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Dear Mr. Wang, We are glad that solution worked. The IDV does have various diagnostic output available via Command Line Arguments. http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/software/idv/docs/workshop/installandstart/CommandLineArguments.html. The -debug option may have been helpful in this situation. Best Wishes, Unidata IDV Support > Dear Sir: > > Thank you for your reply. > I record my startup precedure with the text terminal window under Windows 7. > And as you mentioned, my video driver is too old for the new IDV. > I upgrade my video driver and everything was fine now. > Thanks for your time and suggestion. > > By the way, is there a buildin way to record the startup procedure? > It will be easier to trace out any errors during start up procedure. > > Regards, > > Shizoom Wang > > ? 2013/8/6 ?? 05:28, Unidata IDV Support ??: > > Dear Mr. Wang, > > > > It is difficult to diagnose this problem remotely, but here are a few > > things you can try. > > > > Option 1: In your home directory, move the .unidata directory to > > .unidata.bak. Start the IDV. > > > > Option 2: The IDV configures the appropriate amount of memory. In > > exceptional situations, the IDV may not start due to memory issues. In > > this case, please uncomment the idv_memory section IDV\runIDV.bat script. > > Change "REM set idv_memory=512" to "set idv_memory=512" Start the IDV. > > > > Option 3: make sure your video driver is up-to-date > > > > Please keep us up-to-date on your progress. > > > > Best Wishes, > > > > Unidata IDV Support > > > > > >> Full Name: Shizoom Wang > >> Email Address: address@hidden > >> Organization: National Chung Hsing University, Taichung, TAIWAN > >> Package Version: 4.1 > >> Operating System: Windows 7 64 bit > >> Hardware: > >> Description of problem: Dear Sir: > >> When I starts IDV from my desktop with IDV 4.1 icon. I can see the > >> dashboard starts, then automatically everything gone. I mean IDV quits by > >> itself. Is there a way I can check the error message? Or, is there a way > >> to fix this problem? > >> Thank you for your help. > >> > >> > > > > Ticket Details > > =================== > > Ticket ID: MDW-368450 > > Department: Support IDV > > Priority: Normal > > Status: Closed > > > > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: MDW-368450 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed