[Pcgen-trackers] [ pcgen-Support Requests-2823722 ] Sources fail to load in Vista

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Support Requests item #2823722, was opened at 2009-07-18 15:28
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>Category: Campaign Loading
Group: None
>Status: Pending
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Private: No
Submitted By: Peter Howard (elsibor)
>Assigned to: LegacyKing (amaitland)
Summary: Sources fail to load in Vista

Initial Comment:
Almost universally when I attempt to load any of the partial sources and numerous others, the sources are not recognized as loaded. This happens with both the basic and advanced screens, and typically the program simply halts after attempting and failing to load the source files. thus making PCGen unusable. Is there a simple fix for this, and if not, where can I find a version of PCGen 5.14(last stable version that I know works)?

I'm running Windows Vista Home Premium and using the latest version of Java.

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>Comment By: LegacyKing (amaitland)
Date: 2009-07-18 16:25

Message:
Hi Peter,

This usually stems from where the folders are stored. UAC seems to have
issues.

Personally I'm using the VIsta Home Premium 32 version, so I know it's not
a PCGen issue per se. Here are the collected issues that have been resolved
to date regarding Vista.

Here's what worked for Vista x64:

PCGen should be installed in the C:\Program Files (x86) folder

The .bat command line in the .bat file needs to be changed and should be:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.6.0_06\bin\java" -Dswing.aatext=true
-Xms128m -Xmx256m -jar pcgen.jar

The path in the system\advanced properties\... should be:
;C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre1.6.0_06\bin
Then Restart the computer, because that is ultimately what reset the
path...

Using the .bat file then works. 

P.S. You should have a x64 version of JAVA installed.

--- For the 32 version
The most successful solution is to simply install PCGen somewhere
else.  No other directory tree has the same type of restriction on it.

Other solutions, ones which involve putting parts of PCGen in one
place and other parts in another,  might also work, but aren't, worth the
extra effort.

--- I do the second one naturally based on my setup, and I haven't
encountered the issues to date. 


Hope this helps,

If you need more help repost to this tracker.

Thanks, Andrew

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