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title: "Cannot run CollectEarth on Windows"
url: "https://openforis.support/questions/3268/cannot-run-collectearth-on-windows"
tags: ["collectearth"]
status: "accepted"
score: 0
answer_count: 7
asked: "2021-11-10T15:27:34"
last_activity: "2021-11-16T09:54:23"
source: "Open Foris Support - Q&A Forum"
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---

# Cannot run CollectEarth on Windows

Asked by alex on 2021-11-10

Hi! I install CollectEarth v.1.14.0 on Windows. When I try to start the application, the original picture appears and the application closes. I tried to install the app on Windows 10 x64, Windows 7 x64, but the result is the same. 
Below is the contents of the file 

    ERROR 2021-11-10 15:38:48,871 [main] org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader: Context initialization failed
    org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionStoreException: Line 1 in XML document from URL [file:C:/Users/alex/AppData/Roaming/CollectEarth/generated/applicationContext.xml] is invalid; nested exception is org.xml.sax.SAXParseException; lineNumber: 1; columnNumber: 1; Premature end of file.
    	at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:402) ~[spring-beans-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:338) ~[spring-beans-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:310) ~[spring-beans-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:188) ~[spring-beans-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:224) ~[spring-beans-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.beans.factory.support.AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.loadBeanDefinitions(AbstractBeanDefinitionReader.java:195) ~[spring-beans-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:125) ~[spring-web-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.web.context.support.XmlWebApplicationContext.loadBeanDefinitions(XmlWebApplicationContext.java:94) ~[spring-web-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.refreshBeanFactory(AbstractRefreshableApplicationContext.java:130) ~[spring-context-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.obtainFreshBeanFactory(AbstractApplicationContext.java:671) ~[spring-context-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.context.support.AbstractApplicationContext.refresh(AbstractApplicationContext.java:553) ~[spring-context-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.configureAndRefreshWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:401) ~[spring-web-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoader.initWebApplicationContext(ContextLoader.java:292) [spring-web-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.web.context.ContextLoaderListener.contextInitialized(ContextLoaderListener.java:103) [spring-web-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.callContextInitialized(ContextHandler.java:1068) [jetty-server-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.callContextInitialized(ServletContextHandler.java:572) [jetty-servlet-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.contextInitialized(ContextHandler.java:997) [jetty-server-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletHandler.initialize(ServletHandler.java:746) [jetty-servlet-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.startContext(ServletContextHandler.java:379) [jetty-servlet-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startWebapp(WebAppContext.java:1449) [jetty-webapp-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.startContext(WebAppContext.java:1414) [jetty-webapp-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.ContextHandler.doStart(ContextHandler.java:911) [jetty-server-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.servlet.ServletContextHandler.doStart(ServletContextHandler.java:288) [jetty-servlet-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.webapp.WebAppContext.doStart(WebAppContext.java:524) [jetty-webapp-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:73) [jetty-util-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.start(ContainerLifeCycle.java:169) [jetty-util-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.start(Server.java:423) [jetty-server-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.ContainerLifeCycle.doStart(ContainerLifeCycle.java:110) [jetty-util-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.handler.AbstractHandler.doStart(AbstractHandler.java:97) [jetty-server-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server.doStart(Server.java:387) [jetty-server-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.eclipse.jetty.util.component.AbstractLifeCycle.start(AbstractLifeCycle.java:73) [jetty-util-9.4.39.v20210325.jar:9.4.39.v20210325]
    	at org.openforis.collect.earth.app.desktop.ServerController.startServer(ServerController.java:230) [CollectEarth.jar:?]
    	at org.openforis.collect.earth.app.desktop.EarthApp.serverStartAndOpenGe(EarthApp.java:454) [CollectEarth.jar:?]
    	at org.openforis.collect.earth.app.desktop.EarthApp.startServer(EarthApp.java:333) [CollectEarth.jar:?]
    	at org.openforis.collect.earth.app.desktop.EarthApp.startCollectEarth(EarthApp.java:318) [CollectEarth.jar:?]
    	at org.openforis.collect.earth.app.desktop.EarthApp.main(EarthApp.java:102) [CollectEarth.jar:?]
    Caused by: org.xml.sax.SAXParseException: Premature end of file.
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.createSAXParseException(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:203) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.util.ErrorHandlerWrapper.fatalError(ErrorHandlerWrapper.java:177) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:400) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLErrorReporter.reportError(XMLErrorReporter.java:327) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLScanner.reportFatalError(XMLScanner.java:1472) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl$PrologDriver.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:1014) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLDocumentScannerImpl.java:602) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.next(XMLNSDocumentScannerImpl.java:112) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.impl.XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.scanDocument(XMLDocumentFragmentScannerImpl.java:505) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:842) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XML11Configuration.parse(XML11Configuration.java:771) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.XMLParser.parse(XMLParser.java:141) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.parsers.DOMParser.parse(DOMParser.java:243) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at com.sun.org.apache.xerces.internal.jaxp.DocumentBuilderImpl.parse(DocumentBuilderImpl.java:339) ~[?:1.8.0_232]
    	at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.DefaultDocumentLoader.loadDocument(DefaultDocumentLoader.java:77) ~[spring-beans-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadDocument(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:432) ~[spring-beans-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	at org.springframework.beans.factory.xml.XmlBeanDefinitionReader.doLoadBeanDefinitions(XmlBeanDefinitionReader.java:390) ~[spring-beans-5.3.9.jar:5.3.9]
    	... 35 more


## Accepted answer (score 1, by Open Foris on 2021-11-14)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/3268/cannot-run-collectearth-on-windows/3272

We introduced a bug with version 1.14.1 for new users (software update was fine) 

If you download the newest version (1.14.2) again you should be able to run Collect Earth without issues

https://openforis.org/tools/collect-earth/#Download

Thank you for reporting the problem and excuse us for the inconvenience!


## Answer (score 0, by Open Foris on 2021-11-12)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/3268/cannot-run-collectearth-on-windows/3269

It seems that your computer has a problem writing text into this file Ñ
C:/Users/alex/AppData/Roaming/CollectEarth/generated/applicationContext.xml

Could you check the contents in the file, and if maybe something is preventing Collect Earth to write the file (perhaps and antivirus or security software)

Thanks!


## Answer (score 0, by Ibrahima on 2021-11-13)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/3268/cannot-run-collectearth-on-windows/3270

Bonjour,

J'ai pratiquement le même problème. J'installe le logiciel et lorsque je le lance ilne démarre pas.

Merci de m'aider à solutionner ce problème.

Cordialement


## Answer (score 0, by alex on 2021-11-13)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/3268/cannot-run-collectearth-on-windows/3271

File C:/Users/alex/AppData/Roaming/CollectEarth/generated/applicationContext.xml is empty.

Antivirus/security software not installed. 

I gave full permissions to the folder (C:/Users/alex/AppData/Roaming/CollectEarth), but nothing changed.


## Answer (score 0, by alex on 2021-11-14)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/3268/cannot-run-collectearth-on-windows/3273

Thank you so much! 
It worked on Windows 7. Tomorrow I will check on Windows 10 and give you feedback.


## Answer (score 0, by Ibrahima on 2021-11-14)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/3268/cannot-run-collectearth-on-windows/3274

Bonsoir,
Merci beaucoup pour les réponses. Après avoir téléchargé la version 1.14.2 les fonctionnent très bien maintenant.
Après lancement, le démarrage fonctionne bien.


## Answer (score 0, by alex on 2021-11-16)

Link: https://openforis.support/questions/3268/cannot-run-collectearth-on-windows/3278

It worked on Windows 10 too. Thank you so much! Problem solved.