PRB: The storage folder c:/users/username/Softimage/XSI 6.0 cannot be found
Problem
When you try to start XSI, you get a message dialog box that says something like this:
"The storage folder ->c:\users\USERNAME\Softimage\XSI_6.0<- cannot be found. Please check your application setup".
and when you click OK, XSI exits.
Solution
1) This problem occurs on computers that do not have a C drive. By default, XSI expects the User location to be on the C drive.
Edit setenv.bat and change the drive letter c: in this line
set XSI_USERROOT=c:\users\%USERNAME%
For example, if you installed XSI on drive G, then change the line to this:
set XSI_USERROOT=G:\users\%USERNAME%
To edit setenv.bat, do one of the following:
- Click Start > All Programs > Softimage Products > SOFTIMAGE XSI 6.0 > User Tools. In the list of configuration files, click Setenv.bat (Environment script) and then click Edit File.
- OR -
- Use your favorite text editor to open <drive>:\Softimage\XSI_6.0\Application\bin\setenv.bat.
2) This can also happen with Vista when you have a account name that contains spaces.
To verify your user account settings open a command prompt and enter:
C:\Users\Simon & Kathy>set USERNAME USERNAME=Simon & Kathy
C:\Users\Simon & Kathy>set USERPROFILE USERPROFILE=C:\Users\Simon & Kathy
The remedy is the same described about but instead of changing the drive letter you need to defined an explicit path instead without spaces.
rem set XSI_USERROOT=%USERPROFILE% set XSI_USERROOT=c:\users\Simon goto DoneSetUserRoot :SetUserRootPreVista rem set XSI_USERROOT=%SystemDrive%\users\%USERNAME% set XSI_USERROOT="%SystemDrive%\users\Simon"
