John, don't worry, I never thought you were or even sounded rude.
I really appreciate your advice. Will try that too. -Gian John Beardmore wrote: > 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/.
