Hi Andrew, just a quick shoot. Maybe your are having this problem?<br><a href="http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=2374">http://code.google.com/p/pharo/issues/detail?id=2374</a><br><br>cheers<br><br>mariano<br>
<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Jan 20, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Andrew Black <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:t-ablack@microsoft.com">t-ablack@microsoft.com</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">






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<p class="MsoNormal">I just started using Pharo on windows for the first time.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">First, I should say that I�m really impressed.� Pharo seems much more solid than when I last tried it.� I programmed all day without getting a walkback!� All of the tools �just worked�.� Well done!� �It�s a lot of work creating a solid
 user experience, but you have done it.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Now I have some Windows-specific questions.� I�m a real windows newbi, so please be patient.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">After I downloaded Pharo.app, I dragged the whole directory to a convenient place, and tried to launch the Pharo.lnk file, just like the readme file says.� But there is no such file visible in windows explorer (even though I have �don�t
 show extensions for known file types� box unchecked. ��The file shows up as Pharo.�� Anyway, I figured that it was really Pharo.lnk� (Cygwin tells the truth) and double-clicked on it.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">This brings up an alert that says� C:\Users\&lt;username&gt;\Desktop\OneClick.app\Contents\Windows\Squeak.exe the specified path does not exist.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Is this because I moved the downloaded package?� Shouldn�t the symlink be relative?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, I looked in �\ Contents\Windows\, double-clicked on Squeak.exe, and everything started up just fine.�
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<p class="MsoNormal">I worked all day, and saved my image a few times using the Save menu on the desktop. �Each time, �I get the usual confirmatory dialog in the Transcript.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Overnight, my machine shut down.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Today, I relaunch Squeak.exe, and of course I get the virgin image!� Where is the image that I�ve been using?� The Windows �search this computer� tool can�t find it!� What about my package cache?</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Eventually I find everything in Pharo.app\Contents\Resources, but not until I�ve had a few moments of panic!�
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<p class="MsoNormal">Questions: Is this the appropriate behaviour on Windows, or was there a user error on my part?� Is it OK to move my image somewhere else?�� How can I change the current directory for Pharo on Windows?</p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">OK, so now that I�ve found my image file, how to I re-launch it?� I double-clicked on the .image file, and I got a dialog saying that Windows didn�t know what program to use to open it.� Fair enough.� So I told it to use Squeak.exe.� Pharo
 launches, and I get: �Error: invalid utf8 input detected�.� It�s treating the image as if it were a source file: it has opened a MultiByteFileSTream on it.� That�s not right.</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">How do I re-launch my Pharo image?</p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">��� Andrew</p>
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