Live Code crashes on startup

[Tore Nilsen]

Hi Camm!
Deleting the preference file worked here as well. We had a problem finding it as I use a Mac and neither I nor the student had any idea where to look for preference files on Windows. Panos advice helped us along.

Best regards
Tore


> 29. nov. 2018 kl. 15:17 skrev General 2018 via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com>:
> 
> Hi ,
> 
> This also happened to us yesterday.
> Fixed by deleting preference files.
> 
> Regards Camm
> 
>> On 29 Nov 2018, at 08:21, panagiotis merakos via use-livecode <use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>> Hello Tore,
>> 
>> On Windows the preferences are stored in:
>> 
>> C:\Users\your_username\AppData\Roaming\RunRev\*
>> 
>> Here you can find one or two files:
>> 
>> livecode7.rev --> Preferences for LiveCode versions 7, 8 and 9
>> livecode.rev --> Preferences for LiveCode versions < 7
>> 
>> I suggest:
>> 
>> 1. Quit LiveCode
>> 2. Delete/rename both of these files. These files will be created/updated
>> every time you start/quit LiveCode.
>> 3. Launch LiveCode
>> 
>> Hopefully the problem should be fixed now.
>> 
>> Best,
>> Panos
>> --
>> 
>> On Thu, Nov 29, 2018 at 10:02 AM Tore Nilsen via use-livecode <
>> use-livecode at lists.runrev.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> One of my students has a problem with LiveCode crashing on startup. He
>>> uses a machine running Windows, and I suspect there might be a corrupt
>>> preference file involved, as LiveCode dies right after it has loaded the
>>> preferences. Since I have no experience in using LiveCode on Windows, I
>>> have not been able to locate the preference file. Can anyone point me in
>>> the right direction?
>>> 
>>> Best regards
>>> Tore Nilsen
>>> 
>>> 
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