Hello,
I have tried everything for days and I am in desperate need of help.
I am beginner to Arduino programming and I was familiar with the text editor Atom before, so I decided to install this "thing" from this GitHub link:
Apparently it links the Arduino IDE to Atom.
After learning more Arduino I decided not to use Atom, but when I booted up the Arduino IDE it crashed at "Initializing Packages". When I checked the folders and they were all empty. I have contacted the owner but he says that he doesn't work on it anymore and that he doesn't know how to uninstall it.
When running the arduino_debug.exe it says:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Arduino>arduino_debug.exe
Set log4j store directory C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Arduino15
Loading configuration...
Initializing packages...
java.net.MalformedURLException: no protocol: apm install arduino-atom
at java.net.URL.(URL.java:593)
at java.net.URL.(URL.java:490)
at java.net.URL.(URL.java:439)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionsIndexer.get3rdPartyIndexFiles(ContributionsIndexer.java:150)
at cc.arduino.contributions.packages.ContributionsIndexer.parseIndex(ContributionsIndexer.java:113)
at processing.app.BaseNoGui.initPackages(BaseNoGui.java:483)
at processing.app.Base.(Base.java:278)
at processing.app.Base.main(Base.java:150)
I am very desperate and I need help removing this "thing".
Please help me
Be aware that the C:\Users\Dell\AppData is hidden by Windows File Explorer by default, so you'll need to change the "View" settings to shown hidden items before you can see that folder
Thank you pert for replying. I have done exactly what you proposed and it works flawlessly! Thank you for your help! One question tho, in the "Arduino" folder there is just "libraries", how could I install a theme?
Thank you once again, you cannot understand how thankful I am.
You're welcome. I'm glad to hear it's working now.
The Arduino IDE automatically generates a new C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Arduino15\preferences.txt file on startup if one doesn't already exist. So you are welcome to delete C:\Users\Dell\AppData\Local\Arduino15\preferences.txt.bak if you like. I only advised you to rename the file so that the chance could always be reverted in the event it caused a problem or annoyance somehow.
You could also do a diff between the two files if you are curious about what caused the problem or want to restore your previous preferences. But the Arduino IDE preferences aren't so complex so it's probably not too much inconvenience to just set them as you like manually via the IDE's GUI.
There are some instructions here:
Please let me know if you have any problems or questionss.
Thank you very much for all your help.
I'm not going to delete that file out of fear of creating problems.
Thank you also for redirecting me to the installing theme page, although I can't find the "sketchbook location" and thus I can't procede with the installation, can I ask for your attention one more time? Excuse me for my incompetence and unpreparedness.
I actually had noticed that the instructions for finding the sketchbook location weren't very clean when I reviewed that post before sharing it with you.
You can find the location of the Arduino IDE's sketchbook folder by doing this:
Select File > Preferences from the Arduino IDE's menus. The Preferences dialog will now open.
On the Preferences dialog, you will see a setting called "Sketchbook location". This will show the path of the sketchbook folder on your computer.
The sketchbook folder often defaults to C:\Users\Dell\Documents\Arduino, but it might be somewhere else so it's best to just check to make sure you know the real location.