hi i am having the “blank icons” issue.
seems like this beast(it is a beast, not a bug) is going to stay till the judgment day.
1) i am using houdini 9.5 on windows xp sp2.
2) i have tested deleting houdini's directory, it didn't work.
3) i searched the forums(a lot), but didn't find any other suggestions for windows users. most solutions are targeted at linux or MAC user's.
4.History) i didn't have this issue for 1 year. then once it happened, then i stopped using houdini till someday i run houdini by accident and found out that the problem was solved. but yesterday i reinstalled my windows and then installed houdini and the issue's back. in the first year i had reinstalled windows many times and i had never had the issue.
5) i am very sad. please help
no icon issue, xp user
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thanks twod. i have tested this method, but it didn't work. is there anything else i can do? cause this happened once before but then it got solved by itself and before that i had never had this issue it is kinda weird that i am having this problem on a fresh installment of windows. cause on fresh installment it was ok before, and since i have changed no hardware it is like the exact same situation as before so why should this happen?
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i installed houdini as administrator and run it as administrator. but i want to try your solution, how can i set environment setting? i don't know what HOUDINI_ICON_CACHE_DIR variable is.
i have a feeling this is the issue cause houdini's directory is read only and whatever i do i can't change it to writable.
i have a feeling this is the issue cause houdini's directory is read only and whatever i do i can't change it to writable.
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Set the environment variable via Start > Control Panel > System, then Advanced tab and click “Environment Variables” (I haven't used XP in ages so apologies if that's a bit off). Add a New variable, name HOUDINI_ICON_CACHE_DIR and value <directory you want to use>.
Now, when starting Houdini, it should use that variable. If you're launching from the command line, you'll need to open a new shell.
Now, when starting Houdini, it should use that variable. If you're launching from the command line, you'll need to open a new shell.
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Hi.
the problem got solved. i am writing this so if someone is having the same issue maybe my method can help him.
i just have done several things in the past few days and one of them has solved the problem but i don't know which one.
1 installing visual c#
2 changing my computer time
3 installing nod 32 anti virus.
maybe developers can guess which one it is and how it has solved the issue.
the problem got solved. i am writing this so if someone is having the same issue maybe my method can help him.
i just have done several things in the past few days and one of them has solved the problem but i don't know which one.
1 installing visual c#
2 changing my computer time
3 installing nod 32 anti virus.
maybe developers can guess which one it is and how it has solved the issue.
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