| Re: IDLDE quitting on startup [message #77483 is a reply to message #77482] |
Sun, 04 September 2011 15:17  |
David Fanning
Messages: 11724
Registered: August 2001
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mwbaca@comcast.net writes:
> I had multiple versions of IDL/ENVI (6.4, 7.0, 7.1) on my laptop and
> recently planned to install the latest version and decided to
> uninstall 6.4 rather than have 4 versions of one program on my
> computer. Since uninstalling this version (oldest on my computer) I
> cannot run IDLDE (development environment). If I start the program, in
> appears to be starting correctly except that it quits immediately.
Ouch! I'd go back to your nightly back-up and see if you
can recover, if not everything, then certainly that
license file!
I don't have much advice, except that if you ever
get back to where you started, delete the bloated
IDL 7.0 version and keep the IDL 6.4. You will need
the help files occasionally. Not to mention running
IDL 6.4 every once in a while will lead to intense
feeling of pleasure and well-being. A completely
different feeling from running the latest versions! :-)
Cheers,
David
P.S. When is the last time you wiped your hard drive
clean and did a fresh install of everything? It's a
long weekend and you probably don't have anything else
to do. (I mean, you are fooling around with IDL,
aren't you!) Coyote recommends this procedure at
least once a year to keep your machine healthy and he
always seems to find a way to make sure I do it. ;-)
--
David Fanning, Ph.D.
Fanning Software Consulting, Inc.
Coyote's Guide to IDL Programming: http://www.dfanning.com/
Sepore ma de ni thui. ("Perhaps thou speakest truth.")
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