Hi everyone
This is my third day running wcg and i love giving my free computer time for scientific research !


edit 2008-09-17 wed 00:30 cet : i added a few precisions, explorerxp.exe is not a shell, as in only a executable replacement for the default explorer.exe windows browser, and i had to make two installations. Hope it clarifies my message. Thanks in advance.


Here is my problem:

- my computer is denying me rights to access files from explorerxp.exe (not a shell, just an executable) or launching links from the wcg boinc client.
- had to uninstall and install a second time.
- boinc.exe never launched by itself until i placed a shortcut in the start up folder, unlike the first installation

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Details:

The installation went well; however on the second day boincmgr.exe didn't launch boinc.exe and i add to click on it. Same on third day.

Actually my computer could not connect to the localhost...

http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/forums/wcg/viewthread?thread=20859#170209
"BOINC Manager will start the BOINC core client, the background control of the sciences, if not already running."

This is not my case: i had to uninstall, install a second time and manually add a shorcut to boinc.exe to the windows start up folder, which already cointains one to the boinc manager; still i remember not having to do this after first installing the client, not having two minimised windows on the sidebar, only one. And it worked automatically then.

I also noticed that since the wcg boinc client installation my computer is not granting me access to my harddrive files when accessed from explorerxp.exe (a executable replacement for explorer.exe, not a shell) and i can't access my wcg stats when clicking on the link in the wcg boinc client: it says:

"windows cannot access the specified device, path, or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item"

then after clicking ok, a second message this time in french (i am french):

"navigateur internet introuvable
wcg boinc client a essaye d'afficher la page web http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/stat/viewGlobal.do mais n'a pas trouve de navigateur internet.
Pour resoudre ce probleme, indiquez le chemin de votre navigateur internet dans la variable d'environnement browser,
puis redemarrez le wcg boinc client."

-> it says it cannot find the browser, and asks me the path to it.

I checked when under my admin account: same thing. Otherwise it works fine, i can upload my finished crunches and download new ones.

Any ideas why i can't access my files anymore ?

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About my installation and computer:

boinc 5.10.45
single user installation (on the second reinstallation)

windows xp sp3
comodo personal firewall firewall 3.0.25.378
avira personal antivirus 8.1.0.331