[udig-devel] Problem Launching UDig on Windows XP

[Jesse Eichar]

Ok I'll try to find time to look into this.

Jesse

On Sep 6, 2007, at 11:46 AM, Sunburned Surveyor wrote:

> I can confirm Ken's statement. All I had to do to get UDig working was
> to create a shortcut directly from the exe file.
>
> The Sunburned Surveyor
>
> On 9/5/07, Jesse Eichar <jeichar at refractions.net> wrote:
>> Good to know... I've never had any problems with it but I've always
>> ran the application from the same user that installed it.
>>
>> Jesse
>>
>> On Sep 5, 2007, at 11:47 AM, Bruce, Bob (CON) wrote:
>>
>>> The problem that I have with the installer is that it puts all of  
>>> the
>>> shortcuts and program group into the profile for the user who
>>> installed
>>> uDig and not into the "All Users" profile. Our environment prevents
>>> individual users installing programs and updating the All Users
>>> profile
>>> so I have to change this myself and fix up permissions in order for
>>> all
>>> users who log into a workstation to be able to use uDig.
>>>
>>>       Bob Bruce
>>>       Winnipeg, Manitoba
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: udig-devel-bounces at lists.refractions.net
>>> [mailto:udig-devel-bounces at lists.refractions.net] On Behalf Of Ken
>>> Lord
>>> Sent: Wednesday, 05 September, 2007 11:21 AM
>>> To: udig-devel at lists.refractions.net
>>> Subject: Re: [udig-devel] Problem Launching UDig on Windows XP
>>>
>>> Not to be a pain on this topic, but it must be time for me to rant
>>> about
>>> it yet again.  8D
>>>
>>>  ...the problem of launching Udig in Windows XP from the shortcut
>>> installed by Udig's very own installer is an old familiar problem  
>>> that
>>> goes back a couple years and many versions, that has been posted to
>>> the
>>> list many times.
>>>
>>> Perhaps it doesn't affect everyone, but for those like myself who  
>>> are
>>> affected it definately gives this wonderful product a distinct
>>> 'unpolished' feel you might say ... as does the refractions.net
>>> homepage
>>> that has been broken for years for the great horde of IE users out
>>> there. But the arguement over making a 'standard' website versus a
>>> website that people can actually view can be left for another time.
>>>
>>> Back on topic, Long time users of Udig know to delete the shortcut
>>> that
>>> Udig's very own installer created and manually make a new shortcut
>>> that
>>> points to the Udig executable, or to just start the program directly
>>> from the executable.
>>>
>>> I'm sure some first time Udig users figure it out, but no doubt many
>>> just assume that Udig is stillborn and move on, never to know how
>>> useful
>>> the product is, and never to discover and join the community that
>>> supports the product.
>>>
>>> Thank you for reading my rant, it was written not with any offense
>>> intended, but with a little shock and surprise that this problem  
>>> still
>>> has not been fixed after all this time, or at least displayed as a
>>> warning message during installation.
>>>
>>> Cheers,
>>> Ken Lord
>>> Vancouver Bc
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