I am not back to my work pc, so if you have any ideas how to proceed I am open to suggestions.
On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 5:17 PM, Tim Mackinnon <[email protected]> wrote: > Kilon - it would be good if we could percevear to try and get a fix and > detailed instructions for other less confident users… At least test Ben’s > updated installer so we can clear this. > > I appreciate the aggravation you are putting up with. > > Tim > > On 28 Aug 2014, at 10:35, kilon alios <[email protected]> wrote: > > My work pc is dual boot to ubuntu and win 7 . I am not a fan of linux > either, loads of problems there but nowhere near as bad as windoom. > > I need windoom because of a Greek OCR I use at work to scan legal > documents. I have no choice other than to continue using it. > > I dont care what the corporate world does or the fact that almost 100% of > my fellow lawyers use windoom and some still DOS. Thats their problem :D > > It would be nice to support what 95% of people use out there, but alas I > cant take it anymore. Coding should be fun, Windoom kills my inner child. > Sorry for those that have to tolerate this crap, but I am lucky enough not > to . > > /ranting off > > > On Thu, Aug 28, 2014 at 11:50 AM, Ben Coman <[email protected]> wrote: > >> kilon alios wrote: >> >>> ok thing get worse and worse >>> >>> I try to run pharo as administrator and pharo opens and exits >>> immediately , it creates a stderr which contains the following >>> >>> http://pastebin.com/v9Hpx9pK >>> >>> I found the folder you mentioned and I deleted it , now pharo does not >>> open at all even when run without "run as administrator" >>> Boy I hate Windoom. I also tried Tim link , nothing, pharo opens but >>> does nothing, no gui, nothing. I know it opens because i can see its >>> process in the task manager which i have to terminate manually. >>> I do all my coding and art on macos, I only have windows at work so i >>> can test my code on windoom too, but this was the last straw, I had enough >>> with this uber crappy OS for 17 years now. I am dropping support for it and >>> sticking to MacOS only. >>> Thanks guys for your help but it does not worth it. I hope no other >>> windows user experience my problem. >>> >>> >> I empathize. I've been a Linux advocate for years, but never made the >> full desktop switch since I needed a Windows system for corporate >> compatibility. Then I got a mac-mini to experiment with iPad Mobile Device >> Management, and found it easier to get Latex working on it than on Windows >> (for processing Pillar output), and now I find myself using it for Pharo >> more every day, and my Windows box is starting to be neglected (except I >> still need to migrate my old Thunderbird email archive). >> >> However success in the corporate world still hinges a lot on Windows >> compatibility. I will still have a go at updating PharoLauncher Installer >> to avoid this problem. >> cheers, Ben >> >> P.S. @Tim, Your alternate-VM feature sound interesting. I'll check it >> out. >> >> > >
