Fwd: Re: last win32 VM

> Sebastian Sastre wrote on pharo-project list:
>> I've found this weird: downloaded the vm for win32 from pharo site and is
>> happening that it complies about no disk in drive G: every time I open an >image.
>> I've press continue a couple of times and the image opens normally.
>
> I would guess it is not the newest VM, but the code in "FreeTypeFontProvider>>guessWindowsFontFolderPath"
> running through all drives and F: is the last mapped drive on your system.
> Therefore it crashes when accessing drive G:
>
> On Vista this gives you a nice Win32 Exception. Maybe the FreeType code should switch to another way to get the windows system and font folder  
> (using Registry, Win32 API, ... - but there is no FFI by default).  
>
> However, quickfix is to disable the update in FreeTypeFontProvider>>startUp:
>
> So it is not a VM issue.