Re: [udig-devel] Problem Launching UDig on Windows XP

["Sunburned Surveyor" <sunburned.surveyor@xxxxxxxxx>]

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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:udig-devel-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Ken
> > Lord
> > Sent: Wednesday, 05 September, 2007 11:21 AM
> > To: udig-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > 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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