Unabe to open

[kenm2112]

Hi, I have just purchased the premium version 3.1 and I am following instructions to download software, the software has downloaded but I have found that I am unable to run or even open the programme which I find very annoying, I am running windows 7. Can anyone help please.

[kenm2112]

Sorry should have said that it was the app which failed to open

[kenm2112]

Thanks I will have a good look at it and if need be I will download again and let you know. Just a quick thank you to all for being so quick in your replies.

[astroman133]

If the installer ran without error, then there is likely nothing to gain by downloading it again.

Can you please provide more detail about why you are saying that the "app fails to open"? Do you get some kind of error message, or does nothing at all happen after you launch the app?

[kenm2112]

Hi, the app does nothing at all, so maybe the problem is at my end, I think I will completely wipe all and start again and let you know tomorrow how I have got on.

[admin]

Before you do... open TaskManager and see is you have a task running called BinaryRivers.BackyardEOS.Start.

Is your Windows 7 up to date?

 

[astroman133]

It is possible that the app is lurking in memory with no window displayed. I will also say that it can take BYE up to 20 seconds from when you launch it until it first appears, so be patient.

[kenm2112]

Hi again, I have looked into task manager and there is a message there that says :- Unable to open-BackyardEOS-O'Telescope-Internet Explorer      so I have wiped all from the computer and tried reinstalling but find that I am having the same problem, do I have to have a previous version to be able to download the new version? sorry if it sounds daft but I am running out of ideas. 

[astroman133]

Did you try rebooting the computer?

[kenm2112]

Hi, no I have not tried that yet, I will try it after lunch.

[astroman133]

>> do I have to have a previous version to be able to download the new version?

No, but I am sure that you mean "install" rather than "download".
 

[admin]

7 hours ago, kenm2112 said:

Hi again, I have looked into task manager and there is a message there that says :- Unable to open-BackyardEOS-O'Telescope-Internet Explorer      so I have wiped all from the computer and tried reinstalling but find that I am having the same problem, do I have to have a previous version to be able to download the new version? sorry if it sounds daft but I am running out of ideas. 

I don't even know that this could even mean.  Unable to open-BackyardEOS-O'Telescope-Internet Explorer. I can think of nothing that would have this time of error running the application.  The application is in not way shape or form tied to Internet Explorer.

There must be someting else here... and I'm starting to think that the apps starts fine... but when it tries to call home for the license validation the internet call is blocked and the process is halted... and perhaps the above error shows up in task manager.

 

[astroman133]

I figured out where the OP is seeing that "message". It is what the Task Manager displays in the task list when viewing the Applications tab...I see the same thing while looking at the Task Manager applications list while browsing to this site.

It would be the Processes tab that might list some orphan instance of BYE. In any case, rebooting should fix it.

Unabe to open is the title of this thread. The rest is the site and the browser. The same string is shown in the IE tab for this site.

Unfortunately, none of this has helped the OP to discover why he does not appear to launch BYE successfully.

[admin]

12 minutes ago, astroman133 said:

I figured out where the OP is seeing that "message". It is what the Task Manager displays in the task list when viewing the Applications tab...I see the same thing while looking at the Task Manager applications list while browsing to this site.

It would be the Processes tab that might list some orphan instance of BYE. In any case, rebooting should fix it.

Unabe to open is the title of this thread. The rest is the site and the browser. The same string is shown in the IE tab for this site.

Unfortunately, none of this has helped the OP to discover why he does not appear to launch BYE successfully.

 

Oh, I see.  It is related to browsing the O'Telescope website, not the application itself.  Makes more sense and this is in no way related to the application no starting.  Thanks for checking.

[admin]

1 hour ago, kenm2112 said:

Hi, I have just purchased the premium version 3.1 and I am following instructions to download software, the software has downloaded but I have found that I am unable to run or even open the programme which I find very annoying, I am running windows 7. Can anyone help please.

What do you mean?   The installer does not open or it has installed and the app does not open?

[astroman133]

So you downloaded the BYE 3.1.16 installer (BTW, the complete version number with all 3 numbers is important). The file, called setup-BackyardEOS-v3116.exe, should be in your Downloads folder. Have you launched that program to install BYE? Does it run or do you get an error? If so, please provide details of the error.

Once BYE has successfully installed you can launch it and enter your license key and identifier which is your case-sensitive username for this web site. Once this has been completed, you should be able to plug the cable between the PC and camera and connect BYE with the camera.