Hi I faced similar before and I fixed simply by completely uninstall previous version of Lyx. By completely I mean remove things from registry. In windows try start->run then type "cmd" then type "regedit" at prompt then ctrl-F to find Lyx then delete lyx in that registry (alternatively download Cclean and it clean up automatically). Reboot then install Lyx 1.5.1 again and hope it work.
Cheers, Son -----Original Message----- From: Bryce Ready [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, 14 August 2007 9:21 AM To: lyx-users@lists.lyx.org Subject: Lyx 1.5.1 for Windows crashes on startup Hi all! I've been an avid user of lyx 1.4 and thought I would install the latest version. I uninstalled lyx 1.4 and installed 1.5.1 Unfortunately, when I try to start the program (either directly or by clicking on a file) I get a message box that states: LyX has been closed because of an unexpected situation. This is most likely caused by a flaw in the software. When you open your documents again, you will be able to restore an emergency save and continue working. Would you like to view detailed information about this error? On clicking 'Yes', I get a window with the following error message: LyX: reconfiguring user directory Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:/Program Files/LyX15/Resources/./configure.py", line 803, in <module> windows_style_tex_paths = checkTeXPaths() File "C:/Program Files/LyX15/Resources/./configure.py", line 101, in checkTeXPaths from tempfile import mkstemp File "C:\Python24\Lib\tempfile.py", line 33, in <module> from random import Random as _Random File "C:\Python24\Lib\random.py", line 42, in <module> from warnings import warn as _warn File "C:\Python24\Lib\warnings.py", line 258, in <module> simplefilter("ignore", category=OverflowWarning, append=1) NameError: name 'OverflowWarning' is not defined LyX: Done! TextClassList::Read: unable to find textclass file `'. Exiting. Completed Any ideas?
