Thinga crashing

[Mari]

I'm having a problem. Note that everythign was working just fine until yesterday - and I've not changed any configurations or added or removed any software on my computer.

I click on Thinga to open it, and sometimes it opens and sometimes it doesn't. When it does open, whenver I click on anything in the program, it just disappears - and then won't reopen.

Any ideas?

[Bob]

Mari,

Try deleting or renaming your .thinga folder in C:\Documents and Settings\username.

You'll have to manually reopen your blog after doing so when you restart thinga. e.g File/Open Database.

Let me know what happens.

-Bob

[Mari]

Same thing Bob.

[Bob]

Hmm... After you deleted/renamed the .thinga dir, did it crash before or after you re-opened your user.xml?

Have you tried uninstalling then reinstalling thinga?

If you can't get as far as opening your blog before the crash try the following.

1.open a dos box, and enter java -version. Verify that it says java 1.4.2 or greater, if it doesn't that's likely the problem.
2.cd to c:\program files\thingamablog1
3.launch it with the command: java -jar thingamablog.jar
4.After it crashes, copy any output from the dos box, and post it here.

[Mari]

Hmm... After you deleted/renamed the .thinga dir, did it crash before or after you re-opened your user.xml?

That's just it - most of the time, the program doesn't open. I get the animated arrow telling me it's doing something, but the program never appears. And then, sometimes it opens, but when I go to click on something, the program disappears.

Have you tried uninstalling then reinstalling thinga?

Not yet. I've been trying to avoid doing that. But I'll do that if you think it'll help.

1.open a dos box, and enter java -version. Verify that it says java 1.4.2 or greater, if it doesn't that's likely the problem.

I do have the very latest Java. I make sure that stays current.

2.cd to c:\program files\thingamablog1
3.launch it with the command: java -jar thingamablog.jar
4.After it crashes, copy any output from the dos box, and post it here.

:writes that down:

Thanks Bob!

[Mari]

The program loaded that way, but I wasn't able to use anything inside it - none of the buttons or menus worked. And it didn't crash. It just sat there looking at me.:roll:

I think I'll try a reinstall.

[Mari]

nope. reinstall did the same thing. :cry::cry::cry: