[Dxbase] VISTA and DXb 2006

Wed Jul 23 00:34:33 EDT 2008

Humm, I guess I'm not sure how Vista will handle a D drive. I've never 
tried using another drive designation. I think Vista intrudes on file 
updates made by programs if that program is installed in the Program Files 
path. That's when Vista starts storing the data in the Virtual Store 
location. I've heard of others who recommend installing programs at the 
root directory level, rather than in Program Files, as a way to circumvent 
the intrusion of Vista's file manipulation (all in an effort to keep you 
safe, you understand!). I think another option is to disable User Account 
Control in Vista to prevent it from being such a nanny. If you have your 
stuff installed at the root directory on the D drive I think Vista will run 
it much the same as XP does.
73,
Gary AL9A
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "FireBrick" <w9ol at billnjudy.com>
To: "DXBase List" <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: July 22, 2008 4:31 PM
Subject: Re: [Dxbase] VISTA and DXb 2006
>> Gary
> I'm considering changing this computer to Vista.
> I'ts NOT my ham shack computer but it does have DXBase on it as a backup.
> But....
> All, Except Windows XPl, programs are NOT installed in the Programs 
> directory
> All programs are installed in D drive
>> So will Vista recognize my D:/DXB07 directory without grumbling?
>> On 7/22/2008 7:15:46 PM, Gary AL9A (al9a at mtaonline.net) wrote:
>> Paul,
>>>> Glad to hear you figured out the glitch and have DXB2006 going now. I
>> thought
>> I'd give you a heads up about some weird behavior you will see in a
>> couple of the Dxbutility programs when running under Vista. As you may 
>> have
>> discovered by now Vista doesn't
>> make changes to your mdb file in C:\Program
>> Files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2006. Instead Vista puts a copy of the
>>>> mdb file in the Virtual Store path location and changes are made to that
>> file. But, there is a discrepancy in the way some of the Dxbutility
>> programs run.
>>>> File Backup - In the box labeled
>> "Listed Files will be copied to backup
>> folder" my default path name is
>> C:\Program Files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase
>> 2006\AL9A.mdb. However, when the backup utility runs the mdb file in the
>>>> Virtual Store path is the one that gets backed up, not the one in the
>> Program Files path. This is exactly what should happen, but if you want
>> to
>> keep a current copy of your mdb file(s) in the Program Files path you
>> will
>> have to do it yourself manually.
>>>> Database -
>> I've never had to Repair a database, but I have Compacted the
>> database several times. The problem is the defaul
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