[osgeo4w-dev] OSGeo4W-setup or PC error???

[Matt Wilkie]

> QGIS in osgeo4w must be launched via .bat files so that the paths are
> set properly. Look for qgis.bat and qgis-dev.bat
Oh that's interesting, there is qgis-dev.exe as well as qgis-dev.bat, 
which means the .bat file will never run unless invoked with full path. 
The run precedence order is normally .com, .exe, .bat[1].

In any case, on my machine I get the same dll load error when attempting 
to start qgis-dev, regardless of using the .bat or .exe. I can't rule 
out an incomplete install problem though because of a recently 
discovered apt bug[2], which is how I installed qgis-dev.

[1] 
http://stackoverflow.com/questions/605101/order-in-which-command-prompt-executes-files-with-the-same-name-a-bat-vs-a-cmd
[2] http://trac.osgeo.org/osgeo4w/ticket/300

cheers,

matt wilkie
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