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List:       lyx-users
Subject:    Network Drive Problem on Windows? [Was: no classes available...]
From:       Richard Heck <rgheck () comcast ! net>
Date:       2011-06-30 22:45:57
Message-ID: 4E0CFCA5.1020803 () comcast ! net
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On 06/30/2011 12:11 PM, Matthias Hunstig wrote:
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Paul A. Rubin [mailto:rubin@msu.edu]
> Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2011 4:59 PM
> 
> > We can try an experiment to see if
> > failed writes to the program directory might be the problem.
> > 
> > Log in as the limited rights user and open a command prompt in the LyX
> > 2.0 user directory (C:\Documents and Settings\<limited user
> > id>\Application Data\lyx20, if memory serves).  From that prompt, run
> > 
> > C:\Program Files\lyx20\Python\python.exe C:\Program
> > FIles\LyX2.0\Resources\configure.py
> > 
> > which should do the same thing that Tools > Reconfigure does, but with
> > file writes occurring in the local user directory (where the limited
> > user has full permissions).  Does that fix any problems with 2.0?  (If
> > so, you can do the same trick with 1.6.)
> That was good hint, thanks a lot.
> 
> The command line in my case was:
> Z:\ntdata\Anwendungsdaten\LyX2.0> "C:\Program Files\lyx2.0\Python\python.exe" \
> "C:\Program Files\LyX2.0\Resources\configure.py" 
> It took a lot longer (something like 10 minutes) than the normal reconfigure does, \
> but now I have my classes in the menu. 
> For LyX 1.6.10 it was much faster (seconds only) and also solved the problem:
> Z:\ntdata\Anwendungsdaten\lyx16>"C:\Program Files\lyx2.0\Python\python.exe" \
> "C:\Program Files\LyX 1.6.10\Resources\configure.py" 
> Let me add that z:, where my user files are, is a mapped network drive.
> 
I wonder if this is the problem. Uwe, we have seen such problems before,
yes?

Richard


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