Re: Installation problem of octave 4.2.1 on Windows 10

[Ben Abbott]

> On Jan 26, 2018, at 2:03 PM, Ben Abbott <address@hidden> wrote:
> 
>> On Jan 3, 2018, at 19:11, Svetlana Tkachenko <address@hidden> wrote:
>> 
>> It would be nice to know answers to these questions asked on the list 
>> earlier:
>> 
>> - Did you install 64 bits version or 32 bits? (Renato S. Yamane)
>> - Are you trying GUI version of Octave? Does the issue happen if you run the 
>> console version? (John Frain)
>> - Does uninstalling and reinstalling Octave help? (John Frain)
>> - If you start GUI, are you able to read and copy/paste what the command 
>> window says at the top, it includes useful information for troubleshooting? 
>> (John Frain)
>> - Does the issue happen under a new OS user? (Svetlana Tkachenko)
> 
> I’m seeing the same problem on a Lenova notebook running windows 10 (v 1607).
> 
> Both 32bit and 64bit installs fail. 
> 
> My 1st install was with 64bit. Which worked the first day and now 
> consistently crashes.
> 
> I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled a few times, with no impact.
> 
> The cli version also crashes.
> 
> Nothing is displayed at the GUI command line.
> 
> The cli closes too fast to read what is there.
> 
> A work around is to run octave-cli.exe from the new Windows PowerShell.
> 
> Ben
> 

The octave.bat file is able to start a functional CLI, but the GUI fails to 
start.

Ben