Environment
variables are file paths that help Microsoft Windows find and launch
applications such as Backburner Server. If the path to Backburner is
missing or incorrectly defined, Windows is not able to launch Backburner Server
or the application associated with the job. When this happens, the
following errors may appear in the following applications:
- Unknown error loading application in
the Backburner Manager and the Backburner Monitor.
- Cannot Network Render. Backburner not found or
not installed. in the application that submitted
the job to the Backburner network.
Do the following procedure
to add Backburner to the Path environment variable in
Windows.
To add the Backburner path to the Windows path
environment variable:
- In Windows XP, from the Start menu, choose
Settings, Control Panel, then System.
The System Properties
dialog appears.
- Show the Advanced tab, and then click
Environment Variables to display the environment variables.
The Environment Variables
dialog appears, showing user and system environment variables defined
for the Windows workstation.
- From the System Variables list, choose
Path and then click Edit.
The contents of the Path environment
variable appear.
- Check the Path environment
variable for the file path to Backburner: C:\Program Files\Autodesk\Backburner\ (default).
If this path is missing or is incorrectly specified, re-enter it.
- Click OK to return to the Environment
Variables dialog, then close all dialogs and restart the Windows
workstation.