FMP 7 developer won't start

[ewiesner]

I've had to reinstall the application 4 times. The symptons are; after double clicking I get the splash screen and then it quits. This happens twice, on the third try I get the splash screen with a line of garbage that looks like it might be filling in the serial number, it quits and then I get a message that a virus or something else has corrupted FMP, determine the error and reinstall. Then sometimes when I start the application, it works. I can't determine how or why this is happening...help!

[falkaholic]

What OS are you using? I'm by the symptoms I'd guess Windows (but your info says OSX). My guess is that its not FMP, its just Windows being screwy.

[Computer Geek]

I don't know if this is the case or not, but I had trouble starting it after I ran a script that exited the application. Click here for details:

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[ewiesner]

Computer geek, I was unable to view your link.

I am running OS X 10.3.5, not Windows. I have tried repairing the permissions, I have run Disk Warrior, I cannot seem to find the culprit. In fact I tried to launch a FMP application that I am working on and I could not get FMP to launch at all. No message indicating I had a corrupted copy of Filemaker, only the splash screen and the it would quit. I guess my next option will be to contact Filemaker directly.

[Computer Geek]

Sorry about the link. The posting was last week, so just look back a few pages in this forum.

[ewiesner]

I've determined the issue. It appears to be a Virex 7.X conflict. I removed all Virex code and preferences, deleted the FMP application, reinstalled FMP developer 7 and applied the 7.0.2 update and have not had a problem since.