Re: Imagej.cfg file missing, not created

Posted by Menelaos Symeonides on Apr 17, 2018; 4:12pm
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Imagej-cfg-file-missing-not-created-tp5020435p5020509.html

Can anyone else out there please try to replicate this issue and report
back? I just need to do something that requires a lot of memory and
right now it is impossible without a .cfg file.

Mel


On 4/12/2018 4:08 PM, Menelaos Symeonides wrote:

> Hi Curtis,
>
> No, that doesn't fix it (thank you for alerting me to the recommended
> installation location, though). I also tried placing it under
> C:\Users\<MyUserName>\Documents\Fiji.app, but it behaves the same,
> with or without admin rights.
>
> I was able to replicate this issue on 3 different Windows 10 64-bit
> systems and one Windows 7 32-bit computer.
>
> Thanks,
> Mel
>
>
> On 4/12/2018 1:30 PM, Curtis Rueden wrote:
>> Hi Mel,
>>
>> Have you tried putting your Fiji installation into
>> C:\Users\<YourUserName>\Fiji.app, as recommended by the installation
>> instructions [1]?
>>
>> There are often permissions issues placing the Fiji.app installation
>> outside of folders the current user controls.
>>
>> If that also does not work for you, let us know, and I can try to
>> reproduce
>> the issue on my Windows 10 system.
>>
>> Regards,
>> Curtis
>>
>> [1] http://imagej.net/Fiji/Downloads#Installation
>>
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>>
>>
>> On Wed, Apr 11, 2018 at 10:45 PM, Menelaos Symeonides <[hidden email]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I am trying to increase the available memory in Fiji (ImageJ
>>> 2.0.0-rc-65/1.51w, on Windows 10 64-bit) and am getting an error saying
>>> that imagej.cfg could not be edited. There is no imagej.cfg file in the
>>> Fiji root folder, and none is ever created. The Fiji location is
>>> C:\Fiji.app\.
>>>
>>> I have tried running ImageJ-win64.exe as administrator, and have also
>>> tried deleting the java folder and setting my environment variables
>>> so that
>>> it can use my own java version. I also tried creating a dummy
>>> imagej.cfg
>>> file. I even tried deleting my Fiji installation entirely and
>>> re-downloading a fresh one, same thing happens. This is also
>>> happening on
>>> two different Windows 10 machines. Otherwise, ImageJ is working fine, I
>>> just can't change my memory availability.
>>>
>>> Help would be appreciated!
>>>
>>> Mel
>>>
>>>
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