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Before I post, may I thank Andrew for making Qcad CE available.

I am exploring Qcad CE version 3.7.7.0 (3.7.7). At every start-up, I get this message "Cannot open file > '/home/ my user name /%F'" > File is empty." over 3 lines in a small window titled "Import Error". Qcad seems to work okay but I would appreciate any advice on the meaning of the message and how to sort it.

Please indicate your operating system and the way how you have obtained QCAD (download from our web site at qcad.org, installation from a 3rd party repository, compiled from sources, etc.). Thanks.

Thank you for the prompt response.

I am using Linuxmint 17.
Qcad was downloaded directly from the Ribbonsoft site.

There appears to be an incompatibility of the QCAD desktop file with your window manager.
The desktop file used to launch QCAD starts QCAD with the following command:

installationpath/qcad %F

Where %F is usually replaced by the window manager with the file that was clicked or nothing.

You can try to modify your desktop file if you are comfortable using a plain text editor and remove the %F in the 'Exec=' instruction.

More information on .desktop files:
http://standards.freedesktop.org/deskto ... -variables

My, that took me places I haven't been before.

I edited the Qcad icon under the "Graphics" section of the Applications menu to take out the %F as you suggested. It all seems to work now.

Thank you.