plumb.exe error message

[Ralph Westfall]

one of my students is having the following problem:

Dear Dr. Westfall:
I am having problems with my TextPad and I have constantly having errors.
I am the one that has the CD with JDK on it. I installed JDK and TextPad.
Then I attempt to compile Dialogue.java and it gives me the following error:
"Error 2 opening pipe to PLUMB.EXE"
I don't know what is wrong. The preferences are the same as the web site.
And the autoexec.bat file has a path correctly added so I don't know what the
problem is. Please inform me on what I should do. Thanks.

[Sam]

PLUMB.EXE should have been loaded with your install of Textpad, unless you didn't load from the zip file from the web site and set it up manually from some other source (and forgot to load the executable). Check to see if it exists in the directory where you loaded TP; if missing, you can download it off the web by searching for the name or reinstall TP from the zip file from the TP site.

[Kip hansen]

I am having exactly (almost) the same problem..when I try to compile a java file, I get

Error 3 opening pipe to PLUMB.EXE

PLUMB.EXE is in C:\Program Files\TestPad 4\System\ right where it belongs.

Still, I get the error.

Any clues?

[Kip hansen]

Success.

The clue is that PLUMB.EXE is in C:\Program Files\TestPad 4\System\ .

I happen to be working on install programs, and use a directory \system\ to place files that belong in the TARGET MACHINE'S SYSTEM DIRECTORY.

Copying plumb.exe to \WINNT\System32 fixed this for me.

For a Win9x or WinME, this would be \Windows\System\

--> Kip Hansen

[Talulah]

I'm having a problem with "Error 3" as well.

I'm running on Win XP, and have just installed TP from the web download zip file. I'm logged on as an administrator. PLUMB.EXE is in the Textpad 4/System folder (and I also tried putting it in the windows System32 folder) but still I get the error.

I tried creating a new tool in the preferences which runs an executable (Maker.exe).

I have installed Textpad on several Win2000 machines previously with no problems.

Does anyone know what could be going wrong here?
Thanks

[helios]

TextPad expects to find plumb.exe in the system subfolder of its installation folder. It is placed there by its installation program, so you could try reinstalling TextPad.

Please also check that you have not accidentally created a copy of textpad.exe on your desktop, rather than a shortcut link.

I hope this helps.

[Talulah]

"Please also check that you have not accidentally created a copy of textpad.exe on your desktop, rather than a shortcut link. "

You've got it - thanks very much. Still don't know how I managed to put it on the desktop though??? oh well!