Arduino cannot run because it could not create a folder to store your sketch book. I got this after unzipping the download and trying to run the exe.
I have full permissions to the AppData/Roaming folder which my registry points to.
http://www.arduino.cc/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1255030967
I'm not sure what else to do. Anyone have any ideas?
I'm running windows vista 64 bit
Use the File + Preferences menu item to see where the Arduino application thinks sketches should be stored. It's the top field on the dialog. Make sure that that is a location that you do have permission to write to.
Hi Pauls,
Thank you so much for the reply. I'm a little confused though on the instructions.
The application won't open up at all for me to get to the file menu. I get the initial start up screen and before anything actually opens the error occurs.
Do you end up with a preferences.txt file, in the AppData/Roaming directory? The sketchbook should be written elsewhere, like your Documents folder. The sketchbook location it's trying to use should be shown in preferences.txt (sorry, I don't remember the exact key name). You could also try deleting preferences.txt, in case it's old and has an incorrect sketchbook location.
Okay! I feel like I'm getting real close on this. I found the preferences file and deleted it. Didn't work. I looked for the sketchbook entry but I can't find it. I don't know if I'm blind or what but this is what I have in my file:
target=arduino
export.application.platform.windows=true
preproc.save_build_files=false
preproc.substitute_floats=true
run.options=
editor.window.width.min=400
run.display=1
editor.divider.size=2
serial.port=COM1
preproc.enhanced_casting=true
editor.divider.size.windows=2
editor.font=Monospaced,plain,12
console.auto_clear=true
console.output.file=stdout.txt
editor.keys.home_and_end_travel_far.macosx=true
last.sketch.count=0
editor.window.height.min=530
export.application.platform=true
editor.keys.alternative_cut_copy_paste.macosx=false
export.application.stop=true
editor.window.height.min.macosx=450
serial.parity=N
serial.databits=8
board=atmega328
preproc.output_parse_tree=false
editor.external=false
editor.indent=true
upload.using=bootloader
run.present.bgcolor=#666666
preproc.web_colors=true
editor.tabs.expand=true
run.present.stop.color=#cccccc
preproc.color_datatype=true
editor.keys.shift_backspace_is_delete=true
editor.window.height.min.windows=530
export.application.platform.linux=true
export.application.platform.macosx=true
export.applet.separate_jar_files=false
editor.antialias=false
editor.tabs.size=2
console.error.file=stderr.txt
preproc.substitute_unicode=true
console=true
run.present.exclusive.macosx=true
console.lines=4
run.options.memory.maximum=256
browser.linux=mozilla
update.check=true
run.window.bgcolor=#F0F0F0
editor.keys.home_and_end_travel_far=false
editor.keys.alternative_cut_copy_paste=true
export.delete_target_folder=true
platform.auto_file_type_associations=true
editor.caret.blink=true
serial.stopbits=1
editor.window.width.default=500
serial.debug_rate=9600
run.options.memory.initial=64
preproc.imports.list=java.applet.,java.awt.Dimension,java.awt.Frame,java.awt.event.MouseEvent,java.awt.event.KeyEvent,java.awt.event.FocusEvent,java.awt.Image,java.io.,java.net.,java.text.,java.util.,java.util.zip.,java.util.regex.*
run.options.memory=false
export.application.fullscreen=false
editor.invalid=false
editor.font.macosx=Monaco,plain,10
editor.window.height.default=600
console.length=500
run.present.exclusive=false
Does that look right?
Hmm, there should be an entry like:
sketchbook.path=/Users/mellis/Documents/Arduino
Maybe try adding it with a directory that you want to use for the sketchbook? Make sure you create the directory first.
Yep that was it. I think the whole issue was that my Documents folder registry key was set to a location that didn't exist (I had it set to drive F which no longer exists)
I got the same problem with 0021 today. Also the full permissions to the AppData/Roaming folder.
It works after changing sketchbook.path and settings.path according to the following page:
http://processing.org/bugs/bugzilla/1016.html