could not launch sourceboost

[mathias]

I've bought the C for picmicrosoftware, and everytime i try to run an example (lab1: leds) i get this message: could not launch sourceboost.
What could be wrong?

Kind regards

[Benj]

Hi Mathias

I take it you have installed sourceboost onto your computer from the c for PICmicros setup. Is your program files directory named in a different language. If so you may have to make a folder called program files on your C drive and move the sourceboost directory into it. Let me know if this doesn't work or if you already have the standard c:\program files\ directory and I will see what else I can do.

[mathias]

I indeed installed the sourceboostversion from the cd-rom. Its located in: c:\program files\sourceboost
When i try to acces sourceboost by the c for picmicro course, the error says: could not launch sourceboost
"C:\program Files\SourceBoost\ide.exe"%1"
Is this a directory problem?

[Steve]

Ok, here's a fix that seems to work here...

You need to set the "ExePath" registry entries in *both* of these locations to the location of your "ide.exe" file:

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HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\MatrixMM\C4PICs3
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\MatrixMM\C4PICs3

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ExePath=c:\Program Files\SourceBoost\ide.exe

Or create a "c4picsfix.reg" file containing the following text, and run it:

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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\matrixmm\C4PICs3]
"ExePath"="c:\\Program Files\\SourceBoost\\ide.exe"

[HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\MatrixMM\C4PICs3]
"ExePath"="c:\\Program Files\\SourceBoost\\ide.exe"

[Note that if your installation directory of C4PICs or SourceBoost was different, then the strings in the registry will need to reflect this]

Please take the usual precautions when editing the registry