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Bug 1251 - Incomplete installation of Fiji and ImageJ
Incomplete installation of Fiji and ImageJ
Status: RESOLVED INVALID
Product: Fiji
Classification: Unclassified
Component: Plugins
unspecified
PC Windows
: P4 normal
Assigned To: ImageJ Bugs Mailing List
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
Reported: 2016-03-23 01:51 CDT by devs87
Modified: 2016-03-29 10:12 CDT
3 users (show)

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Description devs87 2016-03-23 01:51:14 CDT 
Hi,

I have spent the last few hours trying to install ImageJ or Fiji on my Windows7 but without any success. I download the zip folder, extract the files and run the exe (ImageJ exe for ImageJ download and ImageJ-win64.exe from the Fiji App folder). I found it unusual that the Fiji app folder did not have a fiji-win64 application file like the wiki page describes. The reason I think there is a bug, is because neither my ImageJ download or Fiji download resulted in an installed program under Programs and Features on the Control Panel. Is that normal? How do I make sure the installation is complete and do I need to access the .exe file each time I need to open and use the program? Please advice!

Information about your version of Java:

  os.arch => amd64
  os.name => Windows 7
  os.version => 6.1
  java.version => 1.8.0_66
  java.vendor => Oracle Corporation
  java.runtime.name => Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment
  java.runtime.version => 1.8.0_66-b18
  java.vm.name => Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM
  java.vm.version => 25.66-b18
  java.vm.vendor => Oracle Corporation
  java.vm.info => mixed mode
  java.awt.graphicsenv => sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
  java.specification.name => Java Platform API Specification
  java.specification.version => 1.8
  sun.cpu.endian => little
  sun.desktop => windows
  file.separator => \

The up-to-date check says: REMIND_LATER

Information relevant to JAVA_HOME related problems:

  JAVA_HOME is set to: C:\Users\Devs\Fiji.app/java/win64/jdk1.8.0_66//jre
  imagej.dir => C:\Users\Devs\Fiji.app

Information about the version of each plugin:

Activated update sites:
ImageJ: http://update.imagej.net/ (last check:20160217090804)
Fiji: http://update.fiji.sc/ (last check:20160218075537)
Java-8: http://sites.imagej.net/Java-8/ (last check:20160315075709)
Comment 1 Curtis Rueden 2016-03-23 14:00:22 CDT 
From the Downloads page:

> ImageJ is distributed as a portable application. That means that you
> do not have to run an installer; just download, unpack and start it.

In other words: nothing will ever be put into "Program Files" or similar. Just create a shortcut to the ImageJ-win64.exe and you should be good to go!

If you really want the Fiji icon instead, you can run Help > Update..., click Advanced mode, change the view to "All files", type "fiji-win64" into the box, and mark the "fiji-win64.exe" file for installation. Then you'll have another launcher which also starts the program, but has the Fiji icon instead of the ImageJ2 one.

As for the wiki page, I presume you mean the "Install Fiji on Windows" page (http://imagej.net/Install_Fiji_on_Windows)? Apologies that those pages are out of date; no one has had time to update them. Feel free to do so, if you wish -- it would help others in the future to avoid confusion!
Comment 2 devs87 2016-03-23 19:56:18 CDT 
Thank you Curtis!
Comment 3 Mark Hiner 2016-03-29 10:12:53 CDT 
(In reply to Curtis Rueden from comment #1)
> As for the wiki page, I presume you mean the "Install Fiji on Windows" page
> (http://imagej.net/Install_Fiji_on_Windows)? Apologies that those pages are
> out of date; no one has had time to update them. Feel free to do so, if you
> wish -- it would help others in the future to avoid confusion!

The three versions of this page now redirect to:

http://imagej.net/Fiji/Downloads#Installation