[CSC 204] Vista and Eclipse -- Round One

[Timothy.Andrew.Herold at student.Mercer.edu]

I got the same error. What I would do is:
   1: Disable user account control (the problem may be a write issue)
   2: Download WinRAR, for some reason the Windows extractor in Vista doesn't 
work right
   3: Right click on the zipped file and extract to a single folder using 
WinRAR
   4: Move the folder containing the extracted file to C:/Program Files
   5: Create a shortcut from the shortcut already in the file
   6: Run from desktop using the new shortcut

This will bypass some of the security checks and hopefully free up the 
program. If it doesn't work let me know, there are some other tricks...

Best of Luck,
Tim

>===== Original Message From POUNDS_AJ at Mercer.edu =====
>Okay -- for those of you that have been successful getting Java and
>Eclipse running on your lapops, I need some help.  I was trying to help
>one of your colleagues this morning and after we unzipped Eclipse  and
>tried to run it we got the error:
>
>"The Eclipse executable launcher was unable to locate its companion
>shared library."
>
>Anybody seen this problem and been able to fix it?  Please respond to
>the listserve:  csc204 at theochem.mercer.edu
>
>Also, if any of you are able to help your colleagues that have been
>unsuccessful getting Eclipse installed on their laptops, I would be most
>appreciative.  Please let me know if you are able to help out after lab
>tomorrow.
>
>--
>Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds at theochem.mercer.edu)
>Associate Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
>Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627
>
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