virtual machine and class not registered error

[Guest]

I'm trying to run a piece of third party software - when I try to start it I
get an error message that reads "Unable to start the application. The
Microsoft virtual machine cannot be found. Class not registered"

There is no number with this error.

What do I do to fix this?

--Barb

 

[Andrew McLaren]

I'm trying to run a piece of third party software - when I try to start it
I
get an error message that reads "Unable to start the application. The
Microsoft virtual machine cannot be found. Class not registered"
There is no number with this error.
What do I do to fix this?

Hi Barb

Is this a trick question? What is this third party software?? This would
help considerably in finding an answer! )

At a quick stab, however ... it sounds like the app is looking for the
Microsoft Java Virtual Machine, and cannot find it. If so, the error message
is correct. The Microsoft JVM is dead, finished, deceased, it has snuffed
it. . Under the court settlement between Sun Microsystems and Microsoft,
Microsoft had to stop distributing their JVM back in (I think) 2001. It
cannot be distributed as part of Windows (since NT 4.0 days). You cannot
download it from www.microsoft.com. Microsoft also had seek out and destroy
any leftover copies of the MSJVM. For details, see
http://www.microsoft.com/mscorp/java/default.mspx

If the app requires Java, you may be able to jig it to run with Sun's JVM:
http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp. Sun Java v6 update 3 is fully
compatible with Vista.

If the app really requires the Microsoft JVM, you need to get a copy from
the vendor of the application. There is no other way you can obtain a copy
(legally). There may be bootleg copies floating around the Internet, try
Google.

If the app is not a Java application and the error is not related to a JVM,
then ... well, it would help to know what the application is.

Hope this helps,

 

[Guest]

Sorry it took me some time to get back, and I truly didn't realize you needed
to know the name of the program for this. It is called "startcs.exe" from
TheLoomyBin and it is a card weaving programe -- shows lets you set up
different patterns and see what you will get when you turn the cards when
doing tablet weaving. (...which is a weird little niche craft that nobody
much has heard of unless they are into either inkle weaving or middle ages
historical recreation, so I figured trying to explain the program would
probably confuse as many people as it helped...) I haven't a clue if this
uses Java or not...

 

[Malke]

Sorry it took me some time to get back, and I truly didn't realize you needed
to know the name of the program for this. It is called "startcs.exe" from
TheLoomyBin and it is a card weaving programe -- shows lets you set up
different patterns and see what you will get when you turn the cards when
doing tablet weaving. (...which is a weird little niche craft that nobody
much has heard of unless they are into either inkle weaving or middle ages
historical recreation, so I figured trying to explain the program would
probably confuse as many people as it helped...) I haven't a clue if this
uses Java or not...

Actually, the name of the program was vital in order to get you focused
help. You need to contact the makers of TheLoomyBin because it doesn't
sound like their software is compatible with Vista. I'm not familiar
with that particular program but I have a client who has a similar
program for a specialized sewing machine. It took quite a while for the
makers of that program to rewrite their software for XP (this was a
while ago) and I suspect you're running into something similar.

So your next step is to contact TheLoomyBin's tech support for upgrades,
workarounds, patches, etc. If they aren't in business any more or won't
support Vista, then you can try running it in Compatibility Mode (see
Vista's Help for instructions) and if that doesn't work you can try a
virtualization program like Virtual PC 2007 (free) or VMWare (not free
but I like it better). You would create a virtual machine running
whatever operating system TheLoomyBin runs in natively and then install
your program in it.


Malke

 

[Guest]

I poked around on theLoomyBin's website, and it seems to be a one-woman
(perhaps two-woman) show. The "new" version of the software is from Jan.
2002. This is the version that refuses to run. I have Java installed, but
it seems to insist on the Win version that is dead-in-the-water, and my guess
is there is no tech support.

So, there is another program called Guntram's Tablet-weaving Thingy (GTT,
for short) that will open and run, once I convinced it to unzip. However it
doesn't show up when I click the lower left button (the one with the
Microsoft Windows logo) and go to "all programs" -- it didn't add an icon
and the file folder doesn't show up either. If I use Windows explorer I can
go to C:\program files and see the folder and get to the icon, I can send a
shortcut to the desktop, I can add it to the quick launch or pin it to the
start menu, but I just don't have it showing up in any form under "all
programs" when I use the lower left button. Is there a way to get it to show
up there? I'd really like it to...

(Do you understand what I mean by the lower left button? I'm sure it has a
name, but I don't know what -- it's the thing you click to pop up the menu
that lets you get to the control panel, or see accessories, or recent
documents and such...)