[QGIS-trac] [Quantum GIS] #3476: GDAL raster tools on Windows Vista / 64 require GDAL binary path

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#3476: GDAL raster tools on Windows Vista / 64 require GDAL binary path
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   Reporter:  nelson                            |              Owner:  nobody       
       Type:  bug                               |             Status:  new          
   Priority:  major: does not work as expected  |          Milestone:  Version 1.7.0
  Component:  Rasters                           |            Version:  1.6.0        
   Keywords:                                    |   Platform_version:  Vista 64     
   Platform:  Windows                           |           Must_fix:  No           
Status_info:  0                                 |  
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 GDAL raster operations did not work on a standalone Windows install of
 QGIS 1.6.0 on my Vista 64 system. Any attempts to do things with Raster
 (such as Raster / Information) resulted in gdalinfo.exe crashing with a
 Windows error: "gdalinfo.exe has stopped working". Details are an
 appcrash, exception code c0000005 offset 0006020b

 In discussion on IRC wildintellect suggested setting the binary path in
 GDAL Tools. I set it to C:/Program Files (x86)/Quantum GIS Copiapo/bin and
 now GDAL raster operations work correctly.

 I've seen this bug hinted at online a few times (like ticket 3435), and in
 each case the user was running a 64 bit Windows. Volter on IRC says he
 doesn't see the problem in a WinXP 32 bit install. Perhaps Quantum GIS
 tries to find GDAL in C:\Program Files\ but not in C:\Program Files
 (x86)\? The latter is the default install path in 64 bit Windows.

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Ticket URL: <http://trac.osgeo.org/qgis/ticket/3476>
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