01-05-2009 10:04 AM
Good day,
I am using the french version of Lego Mindstorms Edu NXT v1.1
The software will start fine the first time using a non-admin account.
After that second time it always failed.
I have installed the software on 15 laptops running Windows XP SP3, and they all failed.
Error message is --> Error loading "Fantom.dll"
The dll exist it's located on c:\windows\system32\
I gave Read-Write access to all directories and sub-directories on the C drive and it still won't start.
I've also given full control on the HKLM_Software registry keys.
It runs fine using an local Administrator account.
Help will be appreciated.
Charles.
01-05-2009 11:56 AM
WOW ! I finally found a solution !
Normally non-admin account don't have write permission on the All Users folder,
so the application was crashing because it was trying to write a file named "NI-VISA Shared Memory.tmp" into this directory:
"C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\National Instruments\Shared Memory\"
Now I just created a GPO and changed the file system permission on all my computers so that normal user can write into that directory.And it works.
Charles.
01-05-2009 01:22 PM
When you create shared-memory you can do this without a file....
Dont call CreateFile and use INVALID_HANDLE_VALUE instead.
Rainer