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Re: installing Playe rPro killed using Mathematica itself:

• To: mathgroup at smc.vnet.net
• Subject: [mg88098] Re: installing Playe rPro killed using Mathematica itself:
• From: "Kevin J. McCann" <Kevin.McCann at umbc.edu>
• Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2008 05:58:58 -0400 (EDT)
• Organization: University System of Maryland
• References: <2008422101316.456043@jfultz2winlap> <fumr0c$seh$1@smc.vnet.net>

Such a gross oversight on Wolfram's part is unexpected. I suspect that 
unless the problem is fixed in short order that PlayerPro will not make 
it for very long. Given all that I have heard, I would not install it on 
my system. I am just thankful that my procrastination delayed prevented 
this problem for me. I would like to thank all those who quickly alerted 
the group.

Kevin

Murray Eisenberg wrote:
> Yes, this fixes the problem with the mathpass for Player Pro under my 
> configuration effectively killing the mathpass for Mathematica itself. 
> Thank you.
> 
> Of course the problem should have been avoidable by the installer 
> program, or at least by installation directions, in the first place.
> 
> John Fultz wrote:
>> Yes, this is because of the overlapping use of MATHEMATICA_USERBASE.  Anybody 
>> who does not set this variable will not see the problem.  To work around this...
>>
>> * Take your current mathpass file and move it into Mathematica's installation 
>> directory in Configuration\Licensing.
>> * Start Player Pro and enter your password.
>> * Take the newly generated mathpass file and move it into Player Pro's 
>> installation directory in Configuration\Licensing.
>>
>> Sincerely,
>>  
>> John Fultz
>> jfultz at wolfram.com
>> User Interface Group
>> Wolfram Research, Inc.
>>
>> On Tue, 22 Apr 2008 06:26:41 -0400 (EDT), Murray Eisenberg wrote:
>>> With an existing installation of Mathematica 6.0.2 under Windows, I just
>>> installed Player Pro.  The result: if I start Mathematica itself and
>>> open a new notebook there, I am prohibited from typing any and all input.
>>>
>>> This sort of thing is intolerable!  An utterly time-frittering
>>> aggravation.
>>>
>>> I suspect that the scenario involved here was not tested by WRI:  My
>>> mathpass for Mathematica itself is in the Licensing subdirectory of my
>>> USERBASE directory, which is the same as my BASE directory (both set by
>>> Windows environment variables MATHEMATICA_BASE and MATHEMATICA_USERBASE).
>>>
>>> This is hardly the first time I have run into trouble with multiple
>>> passwords from multiple Wolfram Research products.  It is something they
>>> have just not yet gotten right.  Beware!
>>>
>>> What I did as a temporary fix was to use my Windows backup program to
>>> restore my pre-existing mathpass file.  Now regular Mathematica works.
>>> But of course Player Pro does not.
>>
>>
> 

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Kevin J. McCann
Research Associate Professor
JCET/Physics
Physics Building
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250