Trying to install WebGUI on Windows, I get a problem that seems related to the fact that c:\data\WebGUI\ is empty.
I will appreciate some help.

Here are the details:

I am installing from wre-0.8.1-windows-xp-ia32.zip
I followed the procedure explained in http://www.signalmountain.co.uk/WebGui.html, skipping the first part (Install ActivePerl) which was generating problems. I reprint these steps below:

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2. Install WebGui WRE
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Download the WRE zip to your PC -My Documents is a good place
Create a \data folder in the root of C: (c:\data)
Double-click on the WRE zip to open it
Right-click the folder WRE and select Copy
Navigate to C:\data. Right click on the folder and select Paste
WRE will begin unzipping. Ignore the '16 hours' estimate -it takes 10 mins!
While you’re waiting, check IIS isn’t running on your PC.
Open c:\windows\system32\drivers\etc\hosts in Wordpad
Add a new entry ; IP address of your PC [tab] domain name of your site
    I want to test it locally. I have left:
    127.0.0.1 localhost
Navigate to c:\data\wre\sbin and double-click on Command Prompt.bat
Type: perl wreconsole.pl [enter]
You should get a message which says:Please contact me at...
  I get:    http://my_PC_name:60834/
Now start up your browser and enter this into the address field; //localhost/60834
  I used instead : http://my_PC_name:60834/
This takes you to the WRE console which is now running on your PC
Go to step 3

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3. Configure WRE
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Dev only environment? Choose No
Apache: go with defaults
MySQL -go with defaults
Spectre: defaults
Select Automatic Install
WebGui will be downloaded -This takes a few minutes
Click the link at the bottom of the Config report to manage the WebGui Server
You should now see the Add Site button and tabs for configuring Services, Settings, and Templates
Click 'Add Site'.Fill in the MySQL admin password you set earlier (123qwe)
Type the full public domain name of the site you're setting up;E.g. www.baylink.com
  I put:    localhost
Check that this domain name is in the local Hosts file and points to the IP address of the PC you're installing on
When you're done, the site will be created
    Nothing happens, and I get the following message in the windows where I started "perl wreconsole.pl":
    Cannot read config file: \data\WebGUI\etc\localhost.conf at /data/wre/lib/WRE/Site.pm line 92

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By the way, my c:\data\WebGUI\ directory exists but is empty.
I have tried to restart the installation, but after the "perl wreconsole.pl", http://my_PC_name:60834/ brings me now directly to the window with the Add Site button and tabs for configuring Services, Settings, and Templates, and problems stays the same.

Last, c:\data\wre\var\logs\ contains the only file "modperl.error.log", which is empty (O byte)...

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 EDIT: I just realize that if I make a file c:\data\WebGUI\localhost.conf with "127.0.0.1 localhost" inside, I go a step farther. But the console now returns the following errors: 

Couldn't open localhost.modproxy file for editing read_file '\data\wre\etc\localhost.modproxy' - sysopen: No such file o
r directory at /data/wre/lib/WRE/File.pm line 367
 at wreconsole.pl line 717
        main::www_editSite('HASH(0x2466e34)') called at wreconsole.pl line 74
Couldn't open localhost.modperl file for editing read_file '\data\wre\etc\localhost.modperl' - sysopen: No such file or
directory at /data/wre/lib/WRE/File.pm line 367
 at wreconsole.pl line 729
        main::www_editSite('HASH(0x2466e34)') called at wreconsole.pl line 74
Couldn't open awstats.localhost.conf file for editing read_file '\data\wre\etc\awstats.localhost.conf' - sysopen: No suc
h file or directory at /data/wre/lib/WRE/File.pm line 367
 at wreconsole.pl line 741
        main::www_editSite('HASH(0x2466e34)') called at wreconsole.pl line 74

--- (Edited on 2/14/2008 9:04 am [GMT-0600] by daegbat) ---

--- (Edited on 2/14/2008 9:28 am [GMT-0600] by daegbat) ---

By the way, you should have the following directories in C:\data\WebGUI:

docs
etc
lib
sbin
t
www

If you don't have those, there was a problem with the downloading and extracting of the WebGUI files when the WRE set up. You can try to download the source files and install them manually....I think a few people have had a problem with the WRE not being able to untar and unzip the files automatically.

If you want to go that route, it's a little more involved but not absolutely horrible...

Jarrod

--- (Edited on 2/14/2008 9:36 am [GMT-0600] by jigou) ---