Re: Amaya 9.4 won't start on WinXP SP-2

Steven Pemberton wrote:
>  > I had an identical problem with 9.3. Now, after installing 9.4,
>  > neither 9.3 or 9.4 work. I uninstalled 9.3, 9.4, and reinstalled 9.4.
>  > Doesn't help.
> 
>  > I had an identical problem about a month ago, installing 9.3.
> 
> I have the same problem. For a couple of days 9.4 worked fine, and then 
> suddenly stopped. 8.8 has stopped working too.
> 
> What I can see is that the binary runs, and is in the process list, but 
> no windows get created, and it doesn't appear on the 'Applications' list.
> 
> I have a vague deja vue feeling that this has happened in the past too.

Indeed that deja vue feeling was right. It was November 2004.

So anyway, I tried what was suggested there: kill all amaya processes, 
and rename C:\Documents and Settings\<user>\amaya and it worked.

Problem solved.

Steven

Received on Thursday, 16 February 2006 11:30:37 UTC