This will bring up the System Properties window. From there, open up Advanced System Settings.
You'll want to open up Control Panel and navigate to System. If you really need to use a non-bundled java installation you may want to only set JAVA_HOME, which is checked if CP_JAVA_HOME is missing.
#Cellprofiler nameandtypes error software
If that variable is not set CellProfiler won't be able to use it's internally bundled java installation.Īs of CellProfiler 4.0 the software will first check for java within it's installation folder, what CP_JAVA_HOME is set to will only take effect if the bundled java platform is missing. This is usually C:\Program Files\CellProfiler\java. You'll be looking for an Environment Variable called CP_JAVA_HOME, which should be pointing to the Java directory in your CellProfiler installation folder. Sometimes there's a problem during the installation process which prevents this Java platform being registered. Has Windows been told where CellProfiler's Java is?ĬellProfiler comes with it's own Java language interpreter bundled inside it. To correct this there are a number of settings we need to check. This is usually caused by CellProfiler having issues detecting it's Java environment. The message which appears may be hard to catch, but should be as follows: When running the program you should see a black console window, which flashes a message before closing, then nothing else happens. CellProfiler 4 cannot start without this.Īfter you've installed CellProfiler you may find that it doesn't start. CellProfiler Won't Openįirst off, make sure you have the Visual C++ Redistributable installed, available here. Please check out the image.sc forum or our Github issues (and submit new issues as needed) if these instructions fail to work for you. Instructions for Windows CellProfiler 3 installations are available here. The instructions below apply to CellProfiler 4.0 and beyond.