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Offline pedro26

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Code::Blocks crashes upon start up in Windows 7
« on: November 11, 2017, 06:05:12 pm »
As soon as I launch Code Blocks and set the default fortran compiler,  it crashes.

I have read a similar post on this topic and tried the solutions suggested but they have not worked. I tried uninstalling code blocks and reinstalling it, no joy.

I deleted the user/App data folder mentioned in the old post too, that did not cure the problem.

I have searched and there does not seem to have been created a default.conf file which I can delete or re-name.

I attach the *.rpt file.

I have also tried installing it as administrator, and then running it as administrator, but it still crashes.

Any ideas ?

Thanks


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Re: Code::Blocks crashes upon start up in Windows 7
« Reply #1 on: November 11, 2017, 06:58:57 pm »
Where did you get the Code::Blocks built using wxWidgets 3.1 from?

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Re: Code::Blocks crashes upon start up in Windows 7
« Reply #2 on: November 11, 2017, 10:11:26 pm »
Google search for code::blocks led me to source forge. That’s where I downloaded the program from. Should I have obtained it from elsewhere?

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Re: Code::Blocks crashes upon start up in Windows 7
« Reply #3 on: November 12, 2017, 01:59:07 am »
Still you're not saying which version, but I guess is the new 17.xx rc1 wx3.1 based. Can you try the normal wx28 installer?
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Re: Code::Blocks crashes upon start up in Windows 7
« Reply #4 on: November 12, 2017, 09:35:05 am »
Ok I’ll remove the current installation and see if I can find that installer. In control panel it says the version is 17.xx
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Re: Code::Blocks crashes upon start up in Windows 7
« Reply #5 on: November 12, 2017, 12:06:16 pm »
Hi, problem solved thank you.

I uninstalled the latest version of code::blocks that I obtained using a google search (which led me to source forge and the version was 17.xx).

I then googled code:blocks normal wx28 installer, but didn't have any hits, but I assumed that the version was just an older version, maybe more suited/tested for compatibility with windows 7 ?

So I found this page http://www.codeblocks.org/downloads/26 which contained  variations of the ...16....   build of code blocks but near the bottom of the page was the advice

"if unsure, please use codeblocks-16.01mingw-setup.exe!"

On the right hand side was a link to the code either via Sourceforge.net or FossHub

On downloading and installing it now seems to be working.

Now to try it with some fortran code.

Thanks again.

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Re: Code::Blocks crashes upon start up in Windows 7
« Reply #6 on: November 12, 2017, 02:42:16 pm »
So the crashing build is codeblocks-17.xx-wx31-setup-RC1.exe ?
Can you try this build: https://sourceforge.net/projects/codeblocks/files/Binaries/17.xx-RC1/Windows/codeblocks-17.xx-setup-RC1.exe/download ?
It is the normal codeblocks-17.xx-setup-RC1.exe
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