I found this old thread outlining a problem I now have with Aurduino IDE 1.0.5
Even compiling a simple program results in the following compile error:
This application has requested the Runtime to terminate it in an unusual way.
Please contact the application's support team for more information.
C:\arduino-1.0\hardware\tools\avr\bin\avr-g++ returned 3
Background:
I worked with Arduino 0018 a few years ago. I put it away for a while after a project completion. I recently got interested in a new project an decided to upgrade to Arduino IDE 1.0.5.
The system is Windows XP with all the latest upgrades. It is running on a Pentium 4 system that I keep around because it has a lot of development tools on it for some other applications
Back to the story: I connected to an Aarduino nano, checked to see if the correct driver was installed, and did the install. from the beginning I have gotten this error. I completely stripped the system of the new Arduino and installed it more than once.
I have never changed the preferences.txt file and have verified that I only have one on the system.
So, I am embarrassed to ask, what is the fix?