I have just downloaded Moose 4.8 for Windows, and tried to run it on two different machines. With Windows XP (with SP3) clicking on pharo.exe produces a failure (Windows says 'pharo.exe has encountered a problem and needs to close'). With Windows 7 it loads and displays the Moose Panel as described. I can understand that there can be limitations on which versions will run Moose, but it would be helpful to tell us that in advance.
In Version 4.8 you'll find:
Pharo.exe for Windows
moose_suite_4_8.app for Mac OS X
Just double click it to launch Moose.
There is no Moose.lnk in version 4.7. There are shell scripts, Moose.bat for Windows and Moose.sh for Linux. I don't know how Mac users launch Moose.
At the moment the page http://www.moosetechnology.org/download has Moose 4.7 Beta which appears to be in a different format, not "Moose Suite". The Moose Suite is available from: http://www.moosetechnology.org/download/4.6
Also, just want to confirm that you can start the application on Windows from
moose_suite_4_6/Moose.app/Contents/Windows/Squeak.exe
Thanks!
--AI
Not consistent with the download page as of release 4.6
Should be "Windows: launch .app/moose.cmd"
cite:http://moosetechnology.org/download
--AI