DD won't download

[Device Doctor]

(10-02-2009 04:51 AM)wazzup Wrote:  

(10-02-2009 04:41 AM)Device Doctor Wrote:  Thanks for posting this - we are looking into what could be causing it, hope to have some feedback soon!

Thanks.

Mind you. As I said it's a heavily crippled version of XP for my netbook.. all kinds of stuff is missing (including about all of IE). Strange thing is I installed the same image on my desktop and DD will run there (even without installing it .. I just love portable software). Weird.

I have the feeling DD is relying on some library dll or service that is on the desktop, but not on the netbook, but what...

Ah, that could make sense why it's not working! I've confirmed what happens when you click on the Download link:

First, DD will attempt to open the URL through Windows directly, similar to what happens if you typed it into the Run dialog box.

If that fails it will go through several registry keys to try and locate the right service to use to launch the URL. I wonder what happens on your machine if you just enter http://www.google.com into the Run dialog box (Windows key + R)?

I am not sure if we have a better way to launch URLs on systems like yours...