SNAP 7, "The target was not found"

[rasc_1974]

Hello alltogether,

I use SNAP 7 on Win10. Every time I do things in SNAP (like opening a folder or starting an operator) a new small splash window plops up with the message “snap64.exe Das Ziel wurde nicht gefunden” (engl.: “The target was not found”).

Here is a link to a screenshot: GoogleDrive.

However, after closing this message-window (I always have to close it 3-times, one-after the other) it´s possible to execute operators or open a file or whatever else.

Nevertheless, it bugs me and I´d like to find a solution to work without this problem, but I´m not an IT-spezialist. With SNAP 6 this problem did not occur, by the way.

Does anyone have an idea, how to solve this?

Best regards
Rainer

[marpet]

Hi,

this is a known issue. Probably you have an invalid link on your desktop.

See also the follwoing posts:

SNAP software not working properly (Shortcut problem)

SNAP doesn’t use the registry. I assume that you have somewhere a link (maybe on the desktop) which is named IITB_Soft and this links to some software on your external hard drive. This is an issue in Java. There are several similar problems reported. https://bugs.java.com/bugdatabase/view_bug.do?bug_id=JDK-8213583 Eventhough it is said that it is fixed for version 8u202 (which we use with SNAP 7), there might be some other issues open which cause the problem.

Annoying Error: Windows cannot find the target!

it is not related to SNAP alone, but caused by shortcuts which point to a location or file which is no longer there. For example on your Desktop, in your user folder or the start menu. This error is also reported for other programs, such as MS word, for example, so the only reported solution is that you search and delete (or update) this shortcut which is causing it: Start serching in the standard directory which SNAP would suggest to write new results into. https://answers.microsoft.com/en-…

[adogliotti]

Hello!

I’m having the same problem. I read the posts but got lost. I don’t know how can I find this link to change it. Can you tell us how to solve the problem?
Thank you

Ana

[ABraun]

what is the first folder that opens when you select “File > Open”
Check this folder in your file browser for invalid shortcuts.

Also, check the files/folders/shortcuts listed in the “quick access” of your system:

source: https://www.howtogeek.com/236711/how-to-turn-off-recent-items-and-frequent-places-in-windows-10/

[adogliotti]

Dear ABrown, thank you for your reply.

The first folder Snap tries to open is My Documents, but I get the same error (snap64.exe - Windows cannot find the target) every time I open something like a pin. It then opens in the last used directory (not always My Documents) after clicking OK 3 times. I did tried erasing the frequent places (following the instructions of the link), but nothing changed. I don’t know how ti check for invalid shortcuts from this or any folder.
I also updated Java, but nothing changed.
I noticed that I had no problem when I updated the Snap version in a Win10 in the office PC, while the problem is in my laptop which has Win7. Could this be related?
Thanks again.

Ana

[ABraun]

@adogliotti

I noticed that I had no problem when I updated the Snap version in a Win10 in the office PC, while the problem is in my laptop which has Win7. Could this be related?

it is not a matter of the version of your operating system, but rather specific to your machine.

Please check the folders you mentioned for folders which have this arrow on the bottom left and look like this:

source

Some of them is referring to a location of file which is no longer there. This causes the problem. Once you delete it, the error message should vanish.

[rasc_1974]

Thanks a lot to all of You for your advices! I also could not solve this problem until now, although I checked all folders (I guess…) on my system. Just like Ana mentioned, on another PC everything is fine.
Best regards
Rainer

[ABraun]

Please also check your desktop for outdated shortcuts

[rasc_1974]

Yes, I did that, too. But also on my desktop are no shortcuts that lead to nowhere. Every existing link opens an app or a new folder.
Regards
Rainer

[adogliotti]

The same here. There are no shortcuts for any of the folders (not even in the Desktop). And it happens in whatever folder I’ve been last working (e.g. where the images are and no shorcuts exist). I also removed “Shortcut” Name Extension in Registry Editor as suggested, but no change at all.

Ana

[ABraun]

I can only report that I had it once as well and then I removed all shortcuts in the following directories to a sub-folder it worked again. I then noticed that one

• Desktop
• User directory
• User\Documents (check especially here, because this is the standard folder opened by SNAP)
• Recently accessed files

I can reproduce this error by creating a folder and putting a shortcut to this folder in the user\documents folder:

Once I remove this folder and want to open a new file in SNAP, this invalid shortcut causes the error:

Once I remove this shortcut - the error vanishes.

[rasc_1974]

Hi, just a short last comment on this. I could not solve this problem, so far. Neverthelsess, thanks to all comments!
Best regards
Rainer

[ABraun]

Thank you for your feedback. I could imagine that it is caused by files/folders which changed, but are still present in the recent items list which is basically managed by Windows itself (“Zuletzt verwendet” in German, “Schnellzugriff” in the Windows Explorer)

@rasc_1974 Could you please try this and report if it solves your problem? https://www.howtogeek.com/267631/how-to-clear-your-file-explorer-recent-files-history-in-windows-10/

When I clean the list as described in these steps, SNAP no longer searches for the files in this list.

If it solves your problem, you can prevent it from re-occuring by disabling this list completely as described here: https://www.howtogeek.com/236711/how-to-turn-off-recent-items-and-frequent-places-in-windows-10/

[rasc_1974]

Hi, tank You. I follwed the instructions in your first link and deleted all files and folders from the list of recent items. But nothing changes. I uninstalled and de-installed SNAP, but nothing changes…
On several other computers, SNAP works without this issue.

Regards
Rainer

[ABraun]

thank you for trying - seems to be something else then

[konrad.bauer]

The Solution from the first link fixed it for me. I think I will disable the history list.

[rasc_1974]

Hi,

after upgrading to SNAP 8 the problem disappeared.

Thanks and Best regards!
Rainer