GianLuca Sarto wrote: > John, > > I appreciate your comment. > > Usually, a forum is my resort when I already spent hours troubleshooting > myself. > > Even if Scribus is free, nontheless there is a hidden cost of wasted > hours just trying to start the program, while the project is sitting > there, waiting to go on. > > Although I hate the commercial attitude of Adobe, I never recall not > being able to launch an executable.
Sorry if I sounded rude - I know what you mean, but when I've had problems, however basic or obscure, people here have been really supportive and solutions have invariably been found, even if it takes a day or two. You are able to start the executable in the general case, so if you can't in a particular case, you have to isolate the difference in circumstance which may not be a Scribus issue at all. Out of interest as an experiment, if you (can you ?) rename your scribus.exe to scribus.old, then do a copy WhereEverItIs\notepad.exe to \program "files\scribus\scribus.exe" what happens then when users try to start scribus ? Can the user who has the problem start the copy of notepad named as scribus ? If so, it's likely to be a scribus problem. If not, it's probably an invocation / OS settings or context / permissions / policy sort of problem. Just a thought, but it might help to tie things down a bit. Cheer, J/. -- John Beardmore, MSc EDM (Open), B.A. Chem (Oxon), CMIOSH, AIEMA, MEI Managing Director, T4 Sustainability Limited. http://www.T4sLtd.co.uk/ Energy Audit, Carbon Management, Design Advice, Sustainable Energy Consultancy and Installation, Carbon Trust Standard Registered Assessor Phone: 0845 4561332 Mobile: 07785 563116 Skype: t4sustainability
