Ok, I found figured out a little more on this issue. I had installed using the windows installer to my d: drive, where I sequester my audio applications:
D:\Program Files (x86)
Using this program location, libraries do not load whether I use: C:\Users\rga\AppData\Roaming\Pd or C:\Program Files\Common Files\Pd
But when I install to: C:\Program Files (x86)
Then the libraries load, from either the AppData or Common Files path.
I still get the error message on startup: Cannot read plugins folder: 'C:/Program Files (x86)/pd/%SystemRoot%/Fonts'
This path looks malformed, since %SystemRoot% itself is: C:\Windows
This would yield: 'C:/Program Files (x86)/pd/C:/Windows/Fonts'
Which of course doesn't exist.
Thanks for the help, now that I can load libraries I should be able to move ahead with 0.43.4
I am noticing several errors with trying out the various built in libraries. Would those be reported here, or to the library maintainer ?
Regards, Randy
On 2/4/2013 2:22 PM, Randall Alley wrote:
After looking into the issue further, I found the help browser also failing, with the following error report:
couldn't read directory "C:/Users/rga/Application Data/*": permission denied couldn't read directory "C:/Users/rga/Application Data/*": permission denied while executing "glob -nocomplain -type d -path $dir "*"" (procedure "build_references" line 15) invoked from within "build_references" (procedure "::helpbrowser::open_helpbrowser" line 19) invoked from within "::helpbrowser::open_helpbrowser" (procedure "menu_helpbrowser" line 2) invoked from within "menu_helpbrowser" (menu invoke)
I got the help browser working an
I was able to fix a permissions error in the HomeUsers group that got rid of the the help browser error, and the read plugins folder error I mentioned previously:
Cannot read plugins folder: 'C:/Users/rga/Application Data/'
But, Pd is still not loading the Modal_Object_Library if I place it in C:/Users/rga/AppData/Roaming/Pd
Randy
On 2/4/2013 1:31 PM, Randall Alley wrote:
Hi all, and thanks for the great work on Pd 0.43.4 !
I'm somewhat new to Pd, and am still learning how to get around, but I'm having a problem which I've seen mentioned by others, so I thought I'd report the issue.
After installing 0.43.4 using the Windows installer, and launching Pd, I see the following error in the log window (log level 4):
Cannot read plugins folder: 'D:/Program Files (x86)/pd/%SystemRoot%/Fonts' Cannot read plugins folder: 'C:/Users/rga/Application Data/'
I have confirmed that the Windows 'junction' that redirects /Application Data/ references to c:/Users/rga/AppData/Roaming/ is present and seems to be working normally.
I understand that to add a library on load, I should be able to drop it into /AppData/Roaming/Pd, where it should be found and loaded. This is not working.
I did create a directory /AppData/Roaming/Pd, but that didn't help.
Until this is fixed, can I load a library, in particular Model_Object_Library, in another way, or manually ?
By the way, this problem was encountered by a more knowledgeable user regarding 0.43.1 Pd-extended back in April of 2012: http://puredata.hurleur.com/sujet-7111-path-issue-extended-win7-x64
Any help would be appreciated, and thanks ! Randy