Florian Verhein wrote: > Hello, > > I would really apreciate some help with this, as LyX (v1.5.1-1 for Windows) > crashes every time I try to run it (either by double-clicking on a lyx file > or opening lyx directly). > Here is what happens: > > <details> > .... > creating doc/LaTeXConfig.lyx > LyX: Done! > Assertion triggered in __thiscall lyx::support::FileName::FileName(const > class std::basic_string<char,struct std::char_traits<char>,class > std::allocator<char> > &) by failing check "empty() || absolutePath(name_)" > in file D:\LyX\lyx-1.5.1\src\support\FileName.cpp:47 > > This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual > way. > Please contact the application's support team for more information. > </details> > > This started happening all of a sudden, and EVERY time I start it. I have > uninstalled and reinstalled LyX, but the problem persists. > > I did get a similar crash a couple of times before-hand while the > application was running (can't remember if it was the same cause), but now > it's simply not working at all. > > Amongst other things, I'm writing my thesis in LyX... so I have a big > problem :( > > Thanks in advance, > Florian.
Please, open a terminal, issue the following command: move "%APPDATA%\lyx15\preferences" "%APPDATA%\lyx15\preferences.old" then try restarting LyX. -- Enrico
