Hi, I've been using Arduino for the past 1 year. And recently I'm facing that Arduino IDE is not starting properly. It opens the splash screen and disappears. I read the previous forum and tried to fix the error by myself. And when i run the Arduino_debug.exe I'm getting these message:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino>arduino_debug.exe
Looking for library 'user32'
Adding paths from jna.library.path: null
Trying user32.dll
Found library 'user32' at user32.dll
Looking for library 'shell32'
Adding paths from jna.library.path: null
Trying shell32.dll
Found library 'shell32' at shell32.dll
Looking for library 'Ole32'
Adding paths from jna.library.path: null
Trying Ole32.dll
Found library 'Ole32' at Ole32.dll
Looking for library 'kernel32'
Adding paths from jna.library.path: null
Trying kernel32.dll
Found library 'kernel32' at kernel32.dll
com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Win32Exception: The system cannot find the path specified.
at com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Shell32Util.getFolderPath(Shell32Util.java:48)
at com.sun.jna.platform.win32.Shell32Util.getFolderPath(Shell32Util.java:61)
at cc.arduino.os.windows.Win32KnownFolders.getDocumentsFolder(Win32KnownFolders.java:71)
at processing.app.windows.Platform.recoverDefaultSketchbookFolder(Platform.java:76)
at processing.app.windows.Platform.init(Platform.java:55)
at processing.app.Base.<init>(Base.java:201)
at processing.app.Base.main(Base.java:144)
I don't know what to do. Kindly help me with this.
That is supposed to be fixed in the beta build, which you can download here:
That issue is related to the Arduino IDE not being able to access your Documents folder. In all IDE versions other than the beta build the Arduino IDE incorrectly tries to access the Documents folder, even if you have changed your sketchbook location to a different folder.