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From: clipka
Date: 26 May 2010 09:36:00
Message: <4bfd23c0$1@news.povray.org>

Am 26.05.2010 13:26, schrieb jartim:
> I have POV 3.7.0.beta.37a.msvc9-sse2.win32 installed on my PC.
> Due to our network system, my 'My Documents' folder is mapped to a network
> server '\\mcm3kerp\home\jartim'.
> When I try to render a scene I get the following error -
>
> Cannot open INI file '\\mcm3kerp\home\jartim\POV-Ray\v3.7\ini\povray.ini'
> Failed to start render: Failed to parse INI file.
>
> I can edit the povray ini file from the 'Tools\Edit Master POVRAY.INI' menu, so
> I don't think it is not a file security problem.

Sounds familiar - I guess it is a variation of known bug FS#107 
(<http://bugs.povray.org/task/107>); a fix for that exists and will be 
included in the next beta release.

Until then you'll probably have to work around by copying the files to a 
local directory and rendering from there.

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