bugGNU Octave - Bugs: bug #63297, octave isn't working

 
 

bug #63297: octave isn't working

Submitter:  None
Submitted:  Mon 31 Oct 2022 07:01:05 PM UTC
   
 
Category:  GUI Severity:  3 - Normal
Priority:  5 - Normal Item Group:  Performance
Status:  Need Info Assigned to:  None
Originator Name:  Originator Email:  -email is unavailable-
Open/Closed:  * Closed Release:  * 7.2.0
Operating System:  * Microsoft Windows Fixed Release:  None
Planned Release:  None
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Mon 07 Nov 2022 05:36:18 PM UTC, comment #2: 

No more feedback in about a week.
Assuming this is the infamous corrupt GUI .ini file, I'm closing this report.

This is somewhat easier for a user to remediate after an update to Octave
7.3.0 for Windows because its uninstaller has the option to purge that config
file.

We can re-open in case more information will be provided.

Markus Mützel <mmuetzel>
Group administrator
Mon 31 Oct 2022 07:28:28 PM UTC, comment #1: 

Sorry to hear you're having trouble.  We have had a few cases of this, and often it's caused by a corrupt octave-gui.ini file.  In many of those cases, simply deleting or renaming the file allowed Octave to recreate one with default settings and the problem stopped. Is this something you can try?

That file is usually created in %APPDATA%\octave\octave-gui.ini. By default, the environment variable %APPDATA% is set to something like C:\Users\*username*\AppData\Roaming (where username is your Windows user name).

Please let us know if deleting that file allows you to start the GUI.

Nicholas Jankowski <nrjank>
Group Member
Mon 31 Oct 2022 07:01:05 PM UTC, original submission:  

when i open octave (gui) it immediatly crashes and i tried uninstalling, run as administrator but nothing works

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