Greg, Owen, thanks for your help.
I had tried almost anything: From command line with console - no way, doesn't even open the console New user after having renamed the user's folder something else, - it crashes with exception violation. Now, I cannot see why the same folder structure works on usb and not on the user's desktop. There must be something that is being written somewhere... but where? Last time I dealed with a similar problem, i.e. Scribus didn't start, I had a vision and renamed a folder removing blanks from it. That fixed it, but now... -Gian Gregory Pittman wrote: > Owen wrote: >>> hi All, >>> >>> one user of an XP pro pc cannot start Scribus [1.3.3.13] anymore. >>> Nothing happens, no error messages. >>> I tried to delete the .scribus folder with no success. >>> Other users of the same pc can start and use Scribus without a hitch. >>> >>> To let the user work with Scribus, I downloaded portable Scribus >>> [1.3.3.12] on an usb key. >>> The user can run Scribus from the usb key, but if she copies the >>> folder >>> from the usb key to her desktop, it won't start.. >>> >>> What the hell is going on? >>> We like Scribus, but is pretty unpredictable... should we go back to >>> Adobe gear? >>> >> >> >> >> >> >> And if you change user it works perfectly well from that computer? >> >> I suggest it has absolutely nothing to do with Scribus, but all to do >> with the upgrade you did. I am not familiar with Windows stuff, but it >> sounds to me as though you have done something to the user that stops >> it from accessing the system. >> >> If the "other user" works ok, would it be possible to back up all >> "fawlty users" data, create new user, check that Scribus works, remove >> "Fawlty user" and then create ne "Non_Fawlty user" >> >> Nothing to do with Scribus IMHO >> >> > > This sounds like my situation where I work. I don't have privileges to > load programs or save data, at least in certain ways, yet I can run > Scribus from a usb key, as long as I save documents to the key. So > someone needs to look at this worker's privileges. As Owen says, this > doesn't sound like a Scribus problem. > Maybe you need to abandon Windows for Mac or Linux gear. :D > > Greg > > _______________________________________________ > scribus mailing list > scribus at lists.scribus.info > http://lists.scribus.info/mailman/listinfo/scribus >
