Collect Earth not starting (splash screen only)

So the issue was that the last import had CE switching to the PostgreSQL version and now the server PC was not running. Switching the server back on fixed the problem.

Another solution would have been to:

• dig manually to the file C:\Users\marchi\AppData\Roaming\CollectEarth\earth.properties
• open it with a text editor
• change the line "db_driver=POSTGRESQL" to "db_driver=SQLITE"

More generally and to troubleshoot an issue on start, follow the instructions below:

• open a Command Prompt window
• browse to the Collect Earth application folder (usually with a "cd .." and then with a "cd OpenForis\CollectEarth")
• start Collect Earth from the command line to have a verbose feedback (".\java\bin\java.exe -jar CollectEarth.jar")
• report the output as background information when requesting for support