# Simple OpenNI Error opening database/parameters

**URL:** <https://discourse.processing.org/t/simple-openni-error-opening-database-parameters/12637>\
**Category:** Libraries\
**Created:** [July 10, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/simple-openni-error-opening-database-parameters/12637 "2019-07-10T02:29:42Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![QueenBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a9adbd/32.png) [@QueenBee](https://discourse.processing.org/u/QueenBee)\
**Post date:** [July 10, 2019, 2:29am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/simple-openni-error-opening-database-parameters/12637/1 "2019-07-10T02:29:42Z")

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Hi!

I’ve just come back to a project I was working on a month or two ago, and while it was working fine back then (and I haven’t messed with the folders it exists in), any sketch that involves Simple OpenNI comes up with the following error:

_SimpleOpenNI Version 1.96_  
_Error opening database/parameters file._  
_After initialization:_

_Could not run the sketch (Target VM failed to initialize)._  
_For more information, read revisions.txt and Help → Troubleshooting._

I’m using macOS Mojave 10.14.5 and processing version 3.5.3, neither of which have been updated since I last ran the sketch.

This error must be for Simple OpenNI, as the same error message comes up for every sketch in the examples folder of SimpleOpenNI (installed from [https://github.com/totovr/SimpleOpenNI](https://github.com/totovr/SimpleOpenNI)). Also I couldn’t find a revisions.txt to read!

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**Author:** ![kfrajer](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.processing.org/kfrajer/32/196_2.png) [@kfrajer](https://discourse.processing.org/u/kfrajer)\
**Post date:** [July 15, 2019, 8:11am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/simple-openni-error-opening-database-parameters/12637/2 "2019-07-15T08:11:22Z")

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I suggest you open an [issue](https://github.com/totovr/SimpleOpenNI/issues) there if you haven’t done so.

Kf

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**Author:** ![QueenBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a9adbd/32.png) [@QueenBee](https://discourse.processing.org/u/QueenBee)\
**Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 1:27am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/simple-openni-error-opening-database-parameters/12637/3 "2019-07-20T01:27:39Z")

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Thanks, I’ve done this!

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**Author:** ![QueenBee](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/a9adbd/32.png) [@QueenBee](https://discourse.processing.org/u/QueenBee)\
**Post date:** [August 2, 2019, 12:31am UTC](https://discourse.processing.org/t/simple-openni-error-opening-database-parameters/12637/4 "2019-08-02T00:31:48Z")

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I figured it out!

It was just a little thing mac does if you have icloud setup - and not a huge amount of storage left on your device. It’s been auto-uploading entire folders to the cloud and completely removing them from the hard drive (without telling me of course) to free up space, so when I ran SimpleOpenNI after a month or so, the libraries were no longer physically on my computer.

Silly error. Lots of frustration. But now I know.