Cmake-gui not coming up on windows - cmake

I am using Cmake-gui and it was working fine, suddenly it started crashing. Whenever i try to open it, it gets added to the taskbar but app doesn't open. I waited for many hours also. I tried installing previous versions also but same thing is happening. I am using windows 10 amd Cmake version 3.16.

I solved my issue by removing the following key from the windows registry :
Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Kitware\CMakeSetup
It contained all the settings of my last run of Cmake. Some of them became invalid due to changes on my system.
Deleting the key has reset the settings to default and cMake-gui launched successfully.

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Intellij IDEA is not remembering the license/activation code or the opened projects after doing a restart

I have entered my Jetbrains license and already created a project three times now. I imported IDE settings which requires a restart and when the restart happens poof the license/activation key is gone as well as the project that had already been opened.
This is a strange behavior. I have installed and used the jetbrains products many dozens of times on different computers and had not seen this before. In fact DataSpell and Pycharm are working normally on this same computer.
I am on macOS Monterey 12.5.1
This problem has been identified as being due to using the "import Settings" feature. When I do that and restart Intellij then the activation code and in fact all past knowledge of my installation are gone. #CrazyCoder

VBA /Visual basic projects/macros issues while compiling

I have so many problems with any of the VBA/VB projects, that I am by now not sure which category these problems falls in. Some of the issues listed below may or may not be interrelated. But any thing that is related to visual basic project is causing me so many problems since 1 year.
I have researched so many time but have not got a solution till date :(.
But this time I could not stand it any more and therefore I am here to post it.
I had Microsoft visual basic 6.0 installed in my system last year. I was able to create some small windows based forms->compile and run as well. However, when I have a project from external resource for supporting VB applications, none of the project were compiling and running through IDE.
So i researched a lot and found the below issues:
Missing references/missing dlls. added references but no use
Tried help got this error: msdn collection does not exist please reinstall msdn
Tried Compiling - got error:
Compile error: cannot find project project or library
Tried adding components : failed by getting error Dlls are not registered.
Error in project loading, found the below error
Then I tried registering the MSCOMCTL.OCX file through regsrv.exe but it gave admin related errors as below
call toDllRegisterServer failed with error code 0x800280c
Even though I have all admin rights and I am logged in as admin for command prompt.
I also had copied the files from syswow64 to system32 or vice versa whichever way it did not work
Somewhere I had googled that we need to unblock the files to register , but these files were not blocked.
Tired, I just left the problem just like that due to other prioritised work.
But again today my colleague gave me an excel sheet which had macros written in it.
These macros do not run, instead it redirects me to Visual Basic for application IDE where the first window i get is Compile error followed by automation error
Again I thought of researching more on to it, and finally found from SO only that we should be registering MSCOMCTL.OCX.
But no matter what I do, I am unable to register any dlls.
Can any one tell me what is causing so much of compile issues , the solution and why I am not able to register any dlls or files?
And by the way, my system is window 7 64 bit and I seem to be only one in the workplace having this problem.
This issue was present even before any updates. The same profile with the same updates are running in my colleague's system. Even though there were no patch updates etc.
Try this:
Open a Command Prompt:
Open START menu, in Search box enter: cmd.exe, a link will shows, BUT doesn't press Enter key, instead RIGHT-CLICK on the link to open context menu, then choose Run as administrator
A Prompt DOS (black) windows will open on C:\Windows\System32 folder.
If your OS is 32 bit then type the below commands:
regsvr32 mscomctl.ocx press Enter
regtlib msdatsrc.tlb press Enter
If your OS is 64 bit, need to navigate to C:\Windows\SysWOW64 folder: Type the command:
CD C:\Windows\SysWOW64
then press Enter key to confirm.
Type the below commands:
regsvr32 mscomctl.ocx press Enter
regtlib msdatsrc.tlb press Enter
Now should working
HTH

How can I stop my IAR ide from hanging when changing build configurations

I have come across this particular problem several times across several versions of the IAR embedded workbench (EW430 5.40.7 [EW 6.0], EW430 5.51.2 [EW 6.4], EW430 6.20.1 [EW 7.0]), but each time only after a long period of having no problems. The problem doesn't seem to have affected the other firmware developers in the office, so no help can be offered there. I'm currently on Windows 10, but the problems first occurred when I was on Windows 8.1 (same PC.)
The problem is that, for no obvious trigger, the IAR ide will start to hang until terminated (or it will just crash on one of the EW versions) on any attempt to change the active build configuration in MSP430 projects using the emulator.
From my testing, it appears to be directly related to something the IDE is doing with the emulator, as when the build configuration is changed, I can see the emulator menu in the menu bar disappear, then the hang happens. Under normal circumstances, the menu will disappear, but then reappear once the other debug configuration is completely loaded.
I have tried the default project "flashing the LED" to see if it was only my project - but if I select the msp430x4xx (C) - Debug, right click it and select "Set as Active" from the context menu, to make this the active project, the IDE also hung. I then reopened the EW IDE, and opened the LED flashing project again. The original 1xx asm project was the active project.
I then changed the settings of the 4xx (C) Debug project (without making it the active project) from the emulator to the simulator, and clicked OK. The program did NOT crash.
I then set the 4xx (C) Debug project as the active project and it did NOT crash. The simulator even runs without problems.
The version of the FET firmware didn't change from when the IDE worked correctly to when it didn't, and the FET is not even used at this point. It can be completely disconnected and the same results will occur.
I have tried the following, without success:
erasing the files in my project folder's settings subfolder
erasing the *.dep files in the project folder.
deleting the IarIdePm.ini file from AppData\Roaming\IAR Embedded Workbench
making sure none of the project files are read-only
reinstalling the program to the same location
removing and reinstalling the program to the same location.
What does solve the problem (until it reoccurs) is to reinstall the program, but to a different directory (for e.g., the default directory will be in program files (x86)\IAR Systems\Embedded Workbench x.x. Installing again into program files (x86)\IAR Systems\EWx (just so it is different) allowed that installation to work, but the old installation continued to fail.
Best advice so far (from our support person) has been to do the above, install to another directory and live with it, as it doesn't happen often.
Since it has happened to me on 3 occasions with 3 different versions of the program, I would like to know how to fix or prevent it! If anyone could offer anything to try (or even better, a straight solution :)) that would be greatly appreciated!
Cheers!
Since newer versions and updates on W10, it seems that old compatibilities are being removed from this OS. I have no direct solution for this problem since Microsoft does not promise support for old software and hardware. Even I tried to find a solution for that problem, and I found on the IAR website a list of IDE's and their compatible versions. (remember, old versions are not compatible)
( https://www.iar.com/knowledge/support/technical-notes/ide/windows-10-and-iar-embedded-workbench/ )
You will need to update your IDE and program version to a newer version if you plan to continue to use this IDE natively on Windows 10 or you may use Virtual machines with an old operational system (like Windows 7) to compile your program on old IDE.
P.S.1 I manually uninstalled KB4592449 recently updated and the program return to work natively. Probably it will continue working until this update (or other similar) being installed again on the computer, but probably there is any vulnerability that the computer will be exposed to, and in this case, I'm paying the price.
P.S.2 KB4580325 promotes the same behavior in IAR 5.11 on windows 10. Both KB's implement securities about the flash player - that I Don't use - then, I can securely uninstall it.
P.S.3 Since I updated my windows up to Windows 10 version 21H1 (compilation 19043.1165) AND I configured Windows defender to not be monitoring IAR IDE (IarIdePM.exe) disabling all protections available, everything works fine. But Remember: my program is original, not cracked or altered by anything, then I am secure to do what I did.
It is a 'natural' that software problem. Not found way of fixing it. The solution temporary is modify manually the file .eww for change of project active. The ultimate solution is to use another development environment.

Eclipse PDT doesn't work on windows 7, when I run it, it displays the Eclipse Logo popup for a brief second and then disapears and crashes

I used Eclipse PDT for a while now on my Windows 7 and was working fine, but couple of months ago it stopped working for some reason. When I run it, it displays the Eclipse Logo popup for a brief second and then crashes and disapears. What can cause this and how to mend it? I tried deleting it, and re-unzipping, no use - same happens. I tried deleting just the workspace, no use - same happens. I tried deleting .eclipse in my user directory, doesn't work either.
That can happen if you have corrupted your workspace files somehow. Remove the workspace folder temporary and see if that fixes your problem.
Vladimir Despotovic found the solution:
I have solved this by uninstall Java completely (JRE and JDK -
whatever you have on your computer). Uninstall all Java and reinstall
it. Start Eclipse again. This solved it for me.

qtcreator cmake "No executable specified"

Im having a very annoying issue with qtcreator and cmake projects: qtcreator fails to find the executable. It just prints "No executable specified" when trying to launch any executable from the IDE. Everything works fine after configuring the project (first time only). The issue manifests when loading the project afterwards. Only workaround is deleting the "CMakeLists.txt.user" before every use. This is tedious and unnecessary.
This is happening to projects that were running just fine for years, both my own and my colleagues, on multiple machines running ubuntu 14.04 & 14.10. Problems started with qtcreator version 3 and higher from ubuntu 14.04 upwards.
Assuming that the issue is triggered by some changes in the "CMakeLists.txt.user", after the project is closed the first time, I replaced the file with a copy of it right after it was created the first time. This worked, thus confirming that there is either something wrong with the file itself, or changes to it trigger an existing bug in qt-creator. Unfortunately it is just as tedious as deleting the file in the first place.
My Challenge:
Unfortunately I am not familiar with the inner workings of qtcreaor, however I managed to identify the specific config lines that are responsible. What does qtcreator actually change here?
Please note that "racoon" is the project name and the above diff screenshot is much larger than formatted by stackoverflow (right-click to view full resolution).
Thank you.
i had exactly the same problem using Ubuntu 14.10 and resolved it by doing the following:
Get ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.sourceforge.net/pub/sourceforge/a/an/anthonos/mirror/os3-next/os3-rpm/q/qtcreator-3.1.2-0.x86_64.rpm
Extract the file /usr/lib/qtcreator/plugins/QtProject/libCMakeProjectManager.so
Overwrite this file at
/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/qtcreator/plugins/ ( at least on x64)
in your system
This will replace the cmake plugin which is currently version 3.1.1 with 3.1.2 which will make the problem disappear !
I installed qtcreator using Qt's own installer instead of the one provided by Ubuntu. It installs version 5.3.1 and fixes the problem.