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#1 2012-06-29 02:42:11
Network Install error
Morning All,
I have been asked to install the application for junior school use but I am having a little issue. The instruction set indicates that a network location can be used for the install location, as the school uses this style as the default install we placed the Scratch install in the following location
\\server\apps\scratch - Server
P:\apps\scratch - Clients
If I copy the Scratch icon to the desktop the application opens without issue. If I place the Image onto a webpage and like back to the exe file the application still runs but then requests the locations of the .Image file and allows you to browse. Is there any way to remove this request and place a default location in the .ini file as I would like to remove any confusion from the students
Thanks,
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#2 2012-06-29 03:00:17
Re: Network Install error
I had the same problem, the easiest fix is to just place all scratch files in that directory, but that is messy, so an alternative is to copy over the .image file to the location of the scratch exe, also, did you move the .exe or did you create a shortcut. If you moved the .exe, try just creating a short cut..
^^ the above may be technical, if you do not understand, plese ask! 
there are way to modify the scratch.ini file, but this is only needed if the above does not work
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#3 2012-06-29 08:14:49
Re: Network Install error
Thanks for the reply.
The application is installed on D:\applicaitons\Scratch\
the Exe files is located D:\applicatons\Scratch\
The folder structure is intact with no changes to the default.
When i browse to the server (mapped as the P:\ drive) and create a shortcut to the desktop the application still works with no issue.
Due to the Volume of applicaitons at the school we deliver shortcust via a webpage, only when conencting this way do we receive the error looking for the .image file. I think there must be some confusion in the application at this point so adding the location to the .ini file maybe the answer.
Many thanks,
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#4 2012-06-29 08:41:06
Re: Network Install error
Carl102 wrote:
Thanks for the reply.
The application is installed on D:\applicaitons\Scratch\
the Exe files is located D:\applicatons\Scratch\
The folder structure is intact with no changes to the default.
When i browse to the server (mapped as the P:\ drive) and create a shortcut to the desktop the application still works with no issue.
Due to the Volume of applicaitons at the school we deliver shortcust via a webpage, only when conencting this way do we receive the error looking for the .image file. I think there must be some confusion in the application at this point so adding the location to the .ini file maybe the answer.
Many thanks,
hmm.. yeah, but I think that maybe a batch file woulb be the answer to running this without problems, give me a sec and I will write you one out!
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#5 2012-06-29 08:46:32
Re: Network Install error
Here is a batch file I put together to run scratch through the D: (over a network).
Code:
@echo off title Starting Scratch color 0a cd "D:\applications\scratch" start scratch.exe cls echo Scratch Started! ping localhost -n 5 >null del null exit
Obviously this script can bet edited, and the text changed, but if you save this as a batch file, and place it locally on the desktop, it will run scratch problem free!
For info on how to save it as a batch file just ask
>>this batch file is tested on windows 7, it wont work on Mac!
Dan Jones!
Last edited by daniel_j (2012-06-30 01:49:43)
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