I can't reproduce this problem, so I am guessing it is due to some differences than the standard US WinXP setup.  My system drive is the F: drive even, and that works fine.

When you get this error, check to see whether the file actually exists in that exact location:

> C:\\Program Files\\pd\\extra\\zexy\\drip.dll: couldn't load
>   drip
> ... couldn't create

.hc

On Mar 11, 2008, at 1:30 PM, Matthew Logan wrote:

This happens to mine as well. 
 
I took the same registry file that I created for the last pd-extended and re-used it but it didn't work. For some reason, the error messages in this version throw double slashes on every slash in the search path, as shown below, while the paths under the path menu still look correct.  The trouble must be caused by that; some error in the coding that deals with folder structure, saying that a slash in a path entry should have a double slash, the program then not being able to find it. 
I'm not a coder and wouldn't know where to look or what to do when found, but this seems to be a good starting point for someone who does know a bit.

Matt
 
On 3/11/08, Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@eds.org> wrote:

Does this file actually exist in this location?

> C:\\Program Files\\pd\\extra\\zexy\\drip.dll: couldn't load
>   drip
> ... couldn't create

Try deleting C:\Program Files\pd and reinstalling Pd-extended.  I've
never seen anything like this, it works on all the machines I've tried.

.hc

On Mar 11, 2008, at 10:59 AM, Jerome Tuncer wrote:

> In fact,
>
> No chance for me either.
>
> When I try to instantiate [glue] or [zexy/glue]. On WinXP SP2.
>
> Console output at startup says :
>
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> libdir loader $Revision: 1.8 $
>       written by Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans@at.or.at>
>       compiled on Mar 10 2008 at 06:15:49
>       compiled against Pd version 0.40.3.extended-20080310
> Gem: can't load library
> libdir_loader: added cyclone to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added zexy to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added creb to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added cxc to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added iemlib to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added list-abs to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added mapping to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added markex to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added maxlib to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added memento to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added mjlib to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added motex to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added oscx to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added pddp to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added pdogg to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added pixeltango to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added pmpd to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added rradical to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added sigpack to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added smlib to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added toxy to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added unauthorized to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added pan to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added freeverb to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added hcs to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added jmmmp to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added ext13 to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added hardware to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added ggee to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added flib to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added ekext to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added flatspace to the global classpath
> libdir_loader: added deprecated to the global classpath
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> But when I try to instantiate any zexy object (be it with [drip] or
> [zexy/drip]) :
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> C:\\Program Files\\pd\\extra\\zexy\\drip.dll: couldn't load
>   drip
> ... couldn't create
> ________________________________________________________________
>
> I haven't been using pd in windows for long but now I'd like to for
> some
> reasons and I'm not very confident with the behavior of pd-extended.
>
> What is the libdir loader ? Where can I find info on pd-extended's way
> of loading externals/adding paths... ?
>
> ++
>
>
>
> Jé
>
> Hans-Christoph Steiner a écrit :
>> We should keep this on the list, so I cc'ed it.  Try this:
>>
>> [zexy/niagara]
>> [zexy/glue]
>>
>> .hc
>>
>> On Mar 11, 2008, at 3:51 AM, Mirko Maier wrote:
>>
>>>> Works for me on WinXP.  You'll need to provide more info if you
>>>> want
>>>> hlep.
>>> i can't say more than i've installed it (including registry), but
>>> then lots of objects don't work, e.g. "niagara" or "glue"...
>>>
>>> mirko
>>>
>>>> .hc
>>>>
>>>> On Mar 10, 2008, at 9:29 AM, Mirko Maier wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> hi list,
>>>>> again i've installed pd-ext:
>>>>> http://autobuild.puredata.info/auto-build/2008-03-10/Pd-0.40.3-
>>>>> extended-20080310-windowsxp-i386.exe
>>>>>
>>>>> on win xp and lots of libraries don't load, even zexy. is there no
>>>>> chance...?
>>>>>
>>>>> greets,
>>>>> mirko
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