Rev won't launch

[Sarah Reichelt]

Hi Geoff,
This happens occasionally and the quickest & easiest way to fix it is 
to re-install Revolution. The way is has happened to me is with the Rev 
splash screen sticking at the point where it says "Loading plugins..." 
however the plugins are not to blame as removing them doesn't fix it. 
It is a problem in one of the the many IDE stacks and I don't know 
which one.
BTW: while I recommended changing the mtp.mc stack's file extension to 
.rev, I don't remember suggesting that it be put in the plugin 
directory. It can be accessed just like any normal stack without having 
to be in the plugins folder. However there is no reason why putting it 
in the plugins folder should cause any problems, it is just 
unnecessary.
Cheers,
Sarah


On 14 Jun 2004, at 6:49 pm, Geoff Caplan wrote:

> Hi folks,
>
> Put today aside to start learning Transcript, but have hit an immediate
> brick wall.
>
> I closed my version of Rev2.2, which had been working OK.
>
> Dropped the MetaCard Teaching Program - mtp.mc into the plugin
> directory and renamed it with the .rev extension. This is the
> procedure recommended by Sarah on RevJournal.
>
> Tried to re-launch Rev: it failed early in the launch sequence. No
> screen or error message was generated: it just dies silently.
>
> Removed the mtp plugin. No change.
>
> I am on Win2K.
>
> This is not confidence inspiring. Any suggestions as to how I can get
> operational again?