[PD] Fresh XP install, extended works but not vanilla?

Py Fave pyfave at gmail.com
Wed Sep 3 16:20:17 CEST 2014


some ideas

first check if your pd path contains spaces.

where on your disk is pd ?

then check if pd-extended installer put some keys in registry,
wich would mess with vanilla.



2014-09-03 3:31 GMT+02:00 Max <abonnements at revolwear.com>:
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> I guess it might be hard to find someone with a "fresh" XP install
> since it is EOL.
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> On 09/03/2014 03:27 AM, JF via Pd-list wrote:
>> Nobody?
>>
>>
>> On Wednesday, 20 August 2014, 19:46, JF <saintidle at yahoo.com>
>> wrote:
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>> Hi all,
>>
>> I've come across a problem that has me stumped.
>>
>> I've recently bought another laptop which is the same model/spec
>> as my current one. I've installed Win XP SP2 (again, same as other
>> laptop) fresh from the OEM disc, and tried to run PD vanilla and
>> it wouldn't open. Nothing happened when double clicking the EXE.
>>
>> I downloaded the latest vanilla version (I think I had been
>> running an older version) from Miller's page and the latest
>> extended. Again vanilla wouldn't run. Extended installed fine
>> though and that works. I thought tha installing extended might
>> 'fix' vanilla but that still won't run.
>>
>> I opened the command line and ran the pd.com and it said there was
>> an TCL error? But no windows pop up and nothing else happens. I
>> don't have much info to go on...
>>
>> pd.com spawnl: Invalid argument C:\pd\bin\wish85.exe: couldn't load
>> TCL
>>
>> Does anybody know how I should attack this? Or can anyone help?
>>
>> Thanks in advance as always, John.
>>
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