I get the same error on Windows 7 Ultimate 64-bit. It will run when Windows XP is selected under Compatibility mode. I had the same issue with other languages. This is logged in the event viewer when it doesn't run as-is:
Faulting application name: firefox.exe, version: 17.0.6.0 Faulting module name: d2d1.dll, version: 6.2.9200.16492 Exception code: 0xc0000005 Faulting application path: C:\XXXXXX\Tor Browser\FirefoxPortable\App\Firefox\firefox.exe Faulting module path: C:\Windows\system32\d2d1.dll Kody On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 6:14 PM, Masayuki Hatta <mha...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I tried torbrowser-install-3.0-alpha-1_en-US.exe on Windows 7 Home Premium > 64bit (Japan edition), but it doesn't run at all. Installation went well, > but double-clicking on "Start Tor Browser" icon doesn't start things off, > nothing happens (seems trying something for a while, but crashes > silently). Is this known problem or am I the only one? I have two 64bit > Win7 machines, and suffer from the same problem. Things from the current > tor-browser-2.3.25-8_en-US.exe is working nicely for a long time, so I > guess something wrong in the new Tor Browser Launcher... > > Please let me know if there's something I can try. > > Best regards, > MH > > > 2013/6/17 Jacob Appelbaum <ja...@appelbaum.net> > >> Hi, >> >> I'm really excited to say that Tor Browser has had some really important >> changes. Mike Perry has really outdone himself - from deterministic >> builds that allow us to verify that he is honest to actually having >> serious usability improvements. I really mean it - the new TBB is >> actually awesome. It is blazing fast, it no longer has the sometimes >> confusing Vidalia UI, it is now fast to start, it now has a really nice >> splash screen, it has a setup wizard - you name it - nearly everything >> that people found difficult has been removed, replaced or improved. >> Hooray for Mike Perry and all that helped him! >> >> Here is Mike's email: >> >> https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-June/028440.html >> >> Here is the place to download it: >> >> https://people.torproject.org/~mikeperry/tbb-3.0alpha1-builds/official/ >> >> Please test it and please please tell us how we might improve it! >> >> All the best, >> Jacob >> -- >> Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by >> emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at >> https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >> >> > > > -- > Masayuki Hatta > Assistant Professor, Faculty of Economics and Management, Surugadai > University, Japan > > http://about.me/mhatta > > mha...@gnu.org / mha...@debian.org / mha...@opensource.jp / > hatta.masay...@surugadai.ac.jp > > -- > Too many emails? Unsubscribe, change to digest, or change password by > emailing moderator at compa...@stanford.edu or changing your settings at > https://mailman.stanford.edu/mailman/listinfo/liberationtech >
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