VMD-L Mailing List

From: Ashar Malik (asharjm_at_gmail.com)
Date: Tue Nov 22 2016 - 18:13:11 CST

Hi,

One fix is to choose to run the program as an administrator by right
clicking on the installed program (not the shortcut) and choosing "Run as
administrator". That will for that particular instance of the program allow
you to by pass the write restrictions.

Hope this helps.

Best,
/A

On Wed, Nov 23, 2016 at 12:44 PM, Anna Lohning <alohning_at_bond.edu.au> wrote:

> Many thanks for taking the time to reply and for the advice. Very much
> appreciated :)
>
> Cheers
> Anna
>
> Dr Anna Lohning
> Assistant Professor - Biochemistry
> Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine
> Bond University
> alohning_at_bond.edu.au
> (07) 5595 4779
>
> > On 23 Nov. 2016, at 9:34 am, John Stone <johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu> wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > Is it possible that the Windows firewall is preventing VMD from
> > accessing the network on your computer? The "Windows Defender" firewall
> > feature has become progressively more restrictive, and the default
> behavior
> > on most machines today is that Windows will deny applications from
> opening
> > network connections unless you have specifically allowed it. Often,
> Windows
> > will pop open a dialog box that asks for permission at the moment the
> > application tries to make a network connection.
> >
> > We haven't made any recent changes to the software that would affect
> > PDB loading that I'm aware of, and it works fine for me when I try
> > and load the same structure code, so I would suggest checking whether
> > your firewall settings are allowing VMD network access or not.
> >
> > Cheers,
> > John Stone
> > vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu
> >
> >> On Tue, Nov 22, 2016 at 06:56:00AM +0000, Anna Lohning wrote:
> >> Hi
> >> I am running VMD on a Windows 7 system and receive this error while
> >> retrieving pdb files from RCSB server. I cant find anyone having this
> >> error on the mailing list. It's most likely a setting but not sure
> where
> >> to look.
> >> The detailed error log is:
> >> Unable to load file '2hbs' using file type 'webpdb'.
> >> Unable to load file '2hbs' using file type 'webpdb'.
> >> while executing
> >> "mol new $pdbcode"
> >> (procedure "::PDBTool::pdbload" line 6)
> >> invoked from within
> >> "::PDBTool::pdbload"
> >> invoked from within
> >> ".pdbtool.pdbfile.pdbload invoke"
> >> ("uplevel" body line 1)
> >> invoked from within
> >> "uplevel #0 [list $w invoke]"
> >> (procedure "tk::ButtonUp" line 24)
> >> invoked from within
> >> "tk::ButtonUp .pdbtool.pdbfile.pdbload"
> >> (command bound to event)
> >> If anyone has any suggestions, it would be most appreciated.
> >> Pre-downloading is obvious workaround but I'd like to see if this is
> >> something that can be fixed.
> >> Many thanks in advance.
> >>
> >> Kind regards
> >> Anna
> >>
> >> Dr Anna Lohning
> >> Assistant Professor - Biochemistry
> >> Faculty of Health Sciences & Medicine
> >> Ph: 61-7-5995 4779
> >>
> >> [1][IMG][2][IMG][3][IMG][4][IMG][5][IMG][6][IMG][7][IMG][
> 8][IMG][9][IMG][10][IMG][11][IMG][12][IMG][13][IMG][14][IMG]
> >> [15][IMG][16][IMG]
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> References
> >>
> >> Visible links
> >> 1. https://www.youtube.com/user/BondUniversity
> >> 2. https://www.youtube.com/user/BondUniversity
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> >> 4. https://www.pinterest.com/bonduniversity/
> >> 5. http://www.linkedin.com/company/bond-university
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> >> 13. http://bonduniversity.tumblr.com/
> >> 14. http://bonduniversity.tumblr.com/
> >> 15. https://bond.edu.au/now
> >> 16. https://bond.edu.au/now
> >
> >
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>
> 

-- 
Best,
/A