Hi, Trying to run InstantRails.exe for the first time, I get a Windows dialog box with the error message: Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item. That''s the *only* thing that happens. The app doesn''t start up. The log file (InstantRails.log) is empty. The ini file (InstantRails.ini) has the following line: OldRunningPath=C:\force-path-update I change that value to various things but it doesn''t make a difference. I''ve searched the mailing list archives and browsed the Wiki but this problem appears not to have been reported before. I am running InstantRails from the following directory: E:\InstantRails Any advice would be appreciated. Thanks, Gavin
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On 4/21/06, Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair at gmail.com> wrote:> > Hi, > > Trying to run InstantRails.exe for the first time, I get a Windows > dialog box with the error message: > > Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not > have the appropriate permissions to access the item. > > That''s the *only* thing that happens. The app doesn''t start up. > > The log file (InstantRails.log) is empty. > > The ini file (InstantRails.ini) has the following line: > > OldRunningPath=C:\force-path-update > > I change that value to various things but it doesn''t make a difference. > > I''ve searched the mailing list archives and browsed the Wiki but this > problem appears not to have been reported before. > > I am running InstantRails from the following directory: E:\InstantRails > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > Thanks, > Gavin >Hmmm... so much for being easy! :-( I''ve never seen this happen before (really)! What version of Windows are you running? Instant Railsis only know to work in Windows 2000 and Windows XP. In any case, the InstantRails.exe executable isn''t even getting loaded. That error message says that something in Windows is preventing the exe from loading. Do you have administrator privileges with your logged in user? I not sure that its necessary, but I''ve never tested it without that. Curt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/instantrails-users/attachments/20060421/941f93ec/attachment.htm
On 4/22/06, David Morton <mortonda at dgrmm.net> wrote:> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Gavin Sinclair wrote: > > > I am running InstantRails from the following directory: E:\InstantRails > > Is this a USB device?No, it''s a hard drive partition. Nearly all applications are installed there. C: system D: data E: apps F: temp All the same hard drive. Gavin
On 4/22/06, Curt Hibbs <curt.hibbs at gmail.com> wrote:> > > > Trying to run InstantRails.exe for the first time, I get a Windows > > dialog box with the error message: > > > > Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not > > have the appropriate permissions to access the item. > > > > That''s the *only* thing that happens. The app doesn''t start up. > > > > The log file (InstantRails.log) is empty. > > > > The ini file (InstantRails.ini) has the following line: > > > > OldRunningPath=C:\force-path-update > > > > I change that value to various things but it doesn''t make a difference. > > > > I''ve searched the mailing list archives and browsed the Wiki but this > > problem appears not to have been reported before. > > > > I am running InstantRails from the following directory: E:\InstantRails > > > > Any advice would be appreciated. > > > > Thanks, > > Gavin > > > > Hmmm... so much for being easy! :-( > > I''ve never seen this happen before (really)! What version of Windows are > you running? Instant Railsis only know to work in Windows 2000 and Windows > XP.I''m running XP with administrator priveleges and no history of difficulty getting applications to run :)> In any case, the InstantRails.exe executable isn''t even getting loaded. That > error message says that something in Windows is preventing the exe from > loading.Ah, I didn''t realise that. I''m going to try unpacking the zip file into a different directory, just for kicks :) Gavin
On 4/22/06, Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair at gmail.com> wrote:> > Trying to run InstantRails.exe for the first time, I get a Windows > dialog box with the error message: > > Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not > have the appropriate permissions to access the item.I unpacked the zip file again, this time using WinZip instead of Cygwin''s "unzip". It works :) Silly me. I haven''t had problems with using "unzip" before, but it''s probably a line-ending issue. Cheers, Gavin
On 4/22/06, Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair at gmail.com> wrote:> > On 4/22/06, Gavin Sinclair <gsinclair at gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Trying to run InstantRails.exe for the first time, I get a Windows > > dialog box with the error message: > > > > Windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may > not > > have the appropriate permissions to access the item. > > I unpacked the zip file again, this time using WinZip instead of > Cygwin''s "unzip". It works :) > > Silly me. I haven''t had problems with using "unzip" before, but it''s > probably a line-ending issue. > > Cheers, > Gavin >Wow... I never would have guessed anything like that! Curt -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://rubyforge.org/pipermail/instantrails-users/attachments/20060422/77394121/attachment.htm