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Robert, Hopefully the solution is straightforward here. Please simply move (or delete) your .unidata folder in your home directory (in \Users\<username>\) Best, Unidata IDV Support > Full Name: Robert Hall > Email Address: address@hidden > Organization: Royal Holloway University of London > Package Version: 5.0u2 build date:2014-11-12 20:09 UTC > Operating System: Windows 7 > Hardware: Java: home: C:\Program Files\IDV_53\jre version: 1.7.0_51 > j3d:1.6.0-pre9-daily-experimental daily > Description of problem: > > Fatal error initializing resources > > ucar.unidata.util.ColorTable cannot be cast to ucar.unidata.util.NamedObject > > I have been trying to install IDV on a Windows 8.1 64-bit PC. This > install seems to run smoothly but when I start the program I get the > error above. I have tried three versions, 4.1, 5.02 and 5.03. I have > installed and uninstalled several times. Something seems to have been > corrupted since I tried to add the UNAVCO IDV plugin. I have deleted the > IDV folders before reinstalling, tried downloading the plugins separately, > tried renaming folder to different names other than the defaults, and > searched the website. I have seen messages in the idv email threads > that have a similar error to mine but the instructions to deal with it > are aimed at Linux not Windows. I have previously run the application > (v 4.1) on Windows 7 machines and cannot identify anything that I have > done differently. > > Can you make any suggestions please? Thanks > > ****************** > Stack trace: > java.lang.ClassCastException: ucar.unidata.util.ColorTable cannot be cast to > ucar.unidata.util.NamedObject > at ucar.unidata.util.ResourceManager.reloadResources(ResourceManager.java:224) > at ucar.unidata.util.ResourceManager.initDone(ResourceManager.java:248) > at ucar.unidata.util.ResourceManager.init(ResourceManager.java:169) > at ucar.unidata.idv.StateManager.initState(StateManager.java:460) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:305) > at ucar.unidata.idv.IntegratedDataViewer.<init>(IntegratedDataViewer.java:224) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.<init>(DefaultIdv.java:70) > at ucar.unidata.idv.DefaultIdv.main(DefaultIdv.java:151) > > > Ticket Details =================== Ticket ID: GXT-335489 Department: Support IDV Priority: Normal Status: Closed