I downloaded and ran a new GUI installation to check. I couldn't see anywhere to check off the advanced methods downloads, but I believe that BritYank’s instructions above will work fine. I'll be working on this tomorrow night when I get to my hotel.
It appears that the GUI won't work with command line switches. I have tried adding the switches to the shortcut, the program runs without the switches when you add the switches it gives an error. You get the same error and the same results if you start it manually from the Start/Run command line.
If anyone decides to erase and start over, well, its drastic but sometimes the fastest way to get folding again.
Actually you get remembered and go right back to where you were before you uninstalled/reinstalled. I tried uninstalling/reinstalling using the FAH uninstaller then when that didn't do anything different I tried uninstalling it with a program I have called Your Uninstaller which not only uninstalls it but goes through the registry looking for any leftover traces. Then I rebooted to make sure everything was gone, installed it again and it STILL remembered my name and stats.
It's not that big of a deal, I'm not at the same level as you guys I was just hoping to get into the top 200, I'm somewhere around 217 now.
Well, hello proxy server issue. Not a big deal, I'll work on it tomorrow. What are the last lines on your FAHlog.txt?
It looks like I'm having the same connection problems you are:
[11:01:27] + Attempting to send results
[11:01:30] Couldn't send HTTP request to server (wininet)
[11:01:30] + Could not connect to Work Server (results)
[11:01:30] (171.64.122.76:80)
[11:01:30] Could not transmit unit 04 to Collection server; keeping in queue.
[11:45:43] + Attempting to get work packet
[11:45:43] - Connecting to assignment server
[11:45:43] - Successful: assigned to (0.0.0.0).
[11:45:43] + News From Folding@Home: Welcome to Folding@Home [11:45:43] Work Unit has an invalid address.
[11:45:43] - Error: Attempt #14 to get work failed, and no other work to do. Waiting before retry.
[12:10:14] Opening http://vspx27.stanford.edu/cgi-bin/main.py?qtype=teampage&teamnum=36120...
Hello All; my apology for not realizing that there were more questions about this -- adding the switches to the GUI string. Here's what my
Desktop Shortcut looks like:
Make a copy of your Startup link, and then Move that second link onto your Desktop. When you select "Properties" you get the following:
As you can see, I added the Switches [ -local -verbosity 9 -advmethods] right after the link in the Target window, then hit Apply and OK.
Now when you double click that Shortcut, F@H will start the GUI with those parameters and settle in your Tray with the little Molecule Icon. As texas booster noted, the 'normal' Windows Installer shoves it into your C:\Documents and Settings\[user_name]\Start Menu\[F@H_folder]\WinFAH.exe -- [Bracket items are your system dependent]. When I Installed it, I selected Install to: C:\ instead of the Program Files it normally uses.
Hope this clarifies it a little better.
Keep Folding !
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