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Xiaotong, First off, please update your IDV to the latest stable version. 3.0 is quite old, http://www.unidata.ucar.edu/downloads/idv/current/index.jsp. Secondly, please move or rename your \Users\Administrator\.unidata folder. It may be corrupted. Best Wishes, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Xiaotong LYU > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Sichuan Academy of Environmental Science > Package Version: 3.0 build date:2011-08-29 16:38 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_3.0\jre version: 1.6.0_20 > j3d:1.5.2 fcs (build4) > Description of problem: > > Error: parsing resource xml > file:C:\Users\Administrator\.unidata\idv\DefaultIdv/maps.xml > Error parsing xml: Invalid byte 1 of 1-byte UTF-8 sequence. > Invalid byte 1 of 1-byte UTF-8 sequence. line:5 column:54 > > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.IllegalStateException: Error parsing xml: Invalid byte 1 of 1-byte > UTF-8 sequence. > Invalid byte 1 of 1-byte UTF-8 sequence. line:5 column:54 > > at ucar.unidata.xml.XmlUtil.getDocument(XmlUtil.java:1572) > at > ucar.unidata.xml.XmlResourceCollection.getRoot(XmlResourceCollection.java:281) > at > ucar.unidata.xml.XmlResourceCollection.getRoot(XmlResourceCollection.java:339) > at > ucar.unidata.xml.XmlResourceCollection.getRoot(XmlResourceCollection.java:313) > at ucar.unidata.gis.maps.MapInfo.<init>(MapInfo.java:248) > at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.checkDefaultMap(MapViewManager.java:962) > at ucar.unidata.idv.MapViewManager.init(MapViewManager.java:577) > at ucar.unidata.idv.VMManager.addViewManager(VMManager.java:515) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.getViewManager(IdvXmlUi.java:644) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:508) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.layoutContainer(XmlUi.java:1741) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.createComponent(XmlUi.java:2089) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvXmlUi.createComponent(IdvXmlUi.java:516) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.xmlToUi(XmlUi.java:1513) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.doMakeContents(XmlUi.java:1427) > at ucar.unidata.ui.XmlUi.getContents(XmlUi.java:1382) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4374) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.createNewWindow(IdvUIManager.java:4198) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.doMakeInitialGui(IdvUIManager.java:626) > at ucar.unidata.idv.ui.IdvUIManager.initDone(IdvUIManager.java:955) > at > ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.initInner(IntegratedDataViewer.java:646) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer$3.run(IntegratedDataViewer.java:550) > at ucar.unidata.util.Misc$3.run(Misc.java:1091) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: ZCL-435373 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed