Mike Raiford wrote:
> gibbo wrote:
> 
>> Mike Raiford <mra### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
>>
>>> gibbo wrote:
>>>
>>>> i recently contracted a virus and had to re-format c: . when i reloaded
>>>> chief architect 9.5, everything seemed to work ok until i tried to
>>>> raytrace. i got the following error:
>>>>
>>>> could not load GUI Extention DLL 'PovChiefBridge.pge'
>>>>
>>>> the file is there in the main folder. can anyone help me sort this out.
>>>> Please.
>>>>
>>>> i had back up copies and i just copied folder to folder, i feel chief
>>>> architect runs but has not loaded properly, my master copy is in the 
>>>> uk and
>>>> i am in thailand.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Is POVRay properly installed? What version does Cheif Archetect require?
>>> Do you have that version installed?
>>>
>>> Anything else is beyond the scope of POVRay forums, and you will be
>>> better off contacting the support people for Cheif Archetect.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> -- 
>>> ~Mike
>>>
>>> Things! Billions of them!
>>
>>
>>
>> thanks mike,
>> this i am not sure about, i just copied folder to folder which i 
>> backed up
>> prior to formating c:. i am sure its something simple like that, i have
>> down loaded the latest version from the website, how can i incorporate it
>> in chief arch. or do i have to keep saving the view as . pov. this i have
>> tried but not very sucessfully, i need to get a grips with the pov-ray
>> program, chief arch does it all for me.
>>
> 
> You ran the installer for POVRay, right? There's something written to 
> the registry to get it working, but I don't exactly know what that is. I 
> wish I knew more about the program you're trying to get working.
> 
> 
> 

"There's something written to the registry to get it working, but I 
don't exactly know what that is."

That's generally the case and also the reason why "copying" a folder 
doesn't work well with programs that require a Windows installer. I do 
IT for a living and deal with this all the time. You're probably missing 
a registry entry...

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