Vassal not running

Technical Support & Bugs
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Hello! For some reason, I cannot get Vassal to run. I have tried running it through the shortcut and the application, and I have tried running as an administrator. I’ve gotten the newest version of java, and made sure I didn’t have an old one lurking around. I made sure both Vassal and Java were the 64 bit versions, like my computer. Despite every thing, when I try to load it, the waiting symbol for the cursor appears for a few seconds and then it’s gone, and nothing happens no matter how long I wait.

I have a windows 8 laptop, and I have a copy of the error log. I have no idea what it means, but maybe somebody else will?

2014-06-26 18:02:01,899 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Starting
2014-06-26 18:02:01,907 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - OS Windows 8 6.2
2014-06-26 18:02:01,907 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Java version 1.7.0_45
2014-06-26 18:02:01,908 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - VASSAL version 3.2.11
2014-06-26 18:02:02,087 [0-main] ERROR VASSAL.tools.ErrorDialog -
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError: sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.startToolkitThread(Ljava/lang/Runnable;)Z
at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.startToolkitThread(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance0(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at sun.reflect.NativeConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at sun.reflect.DelegatingConstructorAccessorImpl.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at java.lang.reflect.Constructor.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at java.lang.Class.newInstance(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at java.awt.Toolkit$2.run(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at java.awt.Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at java.awt.EventQueue.invokeAndWait(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at javax.swing.SwingUtilities.invokeAndWait(Unknown Source) ~[na:1.7.0_45]
at VASSAL.launch.StartUp.initUIProperties(StartUp.java:72) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.StartUp.initSystemProperties(StartUp.java:45) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager.(ModuleManager.java:285) ~[Vengine.jar:na]
at VASSAL.launch.ModuleManager.main(ModuleManager.java:183) ~[Vengine.jar:na]

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Thus spake nickowow via messages:

Hello! For some reason, I cannot get Vassal to run. I have tried running
it through the shortcut and the application, and I have tried running as
an administrator. I’ve gotten the newest version of java, and made sure
I didn’t have an old one lurking around. I made sure both Vassal and
Java were the 64 bit versions, like my computer. Despite every thing,
when I try to load it, the waiting symbol for the cursor appears for a
few seconds and then it’s gone, and nothing happens no matter how long I
wait.

I have a windows 8 laptop, and I have a copy of the error log. I have no
idea what it means, but maybe somebody else will?

2014-06-26 18:02:01,899 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Starting
2014-06-26 18:02:01,907 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - OS
Windows 8 6.2
2014-06-26 18:02:01,907 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - Java
version 1.7.0_45
2014-06-26 18:02:01,908 [0-main] INFO VASSAL.launch.StartUp - VASSAL
version 3.2.11
2014-06-26 18:02:02,087 [0-main] ERROR VASSAL.tools.ErrorDialog -
java.lang.UnsatisfiedLinkError:
sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.startToolkitThread(Ljava/lang/Runnable;)Z
at sun.awt.windows.WToolkit.startToolkitThread(Native Method)
~[na:1.7.0_45]

This line tells me that there’s a problem with your installation of
Java. Three possibilities:

  1. You installed Java but didn’t reboot before trying to use it.
  2. Your install of Java is corrupt/
  3. There’s a bug in the version of Java you have.

–
J.