Minimwatch installation

[simoncn]

(24-10-2013 08:57)Andrew Wrote:  Thank you simoncn and peter@57m, yes I did download from the MinimServer website, and I am getting a WinRAR window which contains all the MinimWatch 'stuff', but I do not know how to get these to work, I have a desktop MinimWatch icon which just brings up the WinRAR window, I have the correct Java installed, my NAS has MinimServer installed, and I'm obviously not very good, sorry folks, but I need some more assistance, thank you again. PC running Windows 7 pro 64 bit, 32 bit java installed as per MinimWatch installation instructions (browser is 32 bit).

OK, I understand what is causing this. The desktop MinimWatch icon is a shortcut to a .jar file, and installing Java should have associated the .jar extension with the javaw.exe program, so that Java is started when you click on this icon. Instead, you have somehow got the .jar extension associated with the WinRAR program.

The simplest solution is for you to edit the desktop shortcut for MinimWatch. If you right-click the icon and select Properties, you'll get a dialog with a Target field saying something like this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\MinimWatch\lib\minimwatch.jar"

Change this value to:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\Java\jre7\bin\javaw.exe" -jar "C:\Program Files (x86)\MinimWatch\lib\minimwatch.jar"

Click OK, and confirm your administrator permission to change this setting when prompted.

Clicking the desktop icon should now start MinimWatch.