executing rainbow.exe doesn't do any

[JK]

java version is 1.8.0_101 Downloaded the latest zip file, unzip, double click on rainbow.exe. Nothing happens. Checked Windows Task Manager, but rainbow.exe is not there.

What is wrong?

[YvesS]

Make sure to install the 64-bit or 32-bit version of the application depending on your machine. There are two zip files: one has a _64 in the name: that is the 64-bit, the other is the 32-bit.

[JK]

I have 64bit os and downloaded 64 but no luck. Just in case I tried both but no luck.

[YvesS]

Just to be sure: By "the latest zip" do you mean the latest released version (http://dl.bintray.com/okapi/Distribution/okapi-apps_win32-x86_64_0.30.zip) or the latest development snapshot (http://okapiframework.org/snapshots/okapi-apps_win32-x86_64_0.31-SNAPSHOT.zip)?

It works for me on Java 1.8, but I run 1.8.0_31, not 1.8.0_101.

[JK]

Latest release version. Tried from three different machine and all same issue.

[YvesS]

It could be either a Java-related issue or a .exe problem.

If you go to the folder where Rainbow.exe is located, there is a file named startTikalPrompt.bat. Try to launch it: it should open a DOS prompt and call Tikal, a command-line tool using the same library as Rainbow. If you get a slpash screen saying something like:

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Okapi Tikal - Localization Toolset
Version: 2.0.30
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

It means calling directly the Java code works, and therefore the issue is related to the .exe file that calls Rainbow's Java code. If Tikal doesn't work, it's a problem (likely) with Java.

[JK]

The 'StartTikalPrompt.bat' works.

Okapi Tikal - Localization Toolset Version: 2.0.30

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Java version: 1.8.0_101 Platform: Windows 7, amd64, 6.1 Java VM memory: free=499,410 KB, total=502,784 KB Tikal display encoding: cp850

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I restarted my machine this morning and this time, I'm getting following error window pops up.

Okapi Tikal - Localization Toolset Version: 2.0.30

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The registry refers to a nonexistent Java Runtime Environment installation or the runtime is corrupted.

The system cannot find the path specified.

I'm going to uninstall Java from system and re-install it.

[JK]

After I downgraded to 1.7.0_80-b15 then it start working. It looks like it doesn't work with the latest Java which I had 1.8.0_101.

[YvesS]

Thanks for checking. We'll try to see if it can be resolved.

[Mihai Nita]

I have checked with JDK 1.8, and works (Java version 1.8.0_112 x64, Okapi release 31, x64, Windows 7, x64) I did not try to uninstall JDK and install JRE only.

[Chase Tingley]

Duplicate of #575.

[Chase Tingley]

The registry refers to a nonexistent Java Runtime Environment installation or the runtime is corrupted.

This is the launch4j issue that was filed again in issue #575. I'm going to close this one as a duplicate, as I've put the diagnosis in that ticket.