Re: Fw: Exited with return code -1073741819.

[David Nalesnik]

On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 9:26 AM, David Wright <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Wed 08 Mar 2017 at 08:28:54 (-0600), David Nalesnik wrote:
>> On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 8:10 AM, David Nalesnik <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Mar 8, 2017 at 7:55 AM, David Nalesnik <address@hidden> wrote:
>> >> OK, Seems I fixed it for my system.
>> >>
>> >> After I run lilypond with the file in the ordinary windows "Command 
>> >> Prompt,"
>> >>
>> >>>lilypond  who-has-promised_test.ly
>> >>
>> >> I found the error:
>> >>
>> >>>echo %errorlevel%
>> >> 255
>> >>
>> >>>net helpmsg 255
>> >>
>> >> The extended attributes are inconsistent.
>
> Hmm.
>
>> >> ------
>> >> Googling this super unhelpful error message leads me here:
>> >>
>> >> https://answers.microsoft.com/en-us/windows/forum/windows_10-other_settings/windows-10-the-extended-attributes-are/bf8dd5dd-c179-4c1f-84f2-9d526a0d4878
>> >>
>> >> Do what it says, and *restart*
>> >>
>> >> Hope that works for you and others!
>> >
>> > Note:  I can't say what the consequences of shutting off UAC are.  If
>> > there is a better way to get extended privileges for LilyPond, please
>> > let me know.
>> >
>>
>> Now here's the odd thing.
>>
>> I decided that shutting UAC off was not a great idea, since it's
>> protecting me from threats unknown!  So I followed the steps again,
>> put things back to "Windows Default".  Restarted.  Expected the file
>> not to compile, but the file (with the one-line-too-many) compiles on
>> the command line just fine.
>>
>> I had thought that a better way was to elevate the user privileges of
>> lilypond.exe, but maybe all it takes to fix the problem is to follow
>> the solution at the link, then go back to the previous setting?
>
> I'm sitting here waiting to be proved wrong, but that sounds like a
> load of Cargo Cult to me.
>

Fair enough, though I succeeded in getting the file to compile on my
system.  I couldn't verify with Frescobaldi (which from the output I
assume the OP is using), b/c compiling with Frescobaldi worked for me.

Best,
David