cef_sub_process.exe crash in CCS6.1, similarly nw.exe (TI PinMux) crash. Result: Can't find the platform package 'ti.platforms.simplelink'.

Dear all,

I'm starting developing an industrial project on TI CC3200. I am using a production Windows machine with Windows 7 Pro 32-bit, SP1 on a Intel Core2Quad and 4GB RAM.

I installed CCS 6.1.0 from TI website, the package I installed is the ccs_setup_win32.exe version. The first issue I see is frustrating, but not a showstopper: when CCS opens up all the useful Resource Explorer, App Center and other tabs are unusable: the issue is with

cef_sub_process.exe

which crash right after one of these tabs is opened. I understand this must be a sort of browser. It provokes an APPCRASH. I can go on using CCS for regular stuff but I cannot download packages from there. So I managed to download other relevant packages from TI website, such as:

- CC3200SDK 1.1.0

- CC31xx_CC32xx_ServicePack_1.0.0.10.0

- tirtos_simplelink_2_11_01_09

- xdctools_3_30_06_67_core

- xdctools_3_31_00_24_core

- pinmux V3 (windows)

I probably haven't got some of them right as I get the following problem when opening a TI RTOS-releated example project. E.g: if I open the app.cfg in ti_rtos_config project I get:

Sorry, I'm having problems creating this editor. An unexpected exception was thrown.

Please fix the following errors. Then close and relaunch the XGConf editor.

Error: Can't find the platform package 'ti.platforms.simplelink'. TI platforms are no longer shipped as part of XDCtools (C:/ti/xdctools_3_30_06_67_core). Please ensure you are either using a pre-3.30 version of XDCtools or you have added a product that includes your platform support along the path 'C:/ti/ccsv6/ccs_base;C:/ti/tirtos_simplelink_2_11_01_09/packages;C:/ti/tirtos_simplelink_2_11_01_09/products/bios_6_40_03_39/packages;C:/ti/tirtos_simplelink_2_11_01_09/products/uia_2_00_01_34/packages;C:/Users/Leonardo/workspace_v6_1/ti_rtos_config/.config;C:/ti/xdctools_3_30_06_67_core/packages'. Check that this path names a directory containing the necessary platform support and that the platform name is properly spelled.

I guess this error would not appear if I had downloaded CC3200 related packages from the App Center. Unfortunately it is unusable.

Finally, other exe crash as well: the pin mux application, after opening an empty window crashes with:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: nw.exe

 What can be the cause?

BTW: here is some info fom cef_sub_process crash:

Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: cef_sub_process.exe
Application Version: 0.0.0.0
Application Timestamp: 53343c07
Fault Module Name: libcef.dll
Fault Module Version: 3.1453.1297.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 51d48cad
Exception Code: c000008e
Exception Offset: 00496e3b
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.48
Locale ID: 1040
Additional Information 1: 0a9e
Additional Information 2: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789
Additional Information 3: 0a9e
Additional Information 4: 0a9e372d3b4ad19135b953a78882e789

Note: I connect to this Windows machine through remote desktop from a Linux machine, but the issue arises also when working directly on the machine.