assuming you did a vanilla install to c:\qtry cd’ing there and running q from thereq.exe needs to find q.k when starting upif you aren’t able to install to c:\q then set the environmentvariable QHOME to point to the location where q.k can be found2008/5/17 Ajith Prasad :>>>>> Installed q under Windows Vista but could not get it started. I get the> following message:>>>> Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001]>> Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.>>>> C:\Users\orpap>cd\q>>>> C:\q>cd windows\w32>>>> C:\q\windows\w32>q>> KDB+ 2.4 2008.03.31 Copyright (C) 1993-2008 Kx Systems>> w32/ 2()core 2047MB orpap lenovot61ap 172.21.48.22 TIMEOUT 2009.04.01>>>> 'c:/q/q.k: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is> incorrect.>> 0::>> `c:/q/q.k>>>> C:\q\windows\w32>>>>>>> What could be wrong?
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Thanks. Just got it working: had to copy out the files from the “windows” and “w32” subdirectories into the q directory.
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assuming you did a vanilla install to c:\q try cd’ing there and running q from there q.exe needs to find q.k when starting up if you aren’t able to install to c:\q then set the environment variable QHOME to point to the location where q.k can be found
2008/5/17 Ajith Prasad : > > > > > Installed q under Windows Vista but could not get it started. I get the > following message: > > > > Microsoft Windows [Version 6.0.6001] > > Copyright (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. > > > > C:\Users\orpap>cd\q > > > > C:\q>cd windows\w32 > > > > C:\q\windows\w32>q > > KDB+ 2.4 2008.03.31 Copyright (C) 1993-2008 Kx Systems > > w32/ 2()core 2047MB orpap lenovot61ap 172.21.48.22 TIMEOUT 2009.04.01 > > > > 'c:/q/q.k: The filename, directory name, or volume label syntax is > incorrect. > > 0:: > > `c:/q/q.k > > > > C:\q\windows\w32> > > > > > > What could be wrong?