Installed hugin now what?

[David Reichard]

I a new user and just installed 2018.0.0. But:

1. How do I start it? I type "hugin" in windows search bar and only the installer shows up. I go to C:\Program Files\Hugin\bin and try to guess which exe to run:
1. hugin.exe: I get hugin splash screen then a "Debug report "hugin"" screen. No error message. I close the Debug screen and the splash screen goes away leaving nothing.
2. hugin_stich_project.exe: screen asks me to browse the to location of Project Files. But I haven't started a project or even the hugin program so I don't think I have any project files yet.
3. PTBatcherGUI.exe: Opens nice Batch Processor GUI but I have no idea what to do. 
2. Is there a very basic tutorial for Windows? Like which exe to run and what to do next?
3. Is this the best place for questions like this?

Thanks in advance.

[Bruno Postle]

hugin.exe is the right program, but it looks like it crashed. On Windows this is usually due to some scanner or security tool interfering.

We need to see the contents of the 'debug' window.

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Bruno

On 6 February 2019 07:32:42 GMT, David Reichard wrote:
>I a new user and just installed 2018.0.0. But:
>

>1. How do I start it? I type "hugin" in windows search bar and only the

>
>installer shows up. I go to C:\Program Files\Hugin\bin and try to guess
>
> which exe to run:

> 1. hugin.exe: I get hugin splash screen then a "Debug report "hugin""

>screen. No error message. I close the Debug screen and the splash
>screen
> goes away leaving nothing.

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Bruno

[Abrimaal]

Although the default installation folder in Windows is "C:\Program Files", it is not recommended to install any third party software on C:, except drivers, codecs, fonts and other shared files.

Files on C: are often protected by Windows in various ways,

Better to install software on a different hard drive or partition. The user can access all files, the system is more efficient and easier to manage.

When Hugin starts, it displays useful hints, leave them active.

[Bart van Andel]

@Abrimaal:

Although the default installation folder in Windows is "C:\Program Files", it is not recommended to install any third party software on C:, except drivers, codecs, fonts and other shared files.

Files on C: are often protected by Windows in various ways,

Better to install software on a different hard drive or partition. The user can access all files, the system is more efficient and easier to manage.

This is not generally true. "C:\Program Files\" and its 32 bit equivalent "C:\Program Files (x86)\" are perfectly valid places to install software. In fact, certain software may fail to function if you change the default location (yes, that's bad design, but still true). Hugin has been running from the default location on my machines for years and this never caused any problem. Please don't spread FUD like this.

[Gunter Königsmann]

Am 25.02.19 um 18:13 schrieb Bart van Andel:

@Abrimaal:

Although the default installation folder in Windows is "C:\Program Files", it is not recommended to install any third party software on C:, except drivers, codecs, fonts and other shared files.

Files on C: are often protected by Windows in various ways,

That is one of the reasons why most applications default to be installed in there: In this directory they are at least a bit protected against being changed by malware.