Unable to launch SmartDashboard

[hoover456]

Our team was hoping to use the java SmartDashboard to tune some PID values this year, but every time we launch it on our classmate it comes up as a window with a white rectangle in the top-right corner and the other three quarters of the window black. Launching through the command line showed that the SmartDashboard is starting fine and making connection with the robot. I have re-installed both the NI-Update and the WPILib packages to no avail. Any help would be much appreciated. I will post images of the issue on Monday when I can access our classmate.

[nickmcski]

Are you trying to launch smart dashboard or smart dashboard 2.0 (SFX). Also if you follow the instructions here you can find the command that the driver-station is running when it tries to start the driver-station.

[hoover456]

As far as I know I am trying to launch the Smart Dashboard (C:\Users\Developer\wpilib\tools\smartdashboard.ja r) not the SFX one.
If you are referring to changing the driver station command in the "FRC DS Data Storage.ini" such that it launches the java smart dashboard as default, I have done that as per the instructions on the wpilib website, to no avail.