I managed to solve the Sphinx's riddle.

I decided to do a clean installation. I thought all the files were removed,
but I noticed C:\Documents and Settings\User\GNUstep still existed even
after uninstalling. I deleted the folder and restarted, and the GUI
applications started working.

 Thank you for all your help.


On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 10:30 AM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote:

> Those sound like some very odd problems.  I'd have to think that there is
> something on your system, like a virus scanner, that is preventing parts of
> GNUstep from running.
>
> In the task manager, do you see the program "gdnc.exe" running when you
> try to run a GNUstep app?  If not, perhaps you could try running this by
> itself to see if there is a reason it is not starting up.  From the Shell,
> type
>
>
> gdnc --verbose --no-fork
>
> and see what it says. Perhaps also run some other GNUstep command line
> programs to see if even basic stuff works, like
>
> defaults read
>
> It would also be good to keep this discussion on [email protected] so
> more people can help solve the problem.
>
> On Feb 15, 2014, at 11:22 AM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I did have another Mingw installed. I uninstalled it and tried running
> ProjectCenter; didn't open. Then, I tried running it as an administrator
> and I received these dialogue boxes.
>
> <ERROR.bmp>
>
> <ERROR2.bmp>
>
> On top of that, the Event Viewer contained 113 new events (which I have
> attached).
> The ProjectCenter sidebar does open; the windows usually stop responding
> after being open for a while.
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:29 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> No, it's not that.  I get those messages as well, but they don't affect
>> how GNUstep runs.  It must be something else on your system, such as a
>> virus scanner that is affecting things.  Do you have cygwin installed?
>>  That sometimes causes issues.
>>
>>
>> On Feb 14, 2014, at 2:04 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> Tried a /bin/rebase and it said the .dll's were skipped because they
>> weren't rebasable.
>>
>> Could this problem have something to do with Registry Keys? I searched
>> the Event Viewer log and some of the result mentioned the Registry Editor.
>>
>>
>> http://forums.asp.net/t/641029.aspx?The+local+computer+may+not+have+the+necessary+registry+information+or+message+DLL+files+to+display+messages+from+a+remote+computer+
>>
>>
>> http://blogs.msdn.com/b/sqlserverfaq/archive/2009/08/27/sometimes-you-do-not-see-the-proper-event-description-of-sql-server-events-in-the-application-log.aspx
>>
>>
>> http://www.geekstogo.com/forum/topic/305919-windows-installer-keeps-popping-up/
>>
>>
>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 8:33 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> I don't really know for sure, but one thing that could be wrong, since
>>> it works fine on other peoples systems, is that you have one or more DLLs
>>> that conflict with other DLLs on your system.  It doesn't cause the exact
>>> same issues, but it might be useful to rebase all the GNUstep dlls.  It's
>>> not installed with the GNUstep installation, but from a shell you can
>>> install it:
>>>
>>> mingw-get install msys-dash
>>> mingw-get install msys-rebase
>>>
>>> The readme for using rebaseall is here:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw/files/MSYS/Extension/rebase/rebase-4.0.1_1-1/
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Feb 11, 2014, at 4:19 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>> Gorm and SystemPreferences both show the same results in the Event
>>> Viewer and with debugapp.
>>>
>>> <error.bmp>
>>> (The readline error is just something to stop the beeping in mingw when
>>> backspacing; the output was the same when I reverted back to the original
>>> .inputrc file)
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, Feb 11, 2014 at 5:14 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Well, that doesn't give as much information as I had hoped.  The log
>>>> message is pretty normal - it just means that GNUstep is trying to create a
>>>> window. But it at least shows that ProjectCenter is starting up (and has
>>>> found all it's DLLs).  Perhaps you could try debugapp again, but run it
>>>> like this:
>>>>
>>>> run --GNU-Debug=dflt
>>>>
>>>> which should print out a little more information. Meanwhile, I'll try
>>>> to see if there is something I can see in the source that might tell me
>>>> what is going on. Sorry for all the problems. Window is a particularly
>>>> difficult platform to understand.
>>>>
>>>> Have you tried starting Gorm and SystemPreferences as well and had the
>>>> same problem?
>>>>
>>>> Adam
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Feb 11, 2014, at 2:49 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Event Type: Warning
>>>> Event Source: ProjectCenter
>>>> Event Category: None
>>>> Event ID: 0
>>>> Date: 2/11/2014
>>>> Time: 4:21:59 PM
>>>> User: N/A
>>>> Computer: RILEYGANG
>>>> Description:
>>>> The description for Event ID ( 0 ) in Source ( ProjectCenter ) cannot
>>>> be found. The local computer may not have the necessary registry
>>>> information or message DLL files to display messages from a remote
>>>> computer. You may be able to use the /AUXSOURCE= flag to retrieve this
>>>> description; see Help and Support for details. The following information is
>>>> part of the event: 2014-02-11 16:21:59.796 ProjectCenter[3428] screen
>>>> 0:hdc: 65537 frame:top:0 left:0 right:1024 bottom:768  frame:x:0.000000
>>>> y:0.000000 w:1024.000000 h:768.000000
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> .<error.bmp>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 4:41 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Can you check in the "Event Viewer" program to see what messages logs
>>>>> are being sent?  Perhaps that would give a clue why it is not working.
>>>>>
>>>>> You could also try to debug the program, if you have gnustep-devel
>>>>> installed, you can open a shell and type
>>>>>
>>>>> debugapp ProjectCenter
>>>>> run
>>>>>
>>>>> and it might tell you something (although even then some logs go only
>>>>> to the Event Viewer not to the terminal.)
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Feb 10, 2014, at 1:34 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm sorry about all these addendum's.
>>>>>
>>>>> I think it's important to mention that the error messages are no
>>>>> longer showing after I fiddled with the PATH. It still won't open though.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Feb 10, 2014 at 3:29 PM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> The PATH is set correctly, and all the DLLs are there. I tried
>>>>>> opening ProjectCenter, and I still get the same result; it doesn't open.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 10:04 PM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well this seems like a more unusual problem.  Perhaps there is a
>>>>>>> virus scanner that is preventing the installation to work correctly?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Can you verify that the correct paths are set up?  Start up the
>>>>>>> GNUstep shell program and type
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> echo $PATH
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> You should see /GNUstep/System/Tools and /mingw/bin in the PATH.
>>>>>>>  Also type
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> ls /GNUstep/System/Tools
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> and verify that in fact the dlls are there (ProjectCenter-0.dll),
>>>>>>> the libgcc_s_dw2-1.dll should be in /mingw/bin
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Feb 9, 2014, at 5:59 AM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]>
>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Addendum
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I repeated the process and received these two error messages
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> <ERROR.bmp><ERROR2.bmp>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 7:20 AM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]>wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I uninstalled everything and installed them in that order. Still,
>>>>>>>> nothing. The .exe shows up in the Task Manager, but vanishes without
>>>>>>>> opening.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:50 AM, Adam Fedor <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> That's odd, as I removed everything and then re-installed them on
>>>>>>>>> my computer and it worked fine.  Unless something got corrupted when I
>>>>>>>>> uploaded them to the website.  I guess I'll try that next.  What I 
>>>>>>>>> did:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Install gnustep-msys-system-0.30.0
>>>>>>>>> Install gnustep-core-0.34.0
>>>>>>>>> Install gnustep-cauro-0.34.0 and make sure the "activate cairo"
>>>>>>>>> box was checked
>>>>>>>>> Install Gorm-1.2.20-2
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Then I went to the START menu and clicked on Gorm and it started
>>>>>>>>> right up.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> On Feb 8, 2014, at 10:02 AM, Beatles Rol <[email protected]>
>>>>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> > GNUstep version: Latest with NSIS installer
>>>>>>>>> > OS: Windows XP
>>>>>>>>> >
>>>>>>>>> > Project Center and Gorm do not seem to open with the January 9th
>>>>>>>>> update. The WinUX Theme is not active; Cairo backend is.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
> <ProjectCenter.evt>
>
>
>
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