Problem with SimpleIDE and RobotC Virtual Worlds
ValeT
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So this year I am participating in a competition called FTC ( First Tech Challenge ) and I have RobotC and SimpleIDE installed on my HP. This seems to cause some horrendous problems because if you have RobotC Virtual Worlds installed and then you install SimpleIDE, SimpleIDE will break RobotC Virtual Worlds. The only way to fix the problem is to either create a new profile on your computer ( effectively separating the new part of your computer from the old one ) or by re-flashing Windows on the machine.
I believe it is an issue in the registry, but I do not know. I have done a lot of testing, and even uninstalling EVERY SINGLE RobotC file on the computer ( and uninstalling every associated program ) does not fix the problem, nor does uninstalling SimpleIDE.
Has anyone else had this problem before?
I believe it is an issue in the registry, but I do not know. I have done a lot of testing, and even uninstalling EVERY SINGLE RobotC file on the computer ( and uninstalling every associated program ) does not fix the problem, nor does uninstalling SimpleIDE.
Has anyone else had this problem before?
Comments
What OS are you using?
Can you provide an example of the undesirable behavior from either application?
Most applications store data in the registry as well as the %appdata% directory. That information is less likely to cause a conflict than software dependencies and drivers.
What exactly gets broken about RobotC?
When you open/run RobotC Virtual Worlds, a window will appear saying "RobotC Integrated development environment has stopped working" and the only option is to close the problem. This only happens though when you attempt to run a program in Virtual Worlds, and only happens after you install SimpleIDE on the computer.
is it possible that both programs need/use GCC & Friends to compile?
If so you might have a problem with environment variables like path, used to find executables?
What if you install SimplIDE first and then RobotC?
Enjoy!
Mike