Posted by
Robert Baer on
Jan 22, 2013; 6:17pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Install-Issues-ImageJ-and-FIJI-tp5001497.html
I have a clean Windows 8 machine and want to report some minor FIJI and
ImageJ Installation issues. I installed to E:\ rather than C:\. I
think they are generic, but one never knows ...
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**FIJI**- Download using Windows 64-bit link*
* I have both 32-bit and 64-bit Java Java 7, Update 11 installed on my
machine. My native screen resolution is 1920 x 1080 and have the
magnifier at 150%. When I start FIJI the main window looks great.
If I rename the Java directory of FIJI, so that it uses the new
Java, the FIJI main window is very much smaller -- too small for
these old eyes. Not sure what compatibility issues are across Java
versions. Note that FIJI DOES find the 64-bit version of Java 7,
Update 11 according to Help About.
* For some time now, the icon for FIJI is replaced with the generic
ICON. Further, there is no Fiji.ico file in the Images file that
the user can use manually, The user must create their own .ico with
GIMP or some other program from the supplied .png file. I think the
.ico used to be a resource in the .exe which let it appear
automatically.. (I believe this problem also exists on Windows 7 and
has to do with the resource no longer being available). Having this
icon was nice Even retaining the vanilla ImageJ icon would be
superior to having no icon resource.
*Vanilla ImageJ -- downloaded for 64-bit Windows with Java Included*
* After ImageJ installs it goes through a startup than involves
creating the .cfg file. When it is done it pops up a diagol from
opener which says "File is not in a supported format, a reader
plugin is not available, or it was not found. E:\Program
Files\Files\ImageJ" ImageJ 1.46r. This message repeats even if I
choose JFileChooser in input/output. The problem seems related to my
installation on E: drive, because if I install instead on c:\, the
problem does not occur. Because of limited space on c: i would
rather not do this. The issue does not keep ImageJ from opening
sample images and functionality seems otherwise normal.
* In the process of trouble-shooting bullet I I tried to do an ImageJ
unitstalle. I got the following message "Internal Error: Cannot
find utCompileCode for this version of uninsaller" I have not
tracked this down yet, but I got the same message even after
reinstalling on C:\ drive. Again, this might relate to having moved
some user folders from C: to E:, but that remains to be determined.
* It would be nice to have a version without the JRE for those with
Java already installed, but when I rename the JRE subdirectory,
ImageJ only find the 32-bit version of Java and not the 64-bit
version of Java that is installed on my machine. I don't know if
this an issue with the .cfg file that I can change. Still working
on that part, but it would be nice if this happened automatically.
FIJI did find the 64-bit version so there is a difference in
approach here.
* When I start ImageJ the main panel is very small at my current
screen resolution even when using the 1.6 version of Java contained
in the JRE folder that comes with ImaageJ. Again, this differs from
FIJI with the same Java version, but it is similar to FIJI behavior
if I let FIJI use my installed Java 7.
I should emphasize that none of these issues are show-stoppers for using
ImageJ, and I'm grateful to all the hard work done by the developers!
Hope the feedback is useful.
Rob
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Robert W. Baer, Ph.D.
Department of Physiology
Kirksville College of Osteopathic Medicine
A. T. Still University of Health Sciences
Kirksvi a generlle, MO 63501
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