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I bought a new computer and the system is windows 7 (64). However, SHELXL can not be used in the system and shows ronment is not suitable. Can anyone help me! Thank you very much!

Do you refer to the SHELX executables themselves or to the Bruker SHELXTL package?

I do not have SHELXTL (distributed by Bruker), but shelxl and shelxs (which you get from George and are free for academic users) work just fine under Windows 7 x64...

oleg wrote:I do not have SHELXTL (distributed by Bruker), but shelxl and shelxs (which you get from George and are free for academic users) work just fine under Windows 7 x64...

Thank you very much! I will have a try of shelxl and shelxs.

I have try again! It does not work!
Can some one help me?
Who can told me how to set it.

Rudi wrote:Do you refer to the SHELX executables themselves or to the Bruker SHELXTL package?

the SHELX executables themselves. I just refine the crystal.

peterkd wrote:I have try again! It does not work!
Can some one help me?
Who can told me how to set it.

don't have win7 but in XP and Vista you can set environment variables it in: control panel -> system -> advanced -> Environment Variables -> new

if you use shelxl and shelxs only, place both files in a folder where the PATH environment variable points to.

enjoy

peterkd wrote:the SHELX executables themselves. I just refine the crystal.

I have never refined a crystal. How is that done?

As for the SHELX executables, they need to reside in a directory that is in the path. That is the only requirement. SHELXL should run fine under any OS.

The error message you prompted asks for the SXTL environment variable, but you said you were trying to use the SHELX executables. That is a contradiction. The SHELXTL software will not work on Windows 7 computers, the SHELX suite will. Do you know the difference?

Cheers,

Peter

Marc wrote:don't have win7 but in XP and Vista you can set environment variables it in: control panel -> system -> advanced -> Environment Variables -> new

It is the same in Windows 7. I have Windows 7 on three computers now and had to set quite a few system variables and environment variables.

Marc wrote:if you use shelxl and shelxs only, place both files in a folder where the PATH environment variable points to.

Just so. It is really easy that way.

Yes, the error message in the screenshot looks like SHELXTL.

In so far SHELXTL is concerned, please take a look:

viewtopic.php?f=124&t=633

Thanks for your help! I made a mistake that the soft I use is shelxtl not shelxl. And now I have download shelxl 97 form net, but donot find how to set up. Can some one tell me how to install shelxl or shelxs in win 7?

pmueller wrote:

peterkd wrote:the SHELX executables themselves. I just refine the crystal.

I have never refined a crystal. How is that done?

As for the SHELX executables, they need to reside in a directory that is in the path. That is the only requirement. SHELXL should run fine under any OS.

The error message you prompted asks for the SXTL environment variable, but you said you were trying to use the SHELX executables. That is a contradiction. The SHELXTL software will not work on Windows 7 computers, the SHELX suite will. Do you know the difference?

Cheers,

Peter

Thank you very much! I am clear those kown! Can you tell me how to reside in a directory that is in the path as it is said in the introduction very little ?

Hi peterkd,

1. you can check the entries in the PATH environment variable: control panel -> system -> advanced -> Environment Variables -> click on PATH -> edit
or since you run the programs from the command prompt anyway, type "path" and you get a list

2. move shelxl.exe and shelxs.exe in any of the listed directories

Hi,

I do have the same problem with window 7. I already put the shelxl.exe and shelxs.exe to directories listed in path but still it does not work.

It says that it is not running because I have a 64-bit system. What can I do to run shelxl and shelxs in a 64 bit system?

thanks