Can't get past loading screen

I am getting this error after my update to stencyl 3.2... Note that i am also getting an installation error when i try to install stencyl in its normal directory,so i installed in in C:/program files (x86)/StencylNew

Unexpected problem on thread AWT-EventQueue-0: Parameter 'directory' is not a directory
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parameter 'directory' is not a directory
   at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.validateListFilesParameters(FileUtils.java:545)
   at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.listFiles(FileUtils.java:521)
   at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.listFiles(FileUtils.java:691)
   at stencyl.sw.app.ExtensionManager.get(ExtensionManager.java:35)
   at stencyl.sw.app.Menu.refreshExtensionsMenu(Menu.java:511)
   at stencyl.sw.app.Menu.<init>(Menu.java:126)
   at stencyl.sw.SW.initMenu(SW.java:449)
   at stencyl.sw.SW.showWindow(SW.java:632)
   at stencyl.sw.SW.get(SW.java:194)
   at stencyl.sw.SW$1.run(SW.java:183)
   at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.access$000(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventQueue$1.run(Unknown Source)
   at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
   at java.security.AccessControlContext$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
   at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)

Please post full logs (Debug -> Logs -> Generate Logs; or if Stencyl fails to launch, copy the logs from your workspace "logs" dir).

Hi,

I have exactly the same error on my very first program start; then, I am stuck with the splash screen saying "Loading... Interface". I cannot even not even kill the process since I do not see what it could be in the Windows Task Manager.

If you can tell me where to find the logs, I'll post them here (at the moment, I seem to have no "logs" directory anywhere).

I've also tried downloading and running StencilWorks.exe. I get the same message, and really lots of output at the console which I am not sure how and whether to copy here.

Hi,

your workspace on Windows should be in your user directory under
/AppData/Roaming/Stencyl (Vista or newer) or
/Application Data/Stencyl (XP)
and then your logs should be in stencylworks/logs.

If there is no such dir, or no files in there, you can copy the console output from cmd by right clicking -> Select All, then pressing Enter to copy, then paste it here.

Thanks for the info. There are no files or directories under /AppData/Roaming/Stencyl; the cmd output is as follows (it seems the beginning of it was not on the ouptup any more):

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nished reading lang\en\global-misc.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,751 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-forge
2014-12-24 20:33:37,755 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-forge.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,755 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-prefs
2014-12-24 20:33:37,757 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-prefs.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,758 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-creategame
2014-12-24 20:33:37,760 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-creategame.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,760 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-main
2014-12-24 20:33:37,780 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-main.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,780 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-blocks
2014-12-24 20:33:37,832 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-blocks.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,832 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-blockhelp
2014-12-24 20:33:37,871 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-blockhelp.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,871 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-events
2014-12-24 20:33:37,889 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-events.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,889 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-code
2014-12-24 20:33:37,891 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-code.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,891 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-attributes
2014-12-24 20:33:37,912 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-attributes.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,912 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-create
2014-12-24 20:33:37,923 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-create.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,924 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-byob
2014-12-24 20:33:37,927 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-byob.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,927 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-actor-main
2014-12-24 20:33:37,937 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-actor-main.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,937 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-actor-physics
2014-12-24 20:33:37,944 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-actor-physics.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,945 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-background
2014-12-24 20:33:37,957 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-background.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,957 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-behaviorchooser
2014-12-24 20:33:37,959 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-behaviorchooser.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,959 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-desktop
2014-12-24 20:33:37,963 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-desktop.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,963 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-font
2014-12-24 20:33:37,985 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-font.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,985 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-sound
2014-12-24 20:33:37,996 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-sound.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:37,997 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-tileset
2014-12-24 20:33:38,002 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-tileset.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,002 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-preloader
2014-12-24 20:33:38,035 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-preloader.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,036 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-mobile
2014-12-24 20:33:38,078 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-mobile.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,079 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-groups
2014-12-24 20:33:38,102 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-groups.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,102 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-attributes
2014-12-24 20:33:38,115 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-attributes.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,115 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-input
2014-12-24 20:33:38,117 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-input.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,117 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-animation
2014-12-24 20:33:38,120 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-animation.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,120 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-scene-main
2014-12-24 20:33:38,131 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-scene-main.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,131 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-scene-create
2014-12-24 20:33:38,133 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-scene-create.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,133 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-scene-tools
2014-12-24 20:33:38,135 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-scene-tools.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,136 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: la
ng\\locales.txt
2014-12-24 20:33:38,136 INFO  [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Lo
cales: {de=German, it=Italian, test=test, pt=Portuguese, fr=French, en=English,
ru=Russian, gr=Greek, es=Spanish}
2014-12-24 20:33:38,137 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-phrases
2014-12-24 20:33:38,138 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-phrases.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,139 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-errors
2014-12-24 20:33:38,139 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-errors.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,139 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-menu
2014-12-24 20:33:38,141 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-menu.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,141 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-welcome
2014-12-24 20:33:38,142 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-welcome.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,142 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-dashboard
2014-12-24 20:33:38,151 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-dashboard.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,151 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-publish
2014-12-24 20:33:38,153 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-publish.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,153 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-updater
2014-12-24 20:33:38,154 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-updater.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,154 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-chat
2014-12-24 20:33:38,155 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-chat.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,156 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-misc
2014-12-24 20:33:38,158 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-misc.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,158 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-forge
2014-12-24 20:33:38,160 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-forge.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,160 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-prefs
2014-12-24 20:33:38,162 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-prefs.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,162 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... global-creategame
2014-12-24 20:33:38,163 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\global-creategame.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,163 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-main
2014-12-24 20:33:38,164 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-main.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,165 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-blocks
2014-12-24 20:33:38,179 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-blocks.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,179 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-blockhelp
2014-12-24 20:33:38,185 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-blockhelp.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,186 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-events
2014-12-24 20:33:38,186 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-events.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,186 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-code
2014-12-24 20:33:38,187 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-code.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,187 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-attributes
2014-12-24 20:33:38,188 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-attributes.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,188 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-create
2014-12-24 20:33:38,188 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-create.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,189 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... behavior-byob
2014-12-24 20:33:38,189 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\behavior-byob.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,189 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-actor-main
2014-12-24 20:33:38,190 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-actor-main.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,190 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-actor-physics
2014-12-24 20:33:38,191 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-actor-physics.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,191 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-background
2014-12-24 20:33:38,191 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-background.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,192 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-behaviorchooser
2014-12-24 20:33:38,192 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-behaviorchooser.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,192 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-desktop
2014-12-24 20:33:38,193 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-desktop.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,193 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-font
2014-12-24 20:33:38,194 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-font.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,194 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-sound
2014-12-24 20:33:38,194 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-sound.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,194 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-tileset
2014-12-24 20:33:38,195 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-tileset.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,195 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-preloader
2014-12-24 20:33:38,196 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-preloader.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,196 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-mobile
2014-12-24 20:33:38,197 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-mobile.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,197 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-groups
2014-12-24 20:33:38,197 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-groups.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,198 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-attributes
2014-12-24 20:33:38,198 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-attributes.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,198 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-input
2014-12-24 20:33:38,198 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-input.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,199 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-animation
2014-12-24 20:33:38,199 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-animation.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,199 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-scene-main
2014-12-24 20:33:38,200 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-scene-main.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,201 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-scene-create
2014-12-24 20:33:38,201 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-scene-create.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,201 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Re
ading... editor-scene-tools
2014-12-24 20:33:38,202 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.loc.LanguagePack: Fi
nished reading lang\en\editor-scene-tools.lang
2014-12-24 20:33:38,351 INFO  [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.Initializer: Initial
izing Stencyl.
2014-12-24 20:33:39,455 DEBUG [AWT-EventQueue-0] stencyl.sw.editors.game.advance
d.EngineExtension: Loading engine extensions...
2014-12-24 20:33:40,187 ERROR [AWT-EventQueue-0] root: Unexpected problem on thr
ead AWT-EventQueue-0: Parameter 'directory' is not a directory
java.lang.IllegalArgumentException: Parameter 'directory' is not a directory
        at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.validateListFilesParameters(FileUtils
.java:545)
        at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.listFiles(FileUtils.java:521)
        at org.apache.commons.io.FileUtils.listFiles(FileUtils.java:691)
        at stencyl.sw.app.ExtensionManager.get(ExtensionManager.java:35)
        at stencyl.sw.app.Menu.refreshExtensionsMenu(Menu.java:511)
        at stencyl.sw.app.Menu.<init>(Menu.java:126)
        at stencyl.sw.SW.initMenu(SW.java:449)
        at stencyl.sw.SW.showWindow(SW.java:632)
        at stencyl.sw.SW.get(SW.java:194)
        at stencyl.sw.SW$1.run(SW.java:183)
        at java.awt.event.InvocationEvent.dispatch(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEventImpl(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.access$200(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventQueue$3.run(Unknown Source)
        at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method)
        at java.security.ProtectionDomain$1.doIntersectionPrivilege(Unknown Sour
ce)
        at java.awt.EventQueue.dispatchEvent(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpOneEventForFilters(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForFilter(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEventsForHierarchy(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.pumpEvents(Unknown Source)
        at java.awt.EventDispatchThread.run(Unknown Source)


Okay, I can reproduce the problem by creating a workspace without an 'extensions' subfolder and removing write permissions from the workspace folder (because the 'extensions' folder should be created automatically). So you probably have a similar problem with your workspace.

You can search your system for a file called StencylWorks.prefs (it should be in /AppData/Roaming/Stencyl again, but could be directly in your home dir too). That will store your workspace location. Then make sure you have permission for that folder. Or delete the StencylWorks.prefs file.

I also fixed the bug in the latest private build, so it will launch even if there's no 'extensions' folder.

My /AppData/Roaming/Stencyl folder is completely empty (I do not know if this is to be expected if I never managed to actually launch Stencyl yet). I have an empty (0 byte) StencylWorks.prefs file in the Stencyl installation directory; deleting it did not produce any visible changes (still the same error message).

I can try changing the permissions, but I don't know which folder you mean (/AppData/Roaming/Stencyl, or Program Files/Stencyl where the prefs file was), and what permissions I need to set there.

Hm. You need read and write permission for both the installation and the workspace folder. I would suggest to backup your games, if you have any, then remove Stencyl and your workspace, make sure you have permission and install afresh.

I don't have any games, since (as I said) this was my first ever attempt to run Stencyl.

You permission comment made me think, though, and I found a very simple method to finally get the program to work - I ran Stencyl as an administrator, and it worked perfectly. However, I think it is usual for folders in Program Files not to have writing permissions for the user, so perhaps it's still something to be looked into...