Re: GVIM and Windows XP problem

On 2010-10-05, carey wrote:

> On Oct 5, 6:29 am, carey <care...@inasphere.com> wrote:
> > On Oct 5, 1:17 am, bill lam <cbill....@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > ???, 04 ??? 2010, carey ?????(?):
> >
> > > > I've been using gvim version 7.1 for a long time without any problems.
> > > > Somewhere between Friday afternoon and Monday it lost the ability to
> > > > display the menu or toolbar (though the gray area for the toolbar is
> > > > there).
> > > > <p>
> > > > Things I've tried:
> > > > <ul>
> > > > <li>Uninstalling 7.1 and installing 7.3. Also deleting my rc files in
> > > > the process.
> > > > <li>Rebooting after each attempt.
> > > > <li>Checking environment variables including the PATH.
> > > > <li>Resizing, minimizing, and maximizing the gvim window.
> > > > <li>Running :set guioptions+=m. Nothing happened.
> > > > <li>Running :set guioptions+=T (and -=T). This did toggle the gray
> > > > area but didn't display the toolbar icons.
> > > > </ul>
> > > > I've run out of ideas and Googling hasn't turned up any suggestions
> > > > that worked. It feels like a Windows issue but I'm not sure how to jog
> > > > it loose.
> > > > <p>
> > > > Carey
> >
> > > You may try unistall both vim71 and vim73, and search under c:\program files
> > > for the folder vim,  delete this folder. And then re-try install vim 7.3 again.
> > > (untest)

> > Thanks for the suggestion. You are correct in that an 'uninstall'
> > leave some files in the home directory as well as the "program files"
> > directory. This time, after uninstall, I went in to those directories
> > to manually delete any remaining vim files. Then I reinstalled 7.3.
> > Unfortunately the results were the same.
> >
> > I'm beginning to suspect something in the Windows Registration area. I
> > used 'regedit' to find vim and gvim but nothing looked suspicious,
> > though I'm not sure I know what to look for.

> GOT IT!
> Environment variable VIMRUNTIME somehow(?) got deleted.

Deleted from where? Vim determines this value automatically. You
shouldn't have to set this except in very unusual circumstances.
Setting it manually is generally a bad idea since the value depends
on the Vim version and will change with each Vim release.

Regards,
Gary

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