Hello, Mira,
Ok, I got it to work! I'm not sure if this is related to me being on Windows
vista, but with gwyddion 2.31, the gwyddion.exe file installs in the \bin
directory. Windows vista can't seem to detect the .exe file even if I point to
that location using the default programs -> associate file type settings. You
have everything set the way it should be, click ok, and nothing happens. The
way I got it to work was to first make a copy of the gwyddion.exe file and put
the copy in the main c:\program files\gwyddion directory. Now I am able to go
through the default programs -> associate file type settings and associate the
.exe file. This was a problem on my professor's windows XP system this morning
as well. Our systems are both upgraded and working now. I wanted to share the
fix with you in case anyone writes in with the same problem.
Also, the gwyddion.exe file has a generic icon associated with it, not the nice
Gwyddion brand logo. Wanted to share that with you in case that is a bug that
can be fixed.
Many thanks for your response.
Larissa
Date: Mon, 24 Jun 2013 08:34:57 +0200
From: [email protected]
To: [email protected]
CC: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [Gwyddion-users] install problem with 2.31 on windows vista
Hi Larissa,
If I understand correctly, you can manually open the gwyddion files.
If this works then Gwyddion itself should be OK. It seems that just
the file association is wrong because instead of Gwyddion Adobe
tries to open it. You can check whether the association is right.
Click Start -> Settings -> Programs -> Default programs
-> Associate file type or protocol to a program (this is for
Windows 7 and it was translated from czech version, so it need not
to be exactly the same on english Vista). If you find .gwy file type
(or other types like .zfr etc.) should be associated to Gwyddion. If
this is wrong then reinstallation of Gwyddion should correct this.
It is strange that it didn't work. Maybe Adobe reassociates it
afterwards. In that case I would try to search for it in Adobe's
settings...
Regards,
Mira
Dne 22.6.2013 21:01, Larissa Clark
napsal(a):
Hi, I used to use Gwyddion 2.15 succesfully, never
a problem. I have some files I need to urgently get to a
professor. They were made using a later version of Gwyddion. I
brought them home to work on them. I coudn't open them on my
laptop with Gwyddion 2.15, so I deinstalled 2.15 and installed
2.31 per the install instructons (i.e., anything earlier than a
certain version needd to be deinstalled first). Here are the
problems I'm having:
1. I try to do an "Open with" and point to C:\Program
Files(x86)\Gwyddion\bin\gwyddion.exe to set the default program
to Gwyddin, but nothing happens, my files default to Adobe pdf
(!) instead.
2. I tried deinstalling and reinstalling. No change. Same
problem.
3. I can double click on the gwyddion.exe executable in \bin and
open Gwyddion and manually open each file, but I have 100's of
files to process, and I wasted half my day yesterday on this.
4. I thought maybe it had to do with gtk+, but I see that 2.31
has gtk+ bundled in it, so abandoned that idea.
5. First I installed 64-bit since my laptop o.s. is 64 bit, then
tried 32-bit. No change. Same problem.
Help?
Is this just because I am using Windows Vista? I can't afford
to upgrade to 7 right now. Bought my computer at Costco 1 mo
before 7 came out a couple of years ago (I think?), and they
wouldn't honor a free upgrade from Vista to 7, so I'm stuck with
it for now.
Many thanks,
Larissa
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