openvpn gui problem

sabot105mm

i have win 7 installed with the latest stable openvpn edition 2.1. the problem is whenever i launch the gui and right click, there is no ovpn files to click, i can only see proxy, help, and about thats it. i did try one thing where i pinned the gui on the task bar and right clicked, from there i was able to see my ovpn but when i clicked on one it says "i'm trying to parse "c:\program files (x86)\openvpn\config\connect.ovpn as an --option parameter but i dont see a leading '--'"

janjust

the openvpn gui expects the configuration files to be present in

c:\program files (x86)\openvpn\config

with an extension of .ovpn ; make sure the files are actually in that directory and not in a virtual store (which can happen if you use , for example, PuTTY's pcsp to transfer .ovpn files).

sabot105mm

yeah its in the exact location as what the error states it is in
C:\Program Files (x86)\OpenVPN\config\connect.ovpn

janjust

is there a 'Connect' button in the OpenVPN GUI menu? if you have only a single .ovpn file then you cannot select a file - there's simply a single 'Connect' button.
As an alternative, try duplicating the connect.ovpn file to connect2.ovpn - now you should see 2 entries in the OpenVPN GUI.

sabot105mm

right clicking reveals only proxy settings about and exit like i said