Why doesn't ImageJ run from the hard disk under Windows 8?

Posted by mauricev on May 01, 2013; 12:11am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Why-doesn-t-ImageJ-run-from-the-hard-disk-under-Windows-8-tp5002875.html

Trying to run ImageJ under Windows 8 and it doesn't seem to matter whether I try either x32 or x64 builds, it fails to launch when the program is installed on the hard disk. The error is

Opener
File is not in a supported format, a reader plugin is not available, or it was not found.

C:\Program FIles (x86)\ImageJ\Files

Interestingly, when we run ImageJ from a CD, it launches just fine!