It seems this can happen if you are using Windows XP, and you are trying to run the launcher as a different user than the one who installed it. I found some references to this issue here <https://code.google.com/p/googleappengine/issues/detail?id=2455> and here <https://github.com/chriskiehl/google-appengine-wx-launcher/issues/10>.
Here are some possible solutions, which should work on any version of Windows: 1) Install the App Engine SDK as your currently logged in user, and not a different user. 2) You can try creating a HOME environment variable for your user which points to 'C:\Users\[YOUR USERNAME]' as per these instructions <https://support.microsoft.com/en-ca/kb/310519#bookmark-4>. If you happen to be using Windows XP you might consider using a more updated version as it is no longer supported. On Saturday, April 30, 2016 at 11:59:42 AM UTC-4, NAVEEN GANDHI wrote: > > I am posting the content of the logfile here. > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "GoogleAppEngineLauncher.py", line 42, in <module> > File "wx\_core.pyc", line 7913, in __init__ > File "wx\_core.pyc", line 7487, in _BootstrapApp > File "launcher\app.pyc", line 53, in OnInit > File "launcher\app.pyc", line 97, in _CreateModels > File "launcher\maintable.pyc", line 34, in __init__ > File "launcher\platform.pyc", line 492, in ProjectsFile > WindowsError: [Error 3] The system cannot find the path specified: > '~/Google' > > Regards, > NAVEEN GANDHI > > On Tue, Apr 26, 2016 at 1:31 AM, 'Adam (Cloud Platform Support)' via > Google App Engine <google-appengine@googlegroups.com> wrote: > >> Yes, to add to the above post the error message tells you 'see the log >> file for details' and gives you the location of the log file on your >> computer. You need to browse to 'C:\Program >> Files(x86)\Google\google_appengine\launcher' and open the log file, >> which will contain information about why the launcher failed to start. This >> will generally be in the form of a stack trace and some additional lines of >> info. >> >> If the log information doesn't make sense, please feel free to post the >> most recent error information from the end of the log file. >> >> On Monday, April 25, 2016 at 12:13:05 PM UTC-4, Nicholas (Google Cloud >> Support) wrote: >>> >>> You mention encountering an error whenever using Google App Engine >>> Launcher that directs you to the log file found at C:\Program >>> Files(x86)\Google\google_appengine\launcher\GoogleAppengineLauncher.exe.log >>> . >>> >>> - Can you post the contents of the logfile here? >>> - If not, can you describe what you are doing when this error occurs >>> and provide a screenshot of the message when it happens? >>> >>> Answers to the above questions might help us better identify the cause >>> of the error you've encountered or at least tell us where else we should >>> investigate. >>> >>> On Friday, April 22, 2016 at 5:35:04 AM UTC-4, NAVEEN GANDHI wrote: >>>> >>>> How to set the error logfile 'c:\\program >>>> files(x86)\Google\google_appengine\Launcher\GoogleAppengineLauncher.exe.log' >>>> >>>> for details >>>> >>> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the >> Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/google-appengine/QO_MckGHypw/unsubscribe >> . >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to >> google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/6671091b-ef6b-4942-b001-f1772eb48b89%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/6671091b-ef6b-4942-b001-f1772eb48b89%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to google-appengine+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to google-appengine@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/google-appengine/a86fa7fd-33de-4099-babf-c745ae4507e3%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
