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

[Jesse Eichar <jeichar@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

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@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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