Re: Octave 8.4.0 not working properly (I)

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On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 12:25=E2=80=AFPM Fausto Arinos de A. Barbuto via
Help-octave <[email protected]> wrote:

>
> Hello,
>
> I installed Octave 8.4.0 on a Windows 11 Home machine through an EXE
> installer. First thing I usually do, as a sort of quick initial test,
> is to list the installed packages with "pkg list" on the Command Window.
> The list came but interrupted less than halfway towards its end. Octave
> then froze and I had to exit the application as that was the only way
> to unlock it.
>
> I fixed this problem by running Octave as administrator. I did this by
> checking Octave's shortcut advanced property "Run as administrator".
>
> It worked, but I wonder if that was the right thing to do and if there
> wasn't a simpler and possibly less harmful way to run Octave as I
> always did in the past.
>
> The installer installed Octave in C:\Program Files\GNU Octave\Octave-8.4.=
0.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Fausto
>
>
>
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nt-size:large"><br></div></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote"><div dir=3D"l=
tr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Sat, Nov 18, 2023 at 12:25=E2=80=AFPM Fausto Ar=
inos de A. Barbuto via Help-octave &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:[email protected]=
g">[email protected]</a>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_q=
uote" style=3D"margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,2=
04);padding-left:1ex"><div><div style=3D"font-family:&quot;courier new&quot=
;,courier,monaco,monospace,sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div><br></div><div d=
ir=3D"ltr">Hello,</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">I instal=
led Octave 8.4.0 on a Windows 11 Home machine through an EXE=C2=A0</div><di=
v dir=3D"ltr">installer. First thing I usually do, as a sort of quick initi=
al test,</div><div dir=3D"ltr">is to list the installed packages with &quot=
;pkg list&quot; on the Command Window.=C2=A0</div><div dir=3D"ltr">The list=
 came but interrupted less than halfway towards its end. Octave=C2=A0</div>=
<div dir=3D"ltr">then froze and I had to exit the application as that was t=
he only way</div><div dir=3D"ltr">to unlock it.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr">I fixed this problem by running Octave as administrat=
or. I did this by</div><div dir=3D"ltr">checking Octave&#39;s shortcut adva=
nced property &quot;Run as administrator&quot;.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br><=
/div><div dir=3D"ltr">It worked, but I wonder if that was the right thing t=
o do and if there</div><div dir=3D"ltr">wasn&#39;t a simpler and possibly l=
ess harmful way to run Octave as I</div><div dir=3D"ltr">always did in the =
past.</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">The installer instal=
led Octave in C:\Program Files\GNU Octave\Octave-8.4.0.</div><div dir=3D"lt=
r"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr">Thanks,</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div =
dir=3D"ltr">Fausto</div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></d=
iv></div></div><br>
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