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Hi Carl, > I apologize for not making that clear,i used the direct install method to > Windows and not > the virtual machine. I never even seen the the virtual option until i looked > further, just > assumed that was for LINUX. Okay, that gives us a good starting point. Do you know if your other software uses Java or Python? Because with our direct install steps, we have you set user and system variables to point to our specific dependencies for Java and Python. I could definitely see this causing a problem with other software packages. You could try "unsetting" those variables, found on our installation guide at step 3: http://unidata.github.io/awips2/install/install-cave/#download-and-installation-instructions_2 Hopefully, that will make it so you can run the other software again. If that is the case, then you might actually want to look into installing the Virtual Machine for CAVE. Because this allows the entire environment to be contained "virtually" and won't interfere with your native environment on your machine. Those installation instructions can be found here: http://unidata.github.io/awips2/install/install-cave/#method-1-linux-virtual-machine Let me know if any of that helps or if you have more questions. Thanks! --Shay Carter She/Her/Hers AWIPS Software Engineer UCAR - Unidata If you're interested, please feel free to fill out a survey about the support you receive: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeDIkdk8qUMgq8ZdM4jhP-ubJPUOr-mJMQgxInwoAWoV5QcOw/viewform Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: WPG-382085 Department: Support AWIPS Priority: Low Status: Open =================== NOTE: All email exchanges with Unidata User Support are recorded in the Unidata inquiry tracking system and then made publicly available through the web. If you do not want to have your interactions made available in this way, you must let us know in each email you send to us.