[PD] Path issue with Pd-extended 0.43.4 on Win7 x64

[Randall Alley]

Ok, I found figured out a little more on this issue. I had installed 
using the windows installer to my d: drive, where I sequester my audio 
applications:

D:\Program Files (x86)

Using this program location, libraries do not load whether I use:
C:\Users\rga\AppData\Roaming\Pd
or
C:\Program Files\Common Files\Pd

But when I install to:
C:\Program Files (x86)

Then the libraries load, from either the AppData or Common Files path.

I still get the error message on startup:
Cannot read plugins folder: 'C:/Program Files (x86)/pd/%SystemRoot%/Fonts'

This path looks malformed, since %SystemRoot% itself is: C:\Windows

This would yield:
'C:/Program Files (x86)/pd/C:/Windows/Fonts'

Which of course doesn't exist.

Thanks for the help, now that I can load libraries I should be able to 
move ahead with 0.43.4

I am noticing several errors with trying out the various built in 
libraries. Would those be reported here, or to the library maintainer ?

Regards,
Randy


On 2/4/2013 2:22 PM, Randall Alley wrote:
> After looking into the issue further, I found the help browser also 
> failing, with the following error report:
>
> couldn't read directory "C:/Users/rga/Application Data/*": permission 
> denied
> couldn't read directory "C:/Users/rga/Application Data/*": permission 
> denied
>     while executing
> "glob -nocomplain -type d -path $dir "*""
>     (procedure "build_references" line 15)
>     invoked from within
> "build_references"
>     (procedure "::helpbrowser::open_helpbrowser" line 19)
>     invoked from within
> "::helpbrowser::open_helpbrowser"
>     (procedure "menu_helpbrowser" line 2)
>     invoked from within
> "menu_helpbrowser"
>     (menu invoke)
> -------------------------------------
>
> I got the help browser working an
>
> I was able to fix a permissions error in the HomeUsers group that got 
> rid of the the help browser error, and the read plugins folder error I 
> mentioned previously:
>
> Cannot read plugins folder: 'C:/Users/rga/Application Data/'
>
> But, Pd is still not loading the Modal_Object_Library if I place it in 
> C:/Users/rga/AppData/Roaming/Pd
>
> Randy
>
>
>
> On 2/4/2013 1:31 PM, Randall Alley wrote:
>> Hi all, and thanks for the great work on Pd 0.43.4 !
>>
>> I'm somewhat new to Pd, and am still learning how to get around, but 
>> I'm having a problem which I've seen mentioned by others, so I 
>> thought I'd report the issue.
>>
>> After installing 0.43.4 using the Windows installer, and launching 
>> Pd, I see the following error in the log window (log level 4):
>>
>> Cannot read plugins folder: 'D:/Program Files 
>> (x86)/pd/%SystemRoot%/Fonts'
>> Cannot read plugins folder: 'C:/Users/rga/Application Data/'
>>
>> I have confirmed that the Windows 'junction' that redirects 
>> /Application Data/ references to c:/Users/rga/AppData/Roaming/ is 
>> present and seems to be working normally.
>>
>> I understand that to add a library on load, I should be able to drop 
>> it into /AppData/Roaming/Pd, where it should be found and loaded. 
>> This is not working.
>>
>> I did create a directory /AppData/Roaming/Pd, but that didn't help.
>>
>> Until this is fixed, can I load a library, in particular 
>> Model_Object_Library, in another way, or manually ?
>>
>> By the way, this problem was encountered by a more knowledgeable user 
>> regarding 0.43.1 Pd-extended back in April of 2012:
>> http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-7111-path-issue-extended-win7-x64
>>
>> Any help would be appreciated, and thanks !
>> Randy
>>
>