From: L. Michel Espinoza-Fonseca (mef_at_ddt.biochem.umn.edu)
Date: Thu Jan 17 2008 - 09:26:26 CST

To solve this issue, check out this link.

http://www.ks.uiuc.edu/Research/vmd/current/ug/node66.html

Basically you need to download Michael Sanner's MSMS and set up a
variable in window. Then restart VMD and try it again. This should
solve the problem.

Cheers,
Michel

On Jan 17, 2008 3:35 PM, Lu Lin <llu_at_cs.hku.hk> wrote:
> Dear VMDers,
> I wanna use MSMS in VMD, while, I didn't find MSMS plugin for VMD on
> windows(XP). And the error is like this:
> vmd > 'msms.exe' is not recognized as an internal or external command,
> operable program or batch file.
> ERROR) Cannot read MSMS facet file:
> C:\DOCUME~1\llu\LOCALS~1\Temp\vmdmsms.u0.173
> .face
> Info) Could not compute MSMS surface
> Info) Done with MSMS surface.
>
> Would anyone help me? Thanks a lot!!!
>
> Best regards,
> Linda
>
>