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Comment: Adding solution for windows 2000 users to launch Kettle v3.0 and higher.

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...does not start since we added more functionality and more jar files. This leads to a longer classpath and there is a smaller limit of the command line in Windows 2000 then in newer Windows versions.

The solution is simple:

  • Try the bat file found in the attachments of this page.  This was verified as working on windows 2000 and JDK 1.5.0_07.
  • Delete a number of unused drivers in libext/JDBC and then try again.
  • Or rename your directories to a shorter name.
  • Or copy the Windows XP cmd.exe to Windows 2000. The limit is hard coded and hence the prompt from XP brings it and works in Windows 2000.

We are working on a solution for a futur future release to use a launcher, see: http://jira.pentaho.org/browse/PDI-559

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