I'm trying to run FigTree on Windows 7.
I think it's a Java application, but I'm not positive about that.
I have successfully used it before on Windows 7, but now when I click the figtree.exe (or a shortcut to it) I get the usual "this is an application from the Internet are you sure you want to run it". I pick OK but nothing seems to happen. When I check on the Task Manager it doesn't show up in programs, but it does show up in processes, using zero CPU and about a MB of memory. If I try clicking the .exe again I get multiple copies of the process running.
In the course of fiddling with it I noticed that if I kill the javaw.exe process the figtree icon pops up and a message objects "an error occurred while starting the application: access is denied"
Properties
andUnblock
the file, if you trust it. Then right-click on it and choose toRun as Administrator
. This will eliminate security issues with it.