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bigal:
Hi all,

I have been given the Kernighan & Ritchie book on C programming for Christmas.I have never even written a script before let alone done any programming so yesterday I installed codeblocks-12.11mingw-setup.exe for the first time on my Windows XP Pro box to folder C:\CodeBlocks. Having searched around It seemed that CB was the way to go.  Installation was easy, but the first run produced an error saying that ".... at least one compiler master path is still empty and therefore invalid." The GNU-GCC compiler was in the list along with 22 others so I highlighted it and clicked the 'Set as default' button. There were no entries in the right hand box for any of the compilers in the list. Closed the program down, and restarted and all then seemed OK. At that point I left the computer for the evening although it runs 24/7 so was not switched off.

Today, I thought I would explore CB and start to learn how to use it but when I clicked on the icon I got a UI graphic headed 'Addr2LineUI'. Totally different to the start page I got yesterday. I have attached an image. There does not seem to be any entries on this forum about this so I turned to Google which worryingly suggest that the judges are out on whether or not it is a virus. Certainly the root CB directory contains an executable called Addr2LineUI.exe but I do not know if that was there yesterday as after CB was installed I didn't check. Anyway, my commercial anti-virus software from f-Secure does not report it as such when I scanned the entire CB directory just now.

Can anyone through some/any light on this, or at least advise if the file can be deleted. Also, if it is not meant to be there, how to circumvent it and actually start CodeBlocks.

Cheers

Alan

BlueHazzard:
Addr2LineUI is a part of c::b, so no virus.
If you want start c::b go to the sub folder of c::b  (in your case C:\CodeBlocks) and run codeblocks.exe.

Where did you click to start Addr2LineUI? Is your shortcut false?

bigal:

--- Quote from: BlueHazzard on January 14, 2013, 06:18:32 pm ---Addr2LineUI is a part of c::b, so no virus.
--- End quote ---

Phew! That is a relief


--- Quote ---If you want start c::b go to the sub folder of c::b  (in your case C:\CodeBlocks) and run codeblocks.exe.
--- End quote ---

There is no file C:\CodeBlocks\codeblocks.exe.
There are just four executables.

Addr2LineUI.exe
cb_console_runner.exe
cb_share_config.exe and
uninstall.exe

The Windows search facility does not find codeblocks.exe anywhere on my C: drive


--- Quote ---Where did you click to start Addr2LineUI? Is your shortcut false?

--- End quote ---

Both the menu listing and the desktop shortcut for CodeBlocks point to Addr2LineUI.exe As I said, I didn't check yesterday as both just worked. Only today things have changed. If it of any help the m/c runs 24/7 with a user logged in and Thunderbird running to pick up my log files from my Centos mail server. There is an auto backup of all drives (Acronis) every evening and a full machine anti-virus scan in the wee small hours. I do not see that any of that would have changed shortcuts though.

BlueHazzard:
I don't use the installer, but i think something corrupted somehow your installation....
I would uninstall and reinstall codeblocks...

MortenMacFly:

--- Quote from: bigal on January 14, 2013, 06:52:02 pm ---I do not see that any of that would have changed shortcuts though.

--- End quote ---
Neither do we. However, its not a Code::Blocks issue, so if you are unsure, just install C::B again to have codeblocks.exe returned. Maybe set it to"read-only" this time to protect it from being erased. No clue what obscure process or software on your PC kills *.exe at randomly.

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