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I'm a beginner on ADT. First I've installed it on a Win7 Pro in my lab. I followed the tutorial. No problem till I ran autodock. The error message shows:

"Running: autodock4 -p C:\autodock\ind.dpf

autodock4: can't create log file C:\autodock\indﾊy.dlg

autodock4: Unsuccessful Completion."

Also, I've tried installing it on my labtop (Win Vista Home). Seems the startup problem is not fixed. The molecule viewer is in red. And it stopped responding right after.
Is there anything I can do to fix these problems?

Hi,
To me it seems like it could be two things.
1. a double byte character may have crept into your command line or dpf file. Try retyping the command and specifying the log file as part of the input command:
> autodock4 -p C:\autodock\ind.dpf -l C:\autodock\ind.dlg

2. you may not have permission to write to the directory (unlikely, but something to check).

hope that helps...

britt

Thank you for your reply. Now I'm using the command directly instead of clicking the Run-autodock in ADT and it worked fine on Win7. However, the Win Vista problem is still there. Seems I can only work in the lab now.