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guideme help

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:03 pm
by ds13sp21
hello,

i downloaded the guideme program and when i extract it i try to open it by clicking on start ( windows batch file) and a black screen appear with some words but not the actual program :/ idk why
any help please?! thanks in advance!

Re: guideme help

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:21 pm
by Venus
I don't have the newest version, but that "black screen" (console) is normal. It just loads a library path and then starts the java program in the GuideMe.jar. I experienced that it may take a few seconds until it finally starts.

Re: guideme help

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:26 pm
by ds13sp21
Venus wrote:I don't have the newest version, but that "black screen" (console) is normal. It just loads a library path and then starts the java program in the GuideMe.jar. I experienced that it may take a few seconds until it finally starts.
i left the console open for 2 minutes now and it hasnt changed:/
any other reasons or should i wait longer?

Re: guideme help

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 8:44 pm
by ds13sp21
something with the startup state is wrong i thing
in the notepad it says (access denied)

Re: guideme help

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:06 pm
by Venus
If it really is the startup.state you could make a new startup.state and write the following in it:

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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?><SETTINGS><Page>start</Page><Flags/><scriptVariables/><scriptPreferences/></SETTINGS>
That's the content of my startup.state.

Re: guideme help

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 9:13 pm
by ds13sp21
what do you mean make a new startup.state?
how do i do that

Re: guideme help

Posted: Sun Jun 08, 2014 10:35 pm
by Venus
Just make a text file and rename it to startup.state. Of course you must be able to see file endings (You can enable that in your folder settings).

Re: guideme help

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:03 am
by ds13sp21
Venus wrote:Just make a text file and rename it to startup.state. Of course you must be able to see file endings (You can enable that in your folder settings).

but what do i put in the text file? i cant copy the one with error in it?

Re: guideme help

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 4:13 am
by Venus
You write into the text file what I wrote above and then you just rename the text file.

Re: guideme help

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:12 am
by computergeek
I had a similar problem and found out that I had compatibility issues with the 64bit version. You might try downloading the 32bit one and see if that works better for you.

Re: guideme help

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 6:37 am
by philo
Guideme itself is the same in the 32 and 64bit versions.
it uses 3 external items java, SWT and vlc all of which have to be either 32 or 64 bit to work.
the 2 guideme versions package the right versions to work together. Sometimes it still picks up other versions installed on your pc instead.
So if it is picking something up from your machine it may work if you use the32bit version on a 64 bit machine.
64 bit will not work on a 32bit machine, both will work on a 64bit one.

Re: guideme help

Posted: Mon Jun 09, 2014 9:52 pm
by ds13sp21
philo wrote:Guideme itself is the same in the 32 and 64bit versions.
it uses 3 external items java, SWT and vlc all of which have to be either 32 or 64 bit to work.
the 2 guideme versions package the right versions to work together. Sometimes it still picks up other versions installed on your pc instead.
So if it is picking something up from your machine it may work if you use the32bit version on a 64 bit machine.
64 bit will not work on a 32bit machine, both will work on a 64bit one.
i have the 64 bit version :/

Re: guideme help

Posted: Tue Jun 10, 2014 7:51 pm
by philo
ds13sp21 wrote:
philo wrote:Guideme itself is the same in the 32 and 64bit versions.
it uses 3 external items java, SWT and vlc all of which have to be either 32 or 64 bit to work.
the 2 guideme versions package the right versions to work together. Sometimes it still picks up other versions installed on your pc instead.
So if it is picking something up from your machine it may work if you use the32bit version on a 64 bit machine.
64 bit will not work on a 32bit machine, both will work on a 64bit one.
i have the 64 bit version :/
Try the 32bit version and see if that works.