Gloss Burgundy Weather won't load, other weather gadgets work fine

whenever i try to load the new burgundy weather dock, i get this error "unable to determine version of StardockWeather.ocx. Please contact [email protected] for assistance."
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Reply #1 Top
I had the same problem,You have right click on the weather widget,then click run as administrator.It worked for me.
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I am having same problem and run as admin is grayed out for me
Reply #3 Top
What OS are you using and may I ask how many accounts are on that computer?
GT :HOT:
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Vista 32 bit Ultimate with all current updates Think Green weather gadget works just fine and I am the only user. I have full Admin priviledges.
Reply #5 Top
Dave please refer to this link at Microsoft to solve your problem.
WWW Link


Reply #7 Top
Turning on UAC did the trick
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not me, jim (brewman). i'm going to call tech support Monday.
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turning on UAC is not an acceptable fix, for the record, this is on vista x64
Reply #10 Top
I just purchased My Colors Classic Harley and the same thing is happening with the weather.But clicking run as administrator does not work with this one.What is the deal?
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Not working neither. It can't find Stardockweather.ocx
XP SP3 as an admin with only one account
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None of the weather gadgets work for me, I have UAC disabled and I've tried to run the EXE with admin privileges with no success. The EXE shows up in task manager but its not doing anything at all. (Vista 32b SP1)
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This will be the last My Colors theme I will buy until this is fixed.
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For anyone having trouble with the widgets, try http://sd.stardock.com/mike/apps/install_weather.bat (running as admin if in Vista) and report back.

It should resolve any issues.
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Install_Weather.Bat file worked for me (must re-boot).
Autorun (checked) works too.

I realize this fix is for the Weather gadget, but is anyone working on the problem
with the clock? Clock gadget second hand doesn't move unless you mouse-over, then it may jump ahead 2-5 sec ... mouse-off, stops again.
Reply #17 Top
Regarding the Weather problem ...

Seems odd that the Burgundy Theme points to the Program Files\Common Files\Stardock directory for the stardockweather.ocx file.
The two other Themes I use (Think Green and OSU) point to the Program Files(x86)\Common Files\Stardock directory.
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brewman, what files are you editing to see where the gadget is pointed?
Reply #19 Top
http://sd.stardock.com/mike/apps/install_weather.bat for 32 bit
http://sd.stardock.com/mike/apps/install_weather_64.bat for 64 bit
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This bat (for me in 32 bit) still doesn't work
BTW i get now a working version of official Gloss Burgundy weather nananeeeeeeeerrrrrrreeeeeeeeee  :LOL: 
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i give up. the batch file for 64 bit doesn't work for me, either. i'll stick to the konfabulator weather widget (i refuse to call it a yahoo widget).
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I'm running Vista64.

The 64 bit bat file doesn't work .... this bat file registers stardockweather.ocx in the
programs files(x86)\common files\stardock folder. (which already exists and allows my
other weather gadgets to run).

The only way Burgundy will run is if the stardockweather.ocx is registered in the
program files\common files\stardock folder.

Reply #23 Top
Sorry guys.  I tried.
Will poke support again in the morning.
Reply #24 Top
I just did what brewman talked about. I made a folder named Stardock in the program files\common and copy and pasted the stardockweather.ocx file into it. It works fine now. Someone just missed this when it was made.
Reply #25 Top
Brewman is correct. The weather loads as per instruction. However, the widget now reports an error reaching Accuweather. Can't win....what's next?