Re: IJ Problem after Windows auto-update

Posted by dscho on Aug 30, 2009; 6:11pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/IJ-Problem-after-Windows-auto-update-tp3691347p3691348.html

Hi,

On Fri, 28 Aug 2009, Robert Bagnell wrote:

> Summary:
>
> ImageJ would quit whin I tried to open an image on my laptop PC running
> Windows XP service pack 3 after an automatic Windows update. Wayne suggested
> the following:
> ----
> There is probably an error message in the command window. You can see what it
> is by changing the line
>    jre\bin\javaw.exe
> in ImageJ/ImageJ.cfg to
>    jre\bin\java.exe
> and running ImageJ. Post the error message to the list, along with these
> instructions, so we can see what it looks like.
> ------
> I did that. ImageJ started with an error window but there was no message in
> it. ImageJ ran fine. When I change the line back to contain ijvaw.exe, ImageJ
> quits as soon as I try to open an image.
>
> Any suggestions?

The project "Fiji" set out to fix issues like the one you describe.  
Maybe it works out of the box?

Ciao,
Dscho

P.S.: The URL for the Fiji project is http://pacific.mpi-cbg.de/