"Select a workpace" in the starup

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"Select a workpace" in the starup

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I am a begginer, just I have installed SmartPLS and when I start the program, a "Select a workspace" option appears showing the following directory C:\Program Files\SmartPLS2\workspace. If I select current workspace or change browsing to other directory, always program answers "Workspace in use, choose a different one".
So, I can´t open the default project ecsi given as example.
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Got the same issue

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hi, I'm getting the same issue on my Vista computer
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Re: Got the same issue

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I have Vista as well... it seems this is the problem...
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Post by cringle »

Hi,
I had the same problem after I switched to Vista. I don't know what Vista does to the Program Files folder. However, I just created a new workspace

c:\smartpls\workspace

and everythings runs fine.

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Thanks you

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Now it is fine, thanks you Christian.
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Post by itech.com »

Hi Christian,

Could you please describe a little bit about the process? Do you mean I should create a new folder as "smartpls" uder C drive, and create another folder as "workspace" under "smartpls". Then I shall install the program in the "workspace" folder? I have tried the way but it seems still not working!

Thanks in advance.

Geoff
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Post by jenny16_de »

Hello,

I have exactly the same problem. I tried to create those new folders at several places C-drive, D-drive and also within the program folder. Still, the warning stays the same.

I also used Smartpls before on my laptop ( in a course at HHL with Mr Ringle), but somehow it does not work anymore.

I would be thankful for any advice!

Jenny
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Having the same problem with "workspace" - now fix

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I'm using Microsoft Professional 7 as an OS, so Vista isn't the issue. I tried following the suggestion posted elsewhere of:

1) Open your workspace
2) In your workspace, you find the folder ".metadata"; open this folder
3) Delete the ".lock" file in this folder

but this did not solve the problem. I also tried creating another folder, as suggested here, but that also did not work.

What DID eventually work was the suggested fix for Vista: creating a new directory called c:\smartpls\workspace (rather than the original directory under Program Files). To create this, I when the pop-up of selecting a workspace came up, I just deleted the front-end part that said something like "c:/program files(x86)/smartpls/workspace" to just get have "c:/smartpls/workspace" wirtten. Now, this is my new default that works and let me access SmartPLS. So, even if you aren't using Vista, this fix may work for you.
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