zim0.49 on Win32 launch failed after installation

[Dudu]

OS: windows XP
upgraded from 0.48 to 0.49
when launched, i get an error message that launching failed, and application closed.
on zim.log got the following msg:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "zim.py", line 18, in <module>
IOError: [Errno 2] No such file or directory: 'C:\\Documents and Settings\\davidb\\.config\\zim\\zim.log'

Workaround: after manually creating this file and path, zim launched OK.

[Brendan Kidwell (bkidwell)]

I was thinking about this bug after I went to bed. :^)

Every time Zim starts (in Windows), it opens %USERPROFILE%/.config/zim/zim.log for writing errors (this is a change from 0.48 where it would try to write a file in %PROGRAMFILES%, which is BAD). Unfortunately I forgot to add a line of code to create this folder if it doesn't exist -- and that happens if you've never run Zim!

Restating the workaround so it should for for anyone, do this in the Windows Command Prompt:
   mkdir %USERPROFILE%\.config
   mkdir %USERPROFILE%\.config\zim

Then try launching Zim again.

I'll fix this and redo the release by the end of this week.

[oversky (mailcwc)]

Please also fix the problem in the portable mode.

[oversky (mailcwc)]

HI, Brendan Kidwell ,
Did you update the file?

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

In trunk the check if the dir exists is present. Needs testing with next windows installer.

[Brendan Kidwell (bkidwell)]

Tested and confirmed the patch is appropriate and it works.

[Julie COURRAUD (julie-courraud)]

It worked, thanks !
Julie

[Jaap Karssenberg (jaap.karssenberg)]

Fix released in zim 0.50