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Topic: "Application can't open the library"

I've installed TaggedFrog on my Vista PC - but can go no further than a dialogue box with the above message. sad

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  • Registered: 2009-01-13
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Re: "Application can't open the library"

I sent you some questions via email, please answer.

  • Registered: 2009-02-09
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Re: "Application can't open the library"

I've just had a chance to copy from C:\Program Files to C:\ - as you suggested - and I can now launch TaggedFrog.  Now I'm off to explore it....

Thanks,

  • duane
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Re: "Application can't open the library"

I'm having the same problem--I use vista business and get "application can't open the library" when I try to open the program.

It works fine on first use after I (re)install the program--I really like it!--but when I reboot my computer I then consistently get the error message.

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Re: "Application can't open the library"

duane wrote:

I'm having the same problem--I use vista business and get "application can't open the library" when I try to open the program.

It works fine on first use after I (re)install the program--I really like it!--but when I reboot my computer I then consistently get the error message.

I can get the portable version to work if I edit the config file that comes with that so that portable = true and zerofootprint = true, as per stanmarsh's post:

http://lunarfrog.com/support/topic85.html

but then I can't right-click files in explorer and get the "Add tags..." dialogue, which is a really nice feature.

Would there be any way of getting that option to be available in the portable version?

Thanks!

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Re: "Application can't open the library"

I managed to make a functioning portable version on Vista that does have the right-click "Add File..." functionality in windows explorer that I referred to earlier.

I installed the regular version and not the portable  version, but I installed it on a removable drive.

Then in the TaggedFrog directory on my removable drive, I added a "TaggedFrog.exe.config" file.

I edited it to look like this:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<configuration>
   <appSettings>
      <add key="Portable" value="true"></add>
      <add key="Backup" value="true"></add>
      <add key="ZeroFootprint" value="false"></add>
   </appSettings>
</configuration>

Then I went to regedit (just type it in the vista search box) and went to

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\LunarFrog\TaggedFrog

I changed the backup, Library, and ShellEx keys so they were also in my TaggedFrog directory on my removable drive (the backup and shellex keys require you to create corresponding directories within your TaggedFrog directory).

Everything works fine. I have the program not to start on system startup because the removable drive isn't always necessarily going to be plugged in.

When I try to start up the program without the removable drive put in (by clicking on the desktop icon) it simply tells me that the program is not available, nothing terrible happens.

But I don't know a lot about computers... if anyone knows of potential problems, please post. But I'm thrilled that (most likely) I'll be able to use the program this way on multiple computers--with a functioning "Add Tags..." feature.

Thanks so much for this program--it's great!

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Re: "Application can't open the library"

I did not test it in this configuration, but I think it shouldn't  be a problem while you use the same letter for you external drive.

  • Registered: 2012-05-11
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Re: "Application can't open the library"

I was having this issue and finally figured out a way to resolve it. I installed taggedfrog in a new user account of windows 7.  Every time I opened it, it would say that the application can't open the library.

I verified the file path of the library in the application data folder as well as the registry and everything looked fine. Tagged frog would open in administrator mode, but it would allow me to tag any files, so I figured that it is really not reaching the library.

I then changed the permissions of my user account to modify the tagged frog folder in the application data and now everything is working perfectly!

Thank you for the software! The only suggestion I have is to track the tags on a file when you change its location outside of the application.