[GRASS-windows] switching to GRASS, 6.2.3 or GRASS 6.3.0?

[Michael Denslow]

Marco,
I think we got it!

On Tue, Oct 7, 2008 at 10:01 AM, Marco Pasetti <marcopstt at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Michael,
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Michael Denslow"
> <michael.denslow at gmail.com>
> To: "Marco Pasetti" <marco.pasetti at alice.it>
> Cc: <grass-windows at lists.osgeo.org>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 3:42 PM
> Subject: Re: [GRASS-windows] switching to GRASS, 6.2.3 or GRASS 6.3.0?
>
>
>> the path name is actually:
>> C:/Documents and Settings/Katz&Denslow
>> I think this is what you mean by username.
>
> OK. Finally we got it!
> I believe that the "&" is the problem!
>
>>> This is what your .grassrc6 file should contain, just after the
>>> installation
>>> of GRASS:
>>
>> Where is this file located? Didn't I delete it previously?
>> Also the GIS DataBase folder is located in the following path
>> C:\Documents and Settings\Katz&Denslow\My Documents\GIS DataBase
>
> You'll always have 2 .grassrc6 files; one in C:\Documents and
> Settings\Katz&Denslow\ and the 2nd in C:\GRASS\msys\home\Katz&Denslow\
> Every time you delete one of the above, a new one will be created when
> launching a new session of GRASS (respectively using the DOS shell/GUI and
> the MSYS shell/GUI)
>
>> Is this a lost cause should I try to install GRASS 6.2.3?
>
> forget the GRASS 6.2.3 version for cygwin; we're just talking about the
> windows native version.
>
> To be sure, do as follow:
> 1) uninstall GRASS: Start->Programs->GRASS->Uninstall GRASS
> 2) change your username from Katz&Denslow to Katz And Denslow (or whaterver
> you want, but without the "&" char)
> 3) reboot your machine (just to be sure)
> 4) install GRASS
> 5) e-mail me :)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Marco
>

Unfortunately, I am not sure one can easily modify the actual user
account in Windows XP. So I created a new account on my computer with
no special characters. And it works I am now running GRASS!

Thank you so much again,
Michael