Quote from: salfter on July 02, 2013, 04:06:12 PM

Quote from: skyhigh2004 on July 01, 2013, 04:40:53 AM

Hey guys I have been trying to get this running for a few hours now and I can't for the life of me figure out what I am missing here. I keep getting this error message:

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.2.9200]
(c) 2012 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

What version of Windows is this...Windows 8? Windows 7 SP1 is 6.1.7601.

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C:\WINDOWS\system32>cd c:\cryptoswitcher

I had a bunch of problems migrating from WinXP to Win7 with the way Win7 screws with file permissions. I've never used Win8, but I wouldn't be surprised to find it's broken in the same way. Directories created in the root directory are created with permissions for nobody. Try this:

1) Open an Explorer window to C:\. Create a new directory.
2) Open a Cygwin shell prompt. Type this:

Code:

cd /cygdrive/c/ && ls -l | grep foo

Permissions should look something like "drwxr-xr-x+" if it had been properly created. Instead, you'll probably see "d---------+", which means nobody can access it (or files within it). Check permissions on the files in your CryptoSwitcher directory...I wouldn't be surprised if

Code:

ls -l /cygdrive/c/cryptoswitcher

reveals that none of the files are readable. When CryptoSwitcher then tries to load its config file, it's told it can't, which is why you're getting that error.

I'd recommend running CryptoSwitcher (and your miner) from "C:\Program Files (x86)" (or "C:\Program Files" on a 32-bit system). Open a Cygwin administrator prompt (find the Cygwin Terminal shortcut in the start menu, right-click it, and click "Run as administrator") and use this to move it and (hopefully) fix permissions to something useful:

Code:

cd c:
mv cryptoswitcher Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/CryptoSwitcher
chmod 755 Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/CryptoSwitcher
chmod 644 Program\ Files\ \(x86\)/CryptoSwitcher/*

After I tried your steps and it still didnt work on my windows 8 machine I decided to start from scratch on a fresh windows 7 install on another machine. All went great until I got to the part of starting cryptoswitcher and guess what... I got the same error. Now i really have no idea what's going on since it should not be permission issues since I am using a fresh install of windows 7 and it comes up with the exact same error. I am basically giving up on the hope that I will be able to get this to work. It does seem like an awesome idea but it looks like i'll be sticking to just switching all my miners over manually Cry