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Can't start Sikuli IDE

Asked by Jacqueline Blanke

So I wanted to try Sikuli because it looks really fun and installing it was easy. But the .jar won't start and when I try the .cmd, it gives me an error but opens nevertheless. When I then try to open a script it just shuts down and gives me the same error again.
I use Windows 7 and I have Java 7u45, Java 8u5 and JDK 8u5 installed.

This is what my command window says:

C:\Users\Andreas<C:Users\Andreas\Desktop\Sikuli\runIDE.cmd
+++ running this Java
java version "1.7.0_45"
Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.7.0_45-b18)
Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 24.45-b08, mixed mode)
+++ trying to start Sikuli IDE
+++ using: -Xms64M -Xmx512M -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsikuli.FromCommandLine -jar
C:\Users\Andreas\Desktop\Sikuli\sikuli-ide.jar
Apr 19, 2014 4:11:04 PM java.util.prefs.WindowsPreferences <init>
WARNING: Could not open/create prefs root node Software\JavaSoft\Prefs at root 0
x80000002. Windows RegCreateKexEx(...) returned error code 5

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#1

use in command window:

C:\Users\Andreas\Desktop\Sikuli\runIDE.cmd -d 3 -c

this produces some more verbose debug output, that might show up the real reason (the above warning is quirky, but not the reason)

could you send me the setup log file silently to my mail at https://launchpad.net/~raimund-hocke?

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RaiMan (raimund-hocke) said : 		#2

*** you send me this log
[debug] MenuAction.doLoad
[error] FileManager: Script folder C:\Users\Andreas\Desktop\S&P2 Bot\S&P2 Bot\!S words And Potions 2 Bot.sikuli
does not contain a script file named !Swords And Potions 2 Bot.xxx
[error] Terminating SikuliX after a fatal error! Sorry, but it makes no sense to continue!

*** the problem
special characters in sikuli script folder names and the path to it still make problems.
You should avoid these and spaces.
Letters, Numbers, Hyphens and UnderScores are ok

You might correct this outside of the Sikuli IDE, but take care, that the final name of the .sikuli folder is the same as of the contained .py file.
TThen restart the IDE and load the script.

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