process, the installer notified me that I already had a torrc config file and would I like to overwrite it? Yes. After it finished, I confirmed I would like to 'run installed components now'. Within 10 seconds, a dark onion appeared in my system tray with a red 'X' through it and a pop-up box appeared that said: 'Vidalia was unable to start Tor. Check your settings to ensure the correct name and location of your Tor executable is specified.' I right-clicked on the onion (in the system tray) and clicked on 'settings'. The path to my tor executable is: 'C:\Program Files\Tor\tor.exe' (no quotes). I confirmed that tor.exe is at that location. After clicking the 'Save' button, I attempted to re-start tor but with the same result. Re-booting the machine was also ineffective stategy. Other steps taken? Peforming a complete search of my hard drive (including subfolders and hidden files) for a 2nd tor.exe file was unsuccessful. Hope this helps, :) Thanks, Caitlin --- Roger Dingledine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 02, 2007 at 11:25:02PM -0800, Caitlin wrote: > > I'm attempting to start Tor (the latest release candidate as of > > 3.3.2007) and after including the parh to the tor.exe file, tor > refuses > > to start. I've checked for a duplicate file, a process that is > already > > running, etc. and I have been unsuccessful on all fronts. > > > > WinXP (SP2) > > Did 0.1.2.8-beta work for you? > > Can you clarify "refuses to start"? Be as specific as you can. > See also http://www.catb.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html#beprecise > :) > > Thanks! > --Roger > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss an email again! Yahoo! Toolbar alerts you the instant new Mail arrives. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/toolbar/features/mail/
