LAMMPS GUI Test version for macOS, Windows and Linux

akohlmey · August 18, 2023, 3:07am

This is something that is not caused by the executable, but rather by the installer. It creates shortcuts in the start menu and thus are set up to use the Documents folder. Can you try to locate the .lnk file in the start menu folder and see if you can edit it to use %USERHOME% or something otherwise reasonable as default location? I could then update the installer.

github.com

lammps/lammps-packages/blob/d55e3f7a27f270ebdfcd169b1579442e717fdd41/mingw-cross/installer/lammps-gui.nsis#L313


      
            # record installation folder in LAMMPSHOME
            EnVar::Delete LAMMPSHOME
            EnVar::AddValue LAMMPSHOME "$INSTDIR"
          
            WriteUninstaller "$INSTDIR\Uninstall.exe"
          
            # Launch LAMMPS shell in the user's personal documents folder (not elegant or clean but seems to work)
            SetOutPath "%HOMEDRIVE%%HOMEPATH%\Documents"
            CreateShortCut  "$SMPROGRAMS\${LAMMPS}\LAMMPS-Shell.lnk"          "$WINDIR\system32\cmd.exe"       \
                            '/c "$INSTDIR\Bin\lammps-shell.exe"' "$INSTDIR\lammps.ico"  "" SW_SHOWNORMAL "" "The LAMMPS Shell"
            CreateShortCut  "$SMPROGRAMS\${LAMMPS}\LAMMPS-GUI.lnk"            "$INSTDIR\Bin\lammps-gui.exe"       \
                            '' "$INSTDIR\lammps.ico"  "" SW_SHOWNORMAL "" "The LAMMPS GUI"
          SectionEnd
          
          function un.onInit
            SetShellVarContext current
          functionEnd
          
          Section "Uninstall"
            # remove LAMMPS bitness/installation indicator always in 32-bit registry view
            SetRegView 32

Question: When you launch LAMMPS GUI this way, does it open and run in a terminal window?
also from the “Run” dialog in the statusbar at the bottom?