Background

Upon installing IBM Data Studio, rebooted the machine and tried launching the installed App.

A quick error.

Error

Error – An Error has occurred

Image

Textual

An error has occurred. See the log file null.

 

Troubleshooting

Review Log Files

Using Windows Explorer, review log files.

Configuration Folder

The log files are located in the the Application’s configuration folder.

Listing

Here is a quick listing.

 

View

Textual

File Contents

!MESSAGE Error reading configuration: E:\Program Files\IBM\DS4.1.3\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\.manager\.fileTableLock (Access is denied.)
!STACK 0
java.io.FileNotFoundException: E:\Program Files\IBM\DS4.1.3\configuration\org.eclipse.osgi\.manager\.fileTableLock (Access is denied.)
	at java.io.RandomAccessFile.open0(Native Method)
	at java.io.RandomAccessFile.open(Unknown Source)
	at java.io.RandomAccessFile.(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.location.Locker_JavaNio.lock(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.storagemanager.StorageManager.lock(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.storagemanager.StorageManager.open(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.storage.Storage.getChildStorageManager(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.storage.Storage.getInfoInputStream(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.storage.Storage.(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.storage.Storage.createStorage(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.internal.framework.EquinoxContainer.(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.osgi.launch.Equinox.(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.startup(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.core.runtime.adaptor.EclipseStarter.run(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 org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.invokeFramework(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.basicRun(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.run(Unknown Source)
	at org.eclipse.equinox.launcher.Main.main(Unknown Source)

Remediation

Please launch as “Run as an Administrator“.