amaya bug report: not finding icon files during launch

i just downloaded and tested amaya-WinXP-9.0.exe under WinXP professional

launching from the windows menu seems to work fine.

however, when i use an application to launch amaya, the display looks fine
but the error console reports the following:

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08:37:34: Error: Failed to load icon from the file 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\logo.ico' (error 2: the system cannot find the file specified.)
08:37:34: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach_floating.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:34: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:34: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_on.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_off.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach_floating.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_on.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_off.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach_floating.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_on.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_off.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach_floating.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_on.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_off.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach_floating.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_on.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_off.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach_floating.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_on.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_off.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\empty.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\default.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach_floating.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_on.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_off.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach_floating.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_on.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_off.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach_floating.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\detach.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_on.png' from resources! Check .rc file.
08:37:35: Error: Can't load bitmap 'C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons\expand_off.png' from resources! Check .rc file.

OpenGL Status:
 Software Mode = Hard
 VENDOR : NVIDIA Corporation
 VERSION : 1.4.1
 RENDERER : Quadro FX Go1000/AGP/SSE2
 GLU Version : 1.2.2.0 Microsoft Corporation
 Aux buffers count 0
 Acumm rgba : 16 16 16 16

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the contents of the offending directory are as follows:

C:\Program Files\AmayaWX\resources\icons>ls
BG_norepeat.png                  MATHML_sub.png        detach.png
BG_repeat.png                    MATHML_subsup.png     detach_floating.png
BG_repeat_x.png                  MATHML_sup.png        empty.png
BG_repeat_y.png                  MATHML_under.png      expand_off.png
MATHML_Bmath.png                 XHTML_B.png           expand_on.png
MATHML_F_divers.png              XHTML_Bullet.png      find.png
MATHML_F_fleches.png             XHTML_DL.png          format_center.png
MATHML_F_greek.png               XHTML_H1.png          format_justify.png
MATHML_F_greek_maj.png           XHTML_H2.png          format_left.png
MATHML_F_maths.png               XHTML_H3.png          format_right.png
MATHML_F_operateurs.png          XHTML_I.png           forward.png
MATHML_F_relations_binaires.png  XHTML_Image.png       home.png
MATHML_F_relations_negation.png  XHTML_Link.png        logo.png
MATHML_fence.png                 XHTML_Num.png         ok.png
MATHML_frac.png                  XHTML_T.png           print.png
MATHML_greek.png                 XHTML_Table.png       redo.png
MATHML_insert.png                back.png              refresh.png
MATHML_matrix.png                black_white.png       reload.png
MATHML_mscript.png               cancel.png            save.png
MATHML_over.png                  colorize.png          stop.png
MATHML_overunder.png             default.png           switch_colors.png
MATHML_root.png                  default_document.gif  trash.png
MATHML_sqrt.png                  default_document.png  undo.png
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so (somewhat surprisingly) the icon files do seem to be there.

am wondering, do I need to launch Amaya from a different directory?
i didn't find directions regarding command-line launching in the Help files.

or (preferred) could Amaya be smarter about finding the images it needs
in a relative subdirectory, even if started from a different directory.

thanks for your continued efforts with Amaya.

all the best, Don
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Received on Sunday, 13 February 2005 18:18:15 UTC