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pffRunner in a virtual machine

Posted: April 23rd, 2025, 11:33 am
by AriSilva
Hi folks,
As I still have an ongoing project in the field using version 7.7 and I´m developing new projects using 8.0, I need to work with both versions.
In order to do that I decided to use 8.0 in my "real" machine, and install a virtual machine with windows using version 7.7.
Apparently everything is working fine in the virtual machine, but the pffrunner utility. When I try to open it (even calling it from the Tools toolbar) it displays a message saying that some .exe is missing (see attached), but I looked everyone of them and they are there.

Re: pffRunner in a virtual machine

Posted: April 23rd, 2025, 1:48 pm
by Gregory Martin
Is it possible that the Production Runner is trying to use a different version of CSPro? Check your registry:

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\U.S. Census Bureau\Tools\Production Runner

The "Version" string should either be blank, or not defined at all, to use the latest version on your system. You can also hardcode it to: "CSPro 7.7"

Re: pffRunner in a virtual machine

Posted: April 24th, 2025, 10:24 am
by AriSilva
Hi Greg,
I could not find the Production Runner in the regedit, but...
1. I had installed the 8.8 previoulsy, although I uninstalled it.
2. I saw that there still had a Cspro8.0 directory in the program files, so I deleted it.
3. And then the pffrunner worked well.
Thanks again