Windows 7 issues

A number of users had trouble with the installation of the software on Windows 7 machines.

Installation paths

On some but not all machines, the directories on which Windows 7 installs the software do not match the path included in the software. In those cases a number of paths need to be set manually, including in the fibrecmd.bat shortcut (fibre command prompt), in fibrecmd.bat itself, and possibly in other shortcuts and even registry keys. This seems to be only the case for 64bit installations of windows vista/7/8. With thanks to Patrick Uebel here are some steps to solve the problem:

• install the public version from the folder cudosmof
• the CUDOS folder will be installed (normally) to C:\Program files. This is the default folder for the 64bit programs. However, the *shortcuts in the start menu are linking not to the C:\Program Files\CUDOS folder but to the C:\Program Files (x86)\CUDOS one
• copy the entire C:\Program Files\CUDOS folder and paste it to C:\Program Files (x86)
• the file fibrecmd.bat is missing (it will be there when installing on a 32bit computer) which is necessary for successful operation
• create a new .txt file and copy the following content into this file:

                     ECHO OFF
                       CD "C:\Documents and Settings\myusername\My Documents\My CUDOS MOF Files"
                       CMD /S /K "PATH=%PATH%;C:\Program Files (x86)\CUDOS"
                       ECHO ON               

• check if the path on the second line is correct according to your system (this defines the folder in which the cudos command prompt starts)
• rename the .txt file to fibrecmd.bat and copy it into your CUDOS folder
• go to the start menu/CUDOS MOF Utilities and right click on Fibre Console Prompt
• in the tab Shortcut check if the field Target links to the correct path of fibrecmd.bat and that the field Start links to your My CUDOS MOF files folder
• update the program to the latest version if needed, by copying the content of CMUexecs.zip to C:\Program Files (x86)\CUDOS\ (as described in Installing the new version, but using C:\Program Files (x86)\CUDOS\ instead of C:\Program Files\CUDOS\)
• In some installations, but not all, Winfield causes an error when opening a file that it can't find the symmetry file. In that case, you can download Media:Updateregwithemacs64.inf, right click on it and select install. This will add a 64 bit windows registery keys.
• If there are still errors, you can try right clicking on winfield.exe in the program files folder and run windows compatibility wizard.

Open/Save dialogs not working in Winfield

Again for some but not all Windows 7 installations, the open/save dialog does not respond. Version 2.1.1.1 of Winfield (and later versions) fixes this problem.