Re: GVIM and Windows XP problem

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

Thanks,
Carey

On Oct 5, 6:29 am, carey <care...@inasphere.com> wrote:
> On Oct 5, 1:17 am, bill lam <cbill....@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
>
> > Пнд, 04 Окт 2010, carey писал(а):
>
> > > 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)
>
> > --
> > regards,
> > ====================================================
> > GPG key 1024D/4434BAB3 2008-08-24
> > gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv-keys 4434BAB3
>
> 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.
>
> Carey

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