[scribus] scribus crashes when I try to create a new document

[Margaret and George McIntosh]

On 12 Dec 2010 at 17:15, Margaret and George McIntosh wrote:

> On 12 Dec 2010 at 20:16, a.l.e wrote:
> 
> > hi cécile,
> > 
> > > > >     > I can't do anything, the program closes each time
> > after!
> > > > >     > If anyone has the answer, I would be very gratefull!
> > > > >     > It's so frustrating!
> > 
> > renaming your scribus properties may really help here!
> > 
> > scribus won't find them anymore and recreate them...
> > 
> > no idea where they are on windows, though (probably in some
> place
> > like "Document and Settings").
> > can any windows user give cécile that location?
> > 
> > ciao
> > a.l.e
> 
> There is a file called prefs13.xml that contains  a lot of the
> Preferences info (I'm not a 
> programmer so I don't know what the right name is ). Go to
> c:\users>your 
> name>.scribus. That's in Win 7 x64.
> Here is a part of the file:
> <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
> <preferences>
> 	<level name="application">
> 		<context name="AlignDistributePalette">
> 			<attribute key="height" value="282"/>
> 			<attribute key="left" value="549"/>
> 			<attribute key="top" value="262"/>
> 			<attribute key="visible" value="0"/>
> 			<attribute key="width" value="222"/>
> 		</context>
> 		<context name="Books">
> 			<attribute key="height" value="321"/>
> 			<attribute key="left" value="179"/>
> 			<attribute key="top" value="239"/>
> 			<attribute key="visible" value="0"/>
> 			<attribute key="width" value="455"/>
> 		</context>
> 
> Good luck,
> George

There is another file in the same place called scribus13.rc that looks as if it may be 
the right file to my uneducated eyes. Here is a part of that file. Maybe a.l.e can tell if 
it is the right file.

<SCRIBUSRC>
 <GUI STEFONT="Times New Roman,12,-1,5,50,0,0,0,0,0" RAD="40" 
ScratchBottom="18" SHOWLINK="0" ToolTips="1" rulerMode="1" SCRIPTS="" 
UNIT="2" APF="8" STYLEPREVIEW="1" SHOWBASE="1" 
DOC="C:/Users/George" FRV="1" ScratchRight="108" SHOWMARGIN="1" 
rulersShown="1" PFS="8" ScratchTop="18" PROFILES="" showcolborders="0" 
SHOWGUIDES="1" GRAB="4" STILT="WindowsXP" SHOWPICT="1" 
TEMPLATES="" ScratchLeft="108" RCD="5" StartUp="1" STECOLOR="#ffffff" 
SHOWControl="1" />
 <GRID MINOR="20.0016" MAJOR="100.001" GuideC="#000080" 
MAJORC="#00ff00" BACKG="1" GuideZ="10.0008" SHOW="0" 
BaseC="#c0c0c0" MINORC="#00ff00" />
 <PAGE MARGC="#0000ff" DScale="1" RANDF="0" PAGEC="#ffffff" />
 <FONTS SIZE="12" AutomaticSubst="1" FACE="Times New Roman Regular" />

George