Someone keeps saying I must be doing something wrong, the ini file must be wrong .... execution in Windows in dependent on two settings of PATH in env var's ... and Win drag-drop in Explorer would have to be broken
As I say, what obscure PATH issue could that have been ? And I am still trying to find a sure set of steps to reproduce ... having had the misfortune of hitting these 2 bugs ... and in the process finding that World | Windows has some menu quirks / ineffective actions r On 27 February 2014 01:34, Tudor Girba <tu...@tudorgirba.com> wrote: > Thanks for reporting. > > What obscure path issue? > > Doru > > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:01 PM, Robert Shiplett <grshipl...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> I am dragging the image onto the pharo.exe in a newlynamed folder using >> an install whose README says date of Feb 25 >> >> COPY >> >> Pharo 3.0 >> This distribution was built February 25, 2014. >> >> as for that pharo.exe >> >> created and last mod date is 12 7 2013 >> >> the dir is >> >> C:\Pharo3.0-winB\Pharo3.0 >> >> and the dates for that Pharo3.0 dub-dir is today a few hours ago >> >> so if a drag-drop of >> >> Pharo-30782.image >> >> onto that exe in that same folder has some obscure path issue, that is a >> worry I would think. >> >> >> >> On 26 February 2014 08:52, Torsten Bergmann <asta...@gmx.de> wrote: >> >>> Dear Robert, >>> >>> I doubt that it is a general issue as I regulary try on various XP >>> combinations >>> (even today) and therefore guess that it is a local problem on your >>> single machine. >>> >>> As you have other images and older VM's floating around it may be an >>> issue that you start the image with an old outdated VM. >>> >>> Note that when you double click the image to start the Windows OS will >>> use the >>> executable (VM) which is associated with the *.image extension. If you >>> had >>> older VM installations (Squeak or other) this may conflict. >>> >>> Just to make sure can you please exactly follow these steps: >>> >>> 1. download and extract http://files.pharo.org/image/30/latest.zip in >>> a fresh directory >>> 2. download and extract http://files.pharo.org/vm/pharo/win/stable.zipinto >>> the same directory >>> 3. go to this directory and drag the Pharo image "Pharo-30782.image" >>> onto the "Pharo.exe" >>> to make sure the system is exactly started with this combination and >>> no other VM or image >>> is involved >>> >>> Then tell us if this works or (if it still fails) what the system >>> reprorts to you >>> initially. >>> >>> You should also check: in World Menu -> "Tools" -> "SystemReporter", >>> there you >>> should check the entry "VM general" which will tell you excactly the VM >>> you >>> are running on. >>> >>> If you select all entries in this "System Reporter" you can send the >>> report here >>> so we know more about your environment. >>> >>> Thx >>> T. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >> > > > -- > www.tudorgirba.com > > "Every thing has its own flow" >
