Taekwindow

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Frequently Asked Questions

General

Why the funny name?

Taekwindow is, as you probably guessed, a contraction of taekwondo (WTF?) and window. The window part should be clear (dirty windows are no good). Taekwondo is a Korean martial art which, quoting Wikipedia:

"... emphasizes kicks thrown from a mobile stance, using the leg's greater reach and power to disable the opponent from a distance."

And with Taekwindow you can have the same power, doing things that were out of reach before.

The red and blue circle is called the Taeguk. It is the national symbol of Korea, best known from the Korean national flag. The blue part symbolizes the water around the land. Combined with the mouse cursor, whose origin is obvious, I think it makes a nice logo.

How is Taekwindow licensed?

Taekwindow uses the BSD license. Some sites, like Softpedia, have got it wrong, and list Taekwindow under the GPL license instead. How this happened I have no idea. I tried mailing to the Softpedia editors, but the e-mail address listed on their update page appears to be incorrect.

Technical

Does it run on Windows Vista?

I don't use Vista myself, but as it appears from this Japanese screencast, it would appear so!

Why does the configuration tool refuse to start?

You need to have the .NET framework, version 2.0 or above, installed to run the configuration tool. It can be downloaded from Microsoft here.

Another possibility is a missing DLL. Make sure that Interop.IWshRuntimeLibrary.dll is in the same directory as taekwindowconfig.exe.

How do I fix the “The application configuration is incorrect” message?

When starting Taekwindow, you may get the following error message:

This application has failed to start because the application configuration is incorrect. Reinstalling the application may fix this problem.

This problem is fixed in version 0.2. It was caused by a dependency on the Microsoft C Runtime Library, which is now statically linked to the program. (Interested developers may have a look at this blog post for the gory details.)