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17 May 2024 06:54:08 EDT (-0400)
  Re: "cannot open output file."  
From: Thomas de Groot
Date: 3 Jun 2008 10:55:22
Message: <48455b5a$1@news.povray.org>
"Blayd" <nomail@nomail> schreef in bericht 
news:web.4835e84b3664d52df51b2e730@news.povray.org...
> Hello all,
> Not a new user, but its been quite awhile and still a very noob learner.
> I just installed POV for windows 64, opened it and tried to run the first
> opening scenes just to see the differences in this new system as compared 
> to my
> older one. I got a Parse error message saying, " Cannot open output file" 
> I
> looked at the messages tab and it reads " Cannot open output file 
> C:\Program
> Files\Povray For Windows v3.6\Renderer\Rerun\Current.ini to write rerun
> information." I looked in the rerun folder and theres no "current.ini" 
> Should
> there be? Is this the problem? System is Vista 64 Home Premium SP1.
> Thanks in advance for any help and glad to be back!
>
>
If using Windows Vista, you should NOT install Povray into C:\Program 
Files\... Install it in a new folder (for instance: \My Own Programs\...)

Hope this helps. If not, the problem with Vista has been addressed several 
times in these ng's. You can search for those messages.

Thomas


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