Error message: Make sure the path and file name are correct

Report ID: 1280748962

I use Zotero Standalone with Chrome (version 43.0.2357.132) for my Windows 7 operating system.

The problem: When attempting to open Zotero Standalone I was given a prompt that the filename is not valid and would I like to delete the shortcut? When looking at the properties from the desktop icon I get "make sure the path and file name are correct".

Background / What I may have done to cause this: I closed a PDf and was asked if I wanted to save changes (I had highlighted some text using Nitro Pdf reader). The Pdf is attached to a Zotero entry, but I had already closed Zotero when prompted to save. I saved, then shut down the computer.

Other info: The desktop icon was also no longer a red "Z", it looked like a menu of some sort. I went ahead and deleted the shortcut. Attempting to open Standalone via the shortcut was how to "reproduce the problem" - I'm not sure how else to open Standalone at all now.

Error message from Chrome>Settings>Extensions>Options:

[JavaScript Error: "Attempting to use a disconnected port object" {file: "extensions::messaging" line: 70}]

[JavaScript Error: "getTranslators: detection is already running" {file: "chrome-extension://ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc/zotero/translation/translate.js" line: 1023}]

[JavaScript Error: "getTranslators: detection is already running" {file: "chrome-extension://ekhagklcjbdpajgpjgmbionohlpdbjgc/zotero/translation/translate.js" line: 1023}]

Thank you for any help you can provide!
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    Sounds like something happened to your Zotero installation. You should reinstall it.
  • Thank you for the response!

    And my apologies if these are stupid questions, but:

    1) Does reinstalling mean to both first uninstall it and then go through the "Download Now" process from the Zotero website?

    2) Should I make any changes to my settings in the website prior to the reinstallation in order to preserve what's stored, etc.?
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    Just reinstalling is fine.
  • This may be useful to know:

    From my Control Panel I'm informed that an error occurred during uninstall and that "it may have already been uninstalled". Interestingly I see that along with a couple of other files "zotero.exe" was tagged "Suspicious.Cloud.9" and quarantined by my Norton Antivirus yesterday evening.

    Any idea as to what exactly happened here?
  • dstillman Zotero Team
    Suspicious.Cloud.9 is a detection technology designed to detect entirely new malware threats without traditional signatures.
    Assuming you download Zotero from zotero.org, that's just a false positive from Norton. You can report it to them, or if they give you a way of ignoring the file, you can do that.

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