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well when i open Celestia 1.6 like i normally do, its absolutely fine
but when i close it, i cannot open it again unless i reboot my PC

anybody know what the problem is?

Do you get an error message when Celestia fails to start?
If so, what is it?

nothing happens.

when i open it for the 1st time, it makes my PC screen go a little bit funny but it goes away when it finishes loading,

then when i go to open it for the 2nd time NOTHING happens, no error, no loading. nothing

)??(??(T?MM?)??)??( wrote:nothing happens.

when i open it for the 1st time, it makes my PC screen go a little bit funny but it goes away when it finishes loading,

then when i go to open it for the 2nd time NOTHING happens, no error, no loading. nothing

To me it smells of a registry problem. Did you deinstall a previous version and install the actual version 1.6 in the proper way?? Or did you do some fiddling by hand somewhere?

One thing you might try is to deinstall Celestia 1.6 properly, reboot and then reinstall it again.

Fridger

well i did have Celestia 1.5.1 and all i did was download the latest version (1.6)

thats all i did and this happend

)??(??(T?MM?)??)??( wrote:well i did have Celestia 1.5.1 and all i did was download the latest version (1.6)

thats all i did and this happend

But how did you install version 1.6?? As usual in Windows, one first should deinstall a previous version according to the standard Windows procedure, before the new version is installed. Installing over the old version can do horrible things in the registry...

Fridger

well i downloaded the automatic installer for 1.6
when i mean automatic i mean i just need to click a few options and it installs for me
i ran the installer. and it installed

but i didn't uninstall Celestia 1.5

)??(??(T?MM?)??)??( wrote:well i downloaded the automatic installer for 1.6
when i mean automatic i mean i just need to click a few options and it installs for me
i ran the installer. and it installed

but i didn't uninstall Celestia 1.5

Are you a beginner with Windows? Such habits of NOT uninstalling previous versions can lead to never ending and UNPREDICTABLE trouble... You don't seem to be aware how the registry works.

In view of this, I strongly recommend that you first deinstall Celestia 1.6 in the usual manner:

Click: Start-> Control Panel-> Add or Remove Programs

Look up the entry for Celestia 1.6.0, click on it and then on 'Remove'

After this has finished, leave that panel and REBOOT.

Then download the final Celestia 1.6.0 distribution, click it and run through the installer.

If you are lucky, this will solve your problems.

Fridger

well in a way i am a beginner

im only 14 years old
(a bit embarrasing) Celestia is my favorite program

)??(??(T?MM?)??)??( wrote:well in a way i am a beginner

im only 14 years old
(a bit embarrasing) Celestia is my favorite program

Great! Just go ahead...

Fridger

just 1 question
it might seem a bit stupid but anyway

when i remove Celestia 1.6 will i lose anything? like Addons or stuff like that?

)??(??(T?MM?)??)??( wrote:just 1 question
it might seem a bit stupid but anyway

when i remove Celestia 1.6 will i lose anything? like Addons or stuff like that?

No, if you did install things correctly. The uninstaller will only delete the files that belong to the proper Celestia distribution. Hence all add-ons in the 'extras' directory should remain untouched. When you reinstall Celestia 1.6.0, just choose the same directory for Celestia as before (C:\Program Files\Celestia).

There will be a question during installation, whether you want to use that same directory. Answer with yes. Then everything should be fine.

Fridger

>.< it still has the same problem

)??(??(T?MM?)??)??( wrote:>.< it still has the same problem

Too bad. Then I am sorry that I can't say more on a distance...
Did you try to REBOOT after reinstallation of Celestia 1.6.0? (Just to be sure that the registry has been updated)

Fridger

it opens in a wierd way (like before) the PC screen goes a little bit funny while it loads, and when it opens properly, it goes away

and it still has the same problem

since this bug seems to be on this PC, ill try it on my laptop and if it still doesn't work, ill just reinstall 1.5 and stick with that until 1.7 (if there is going to be one)

weird thing is, i tried running Celestia 1.6 in a different user account and it worked perfectly

this is a weird problem (and it always seems to be me that gets them)

it opens in a wierd way (like before) the PC screen goes a little bit funny while it loads, and when it opens properly, it goes away

and it still has the same problem

since this bug seems to be on this PC, ill try it on my laptop and if it still doesn't work, ill just reinstall 1.5 and stick with that until 1.7 (if there is going to be one)

it opens in a wierd way (like before) the PC screen goes a little bit funny while it loads, and when it opens properly, it goes away

and it still has the same problem

since this bug seems to be on this PC, ill try it on my laptop and if it still doesn't work, ill just reinstall 1.5 and stick with that until 1.7 (if there is going to be one)

it opens in a wierd way (like before) the PC screen goes a little bit funny while it loads, and when it opens properly, it goes away

and it still has the same problem

since this bug seems to be on this PC, ill try it on my laptop and if it still doesn't work, ill just reinstall 1.5 and stick with that until 1.7 (if there is going to be one)


the wierdest thing is, i tried running Celestia 1.6 in a different user account and it works FINE

im just gonna reinstall Celestia 1.5

)??(??(T?MM?)??)??( wrote:
the wierdest thing is, i tried running Celestia 1.6 in a different user account and it works FINE

This is not so wierd, actually. It strongly points towards a permission problem. It makes a big difference whether you are working with administrator priviledges or not! One can check easily the permissions that are required to operate celestia or any other program. Right-click on the program and then click Properties and then Security. There you can inspect the situation and also modified the security requirements, provided you are logged in with administrator priviledges!

Anyway, if something went wrong with your user priviledges during the installation process such effects as you observe could well arise.

Fridger