> Hi all, > > I recently got a new machine and for whatever reason I am > unable to install any of the versions of PyMol (0.99rc6, rc3, > 0.98) on this new machine. I am running Windows XP > Professional. Upon unzipping the file, i run the setup.exe > and get the following error message: > > C:\pymol1\pymol-0_99rc6-bin-win32\SETUP.EXE > The specified path does not exist > Check the path, and then try again. > > This happens regardless of the directory I choose to install from. > > Any ideas why this could be happening?
Something wacky is going on with folder names in some recent XP installs. Try changing the name of the folder to something with 8 or fewer characters: > C:\pymol1\pymol-0_99rc6-bin-win32\ to > C:\pymol1\pymolins\ and then try again. Cheers, Warren
