I just installed the win avr 2009 on my win7 machine. it points to G:Program FilesWinAVR2009pn but there is nothing under than folder! what's wrong?!

Well, normally WinAVR needs GNU to be installed already. 'pn' means 'Programmers Notepad' because that's the application it relies on to display the source-code in the IDE.

BM

Hi Victor,

Did you try using the "Search" box at the bottom of your Start Menu to type Programmers Notepad? You might just not be looking in the folder where the executable ended up.

Humberto

You must install WINAVR as administrator. If not, the programmers notepad binaries don't install. I've had that happen before. Simply re-install but instead of clicking, right click - run as - administrator. This will install it properly.

Rick

sorry guys, actually i reinstalled it using admin and it solved all problems. thanks.

NP, I figured that might be it. I ran into the exact same problem on my 1st install so I immediately recognized the symptoms.

Glad you're up and running,

Rick

I had the same problem with Windows 7. I saved the file and used the option to install as administrator, and then went to the Start Menue/Programs/WIN AVR, and the program for 'Programmers Notepad' was there. Thanks for posting so I could figure this out!