Atmel studio error

[Simon]

I have just reinstalled Atmel Studio 7 on my work PC in the hopes of getting it up and running (in the context of account restrictions because we are not admins on our own PC's anymore). i am getting the following error:

could not load file or assembly 'AVR Assembler.toolchainProvider, Version = 7.0.0.0, Culture = NeutralPublicKeyToken = b83ff35a86f10ce7' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specified.

Any clues? no such issues on my own PC/Latptop. I have installed a load of update packs.

[obiwanjacobi]

I can find this one on my system (no spaces in the file name):

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C:\Program Files (x86)\Atmel\Studio\7.0\Extensions\atmel\as-vsix-toolchain-provider\7.0.908\AVRAssembler.ToolchainProvider.dll
 

[Jeroen3]

A developer must be local administrator on their workstation. Go fix that issue first.
Only web-developers do not have to be.

[Simon]

A developer must be local administrator on their workstation. Go fix that issue first.
Only web-developers do not have to be.

That is what i thought. Since we got ITed and were deemed too stupid to look after ourselves nothing has worked properly including arduino.

[Jeroen3]

If you don’t get Windows rights, your only solution is to go Linux (eg; mint). You will still be able to access windows shares and office365 web.

[newbrain]

If you don’t get Windows rights, your only solution is to go Linux (eg; mint). You will still be able to access windows shares and office365 web.

Atmel Studio does not run on Linux (Wine maybe?), but in any case:
what happens when IT comes and removes your sudo or root rights?

While I agree with your previous post (a dev needs local adm rights), this is not platform specific - well, with Windows 95 it sure was not an issue  .

If one can use whichever OS they like and IT does not complain, it makes no difference between Windows and Linux.

Just pester them to install AS7, and any time you need elevation for work related stuff.

[Simon]

i have it installed. But running it is a problem. I will email them copying in my boss and if I can't work i can't work.

[Jeroen3]

...
Atmel Studio does not run on Linux (Wine maybe?), but in any case:
what happens when IT comes and removes your sudo or root rights?
...

sudo isn't required for avr gcc and dude. no ide then, but I don't recall AS adding much anyway.

Just pester them to install AS7, and any time you need elevation for work related stuff.

This. Call them every time you have to start AS as admin, want to install a USB driver or need to update something in Visual Studio.
eventually they will become tired of you, either they stop to help you. Which means you can't work. Or they give you local rights.
Which isn't as dangerous as anyone thinks it is. There are uac bypass exploits every week.

It's not like you become network and server administrator.

[Simon]

I have a work laptop with presumably local admin rights and it works on there so i should be able to do the same on the PC.

[Jeroen3]

I have seen, when it was impossible to obtain the necessary workstation permissions from corporate IT, that the department manager request network access for "tools".
Then proceeded to build multiple non-domain managed workstation with network access under "oscilloscope" name or something similar.

Worked perfectly. IT may argue about the big security hole, yes. But otherwise all you can do is outsource work.

[Simon]

if they won't let me work i can't work.

[MarkR42]

You can request that they set up a VM hypervisor (e.g. HyperV, Vmware) on your workstation, then run a Windows VM inside there, where you're not on their network, but do have local admin rights.

[Simon]

The thing is I need to work on AS and anything else at the same time. They either fix it or they don't. The guy is a nightmare as he is trying everything from a program called sudo to contacting Atmel as if they will respond to a niche problem they have made for themselves. He won't listen.

[Simon]

apparently they found an error in the windows register and it all works now, hm. Yet on another machine i have to use a local admin account.

[T3sl4co1l]

I have absolutely positively no regrets leaving studio behind.  Code::Blocks + avr-gcc is much lighter (100s MB, not 4GB+), doesn't put a million tentacles into the OS, and doesn't require admin rights on a day to day basis (I mean, WTF really?).

Tim

[Simon]

I would use MPLABx but it looks awful on a 4K monitor.

[HwAoRrDk]

Code::Blocks + avr-gcc is much lighter (100s MB, not 4GB+), doesn't put a million tentacles into the OS, and doesn't require admin rights on a day to day basis (I mean, WTF really?).

I just started using Code::Blocks for STM8 development (with SDCC) and have been pleasantly surprised. I only wish that it had a dark theme for the UI, and that getting a dark theme for the editor didn't involve farting around tracking down some additional config XML file from their Wiki (where you can't actually download the file, but have to copy and paste) and 'merging' it with an additional utility. Maybe I should try it for AVR development too.

[Simon]

Well they apparently found an error in the registry. They are of course lying and have worked out how to get that program alone to run with the required priviledges. I hate the assholes in IT, if they were just honest it would be OK. All i want is for it to work so i can do my job.