[IDV #GXT-335489]: Fatal error after install

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
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Ticket ID: GXT-335489
Department: Support IDV
Priority: Normal
Status: Closed