I assume that you manually created blank C:\hamster-src\hamster-applet\data\applet.ui file, am I mistaken? At least this is the case for which I’m able to reproduce the error you describe. The problem comes from, well, the bug

I was able to make Hamster running on Windows XP box following these steps (pay special attention to step 3):
1. Install GTK+ runtime from http://sourceforge.net/projects/gtk-win/. My understanding is that you already did it.
2. Install Visual C++ 2008 runtime from http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/confirmation.aspx?id=29. My understanding is that you don’t need this step. I needed it ’cause my box was vanilla Windows XP SP3 I setup for testing this issue.
3. Install Hamster port using installer provided by Pete in the top of this page. CRUCIAL: Install to C:\hamster-src\hamster-applet.
4. Delete or rename C:\hamster-src\hamster-applet\DNSAPI.DLL.
5. All complete, run your Hamster.

Alternative way would be to copy applet.ui and hamster.db files from “\data” folder to “C:\hamster-src\hamster-applet\data” folder.

Hope it helps.

I’ve been trying to use this as I’m getting annoyed with Ubuntu, which I’ve been using as my main work environment, and am pondering moving completely over to Windows – which is XP on the machine I normally work on. I’d like to continue using Hamster though, hence why I’ve been trying out this port. I’m a writer, not a computer expert though, so I’m not really sure what I’m doing.

I’ve tried installing Hamster from the package, have enacted Ilya’s suggestions as well as installing all the packages needed for the build. However, Hamster still won’t work and this is the current message I’m getting in the hamster-win.exe text file:

AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘child’
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “hamster-win.py”, line 48, in
File “hamster\window.pyc”, line 140, in __init__
File “hamster\window.pyc”, line 242, in init_dropdown
AttributeError: ‘NoneType’ object has no attribute ‘child’

Any suggestions?
Cheers,
Andy

PS. Pete, TY for build instructions.
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Porting Hamster to Win is really good news indeed. You promised to share build tips, though

I tried to run the program after installation on Win Vista SP2, and it failed to start with the following in hamster-win.exe.log:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File “hamster-win.py”, line 35, in
File “gtk\__init__.pyc”, line 30, in
File “gobject\__init__.pyc”, line 26, in
File “glib\__init__.pyc”, line 22, in
File “glib\_glib.pyc”, line 12, in
File “glib\_glib.pyc”, line 10, in __load
ImportError: DLL load failed: ?? ?????? ????????? ??????. ["Can't find specified module" in my locale].

I’m not sure why google chrome is doing this, I suspect that google prefers everyone to host stuff on their servers only or something. Some people suggest that I should host the file on https:// but I might also try making it a zip file…

I don’t know why, but I think you should know that.

Thanks.