On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 03:40:52AM +0100, Enrico Forestieri wrote: > On Mon, Jan 22, 2007 at 01:33:31AM +0100, Uwe Stöhr wrote: > > > Now I implemented in the installer that Aiksaurus is registered as > > standalone program. The installer sets the needed environment > > variable. This has unfortunately the disadvantage that invoking the > > thesaurus, when LyX is started the first time directly after the > > installation, it crashes. This crash occurs because the Aiksaurus > > data couldn't be found. This is because the environment variable was > > set via the registry and Windows always needs some time to accept > > this change. > > > > Has anybody of the Windows people an idea? (Enrico?) > > Do you mean that you directly set the variable in HKCU\Environment? > Instead, why don't you try setting the path to the Aiksaurus directory > through "HKCU\Software\Aiksaurus\Data Path" (according to the patch in > development/Win32/patches)?
When the installer writes crucial data to HKCU it basically means only the person running the installer can use the installed program. Doesn't make too much sense in a non-single-parent-home-PC setting, does it? Andre'
