Windows 10 has a new feature: “Let Windows manage my default printer”. This is on by default. You can turn it off using the Printers&Scanners section of the Settings window. This feature is causing the crash. A workaround is to turn this feature off in the Settings window and then verify that there is an…

You may encounter a ‘Function Compilation Error’ message that looks like the one below when launching Igor Pro: This error usually occurs because Iolite cannot find the EasyHTTP.xop file in the Igor Extensions folder. To solve this issue:  Quit Igor Pro Move the EasyHTTP.xop file from the iolite v3.32 download folder to: Documents/Wavemetrics/Igor Pro User files/Igor Extensions You…

If you encounter the above dialogue after opening an experiment, please complete the following troubleshooting steps: 1. Click ‘Quit Macro’. A second pop-up window will appear that look like this: 2. Click ‘OK’. This will allow you to continue opening the experiment, but with some errors. 3. To correct those errors and restore your experiment,…

After you’ve been prompted to enter text into iolite (such as during licence activation) you might see a dialogue telling you that Igor expected a string expression, with a window that looks something like this: This is just an issue where if you enter some text into an Igor prompt, it needs the text to…

You may have some issues on Windows 8 machines if you have your display settings scaled to greater than 100%. It might appear like this: If so, you need to go to the Personalize control panel by right-clicking on your Desktop and selecting “Personalize”. This will take you to the Control Panel for Display. There, change…