Comment 6 for bug 652614

ref bug #652614 "Unable to download any programmes"

I had a similar problem in the US using Win 8. I solved it by changing the working directory under 'Tools/Options/General' to a path with no spaces, e.g. Working Dir: C:\FreeGuideWrkg. Evidently if the program is loaded in a directory whose path includes a space, the default working directory shares the same path. I assume most casual Windows users load FreeGuide into C:\Program Files\ FreeGuide. Which, in my case, resulted in the following error:

Running command: "C:\Program Files (x86)\FreeGuide\xmltv/xmltv.exe" tv_grab_na_dd --quiet --config-file "C:\Program Files (x86)\FreeGuide\xmltv-configs\na_dd.conf"
*ERROR* Username not specified. Please run --configure
Error executing grabber: Content is not allowed in prolog.
Result code = 1

Note: the originalbug report looks like it might have had a space in the path

Re-running config had no effect on the problem. Evidently the path truncates at the space (seen this happen many times using either PERL or Visual Basic (or maybe both, need to quote and assign to a string variable).

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