[Dxbase] Can't create new database with DXbase 2005 in Vista

Tue Mar 3 21:40:48 EST 2009

Wes, N7WS, my problem is solved! Thanks for your help. And thanks too to 
Dave, N8DC, and to Henk, PA5KT, for their ideas.
I did as you suggested and worked my way down to C:\Program 
Files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2005\Virgindb\ where I found a new 
empty .mdb file, named Dxb2005.mdb, that I copied and pasted into 
C:\users\(my name)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Scientific 
Solutions\DXbase 2005\ where I also found the latest working versions of 
two other .mdb logs. Then I renamed this Dxb2005.mdb file to the 
callsign I wanted, and to my great relief found that it worked!
But I dug deeper still, bothered by the fact that I couldn't create this 
new log file as explained by the help information. I saved my .mdb files 
and uninstalled DXbase 2005, then reinstalled it. Now I can create new 
log files very easily, so I had a damaged installation causing the trouble!
So on to the next computer challenge! Thanks very much for showing me 
the way on this one!!
Bill, N1AU
Wes N7WS wrote:
> Bill,
>> It works for me but this may be a problem with Vista's User Account 
> Control preventing you from accessing that directory.
>> Why don't you just make a copy of the new.mdb file located in the 
> c:\ProgramFiles\DXBase directory and place it in the location where 
> Vista is going to store it anyway, namely 
> c:\users\"yourname"\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\ProgramFiles\DXBase2005.
>> Where "yourname" is your user name.
>> Wes N7WS
>> Bill Santelmann wrote:
>> I am using DXbase 2005 in Windows Vista Home Premium with no problem 
>> until now.
>>>> I find that I cannot create a new database log. Regardless of the 
>> name I give it in a drive with 70GB free, I always get an error 
>> message saying, "Unable to create new database. Verify that the new 
>> database name does not already exist or that you have sufficient disk 
>> space."
>>>> Is DXbase 2005 incapable of creating a new database in Vista?
>>>> Is there another way to create it?
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> Bill, N1AU
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