An error ocurred on Busieness Process Architecture install

Hi,

When I run the install BPA 3.2 on Windows Xp, apears a dialog box:

An error ocurred:
java.lang.NullPointerException
Error log: c:…\install4jError4802052745232367382.log

the content of this log:

Exception:

java.lang.NullPointerException
at java.io.File.(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.platform.win32.FolderInfo.getProgramFilesDirectory(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.helper.InstallerUtil.getStandardApplicationsDirectory(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.InstallerVariables.init(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.getScreenExecutor(Unknown Source)
at com.install4j.runtime.installer.Installer.main(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke0(Native Method)
at sun.reflect.NativeMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at sun.reflect.DelegatingMethodAccessorImpl.invoke(Unknown Source)
at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.LauncherEngine.launch(Unknown Source)
at com.exe4j.runtime.WinLauncher.main(Unknown Source)

System properties:

java.runtime.name=Java™ SE Runtime Environment
exe4j.moduleName=C:\Business_Process_Visual_ARCHITECT_Windows_3_2_sp1_20100313.exe
exe4j.semaphoreName=c:_business_process_visual_architect_windows_3_2_sp1_20100313.exe
sun.boot.library.path=c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\bin
java.vm.version=14.2-b01
java.vm.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
java.vendor.url=http://java.sun.com/
exe4j.consoleCodepage=cp0
path.separator=;
java.vm.name=Java HotSpot™ Client VM
file.encoding.pkg=sun.io
user.country=MX
sun.os.patch.level=Service Pack 2
install4j.exeDir=C:\
java.vm.specification.name=Java Virtual Machine Specification
user.dir=C:\DOCUME~1\RDOMIN~1\CONFIG~1\Temp\e4j8D.tmp_dir30976
java.runtime.version=1.6.0_16-b01
java.awt.graphicsenv=sun.awt.Win32GraphicsEnvironment
java.endorsed.dirs=c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\lib\endorsed
os.arch=x86
java.io.tmpdir=C:\DOCUME~1\RDOMIN~1\CONFIG~1\Temp
line.separator=

java.vm.specification.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
user.variant=
exe4j.tempDir=C:\DOCUME~1\RDOMIN~1\CONFIG~1\Temp\e4j8D.tmp_dir30976
os.name=Windows XP
sun.java2d.noddraw=true
sun.jnu.encoding=Cp1252
java.library.path=C:;.;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\bin;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\system32;C:\WINDOWS;C:\WINDOWS\System32\Wbem;C:\Archivos de programa\QuickTime\QTSystem;c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\bin
java.specification.name=Java Platform API Specification
java.class.version=50.0
sun.management.compiler=HotSpot Client Compiler
exe4j.isInstall4j=true
os.version=5.1
user.home=C:\Documents and Settings\rdominguezr
user.timezone=America/Mexico_City
java.awt.printerjob=sun.awt.windows.WPrinterJob
file.encoding=Cp1252
java.specification.version=1.6
java.class.path=C:\DOCUME~1\RDOMIN~1\CONFIG~1\Temp\e4j8D.tmp_dir30976\i4jruntime.jar;C:\DOCUME~1\RDOMIN~1\CONFIG~1\Temp\e4j8D.tmp_dir30976\user.jar;C:\DOCUME~1\RDOMIN~1\CONFIG~1\Temp\e4j8D.tmp_dir30976\platform.zip;
user.name=rdominguezr
java.vm.specification.version=1.0
java.home=c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre
sun.arch.data.model=32
exe4j.launchName=C:\Business_Process_Visual_ARCHITECT_Windows_3_2_sp1_20100313.exe
user.language=es
java.specification.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
awt.toolkit=sun.awt.windows.WToolkit
java.vm.info=mixed mode
exe4j.unextractedPosition=20483210
java.version=1.6.0_16
java.ext.dirs=c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\lib\ext;C:\WINDOWS\Sun\Java\lib\ext
sun.boot.class.path=c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\lib\resources.jar;c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\lib\rt.jar;c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\lib\sunrsasign.jar;c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\lib\jsse.jar;c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\lib\jce.jar;c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\lib\charsets.jar;c:\docume~1\rdomin~1\config~1\temp\e4j8d.tmp_dir30976\jre\classes
install4j.appDir=C:\Documents and Settings\rdominguezr\Configuración local\Temp
java.vendor=Sun Microsystems Inc.
file.separator=
java.vendor.url.bug=http://java.sun.com/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi
sun.io.unicode.encoding=UnicodeLittle
sun.cpu.endian=little
sun.desktop=windows
sun.cpu.isalist=pentium_pro+mmx pentium_pro pentium+mmx pentium i486 i386 i86

I hope you can help me.

Than you.

Ricardo Domínguez.

Hi Ricardo Domínguez,

Thanks for your post. It seems that the registry in your system corrupted. Could you please try no-install version and see if you can run the tool?

For your information, no-install version can be downloaded from website as well and it won’t install the software to your system. You can refer to the link below for further details:
http://resources.visual-paradigm.com/index.php/tips-inst/50-inst/56-vp-no-install.html

Hope this solves your problem. If there is anything else I can do to help, please feel free to ask.

Best regards,
Lilian Wong