Vassal not working

Vassal 3.1.4 (installed from VASSAL-3.1.4-windows.exe)
Java Version 1.6.0_13 (installed from jre-6u13-windows-i586-p-s.exe)
Vista Business 32-bit SP1

If I run Vassal from the Start Menu shortcut nothing happens and I get no errors. If I run vassal.bat in the install directory I get a dialog “Could not initialize the Java virtual machine. Program will exit!”

Thus spake “kaytel”:

Open a shell (go to Start > Run, type ‘cmd’). Type ‘java -version’. What
happens?


J.


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java version “1.6.0_13”
Java™ SE Runtime Environment (build 1.6.0_13-b03)
Java HotSpot™ Client VM (build 11.3-b02, mixed mode, sharing)

Thus spake “kaytel”:

You have Java installed properly. That rules out one type of problem.

Show me the contents of the directory where VASSAL is installed. (Unless
you did a custom install, this should be C:\Program Files\VASSAL.)


J.


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vassal.exe and vassal.bat are in the VASSAL-3.1.4 directory. Complete list attached.

Thus spake “kaytel”:

You install of VASSAL looks ok.

What happens when you try to run VASSAL.exe from a shell?

What do the properties of the VASSAL shortcut in you’re Start menu look like?


J.


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Downloaded v3.0 - ran that from the command prompt and it worked, so then I ran the latest version from the prompt and it also works, as does running it from the installed shortcut. I don’t know what’s going on here. Machine has not been rebooted; I’ve been trying both the executable shortcut from Explorer and the batch file from the prompt for several days; even tried removing and re-installing Java and VASSAL on Monday morning before finally posting. All without success. I was pretty much ready to just give it up.

Hopefully it will continue working. Thanks for trying to help.