[Dxbase] Vista issue...

Wed Jan 19 21:50:37 EST 2011

I actually think you will need to do a reinstall to have a proper
DXB2007.ini file generated.
73
Neal Campbell
Abroham Neal Software
www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
(540) 645 5394
On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:48 PM, Ron Stordahl AE5E <
ronn5in-dxbase2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> Thanks...Ill try those things. Sounds like the uninstall should have
> removed DXB2007.ini but didn't. Surprisingly I didn't take any such
> precautions with my laptop yet didn't have the problems.
>> Hopefully what you suggest will straighten things out...might I have to do
> a reinstall to recreate DXB2007.ini?
>> Ron
>> ------------------------------
> *From:* Neal Campbell <nealk3nc at gmail.com>
> *To:* Ron Stordahl AE5E <ronn5in-dxbase2 at yahoo.com>
> *Cc:* DXBase Reflector <dxbase at mailman.qth.net>
> *Sent:* Wed, January 19, 2011 8:44:26 PM
> *Subject:* Re: [Dxbase] Vista issue...
>> Hi Ron
>> When you uninstall DXBase on Vista/Win7, it leaves the DXB2007.ini file in
> the Windows directory (usually C:\Windows). This file has the link to the
> now non-existant program directory.
>> So, whenever you uninstall DXBase on a Vista or Win7 system, be sure and go
> to the Windows Directory and remove the DXB2007.ini file, otherwise it will
> get lost looking for that file.
>> Also make sure you set the 'Run as Administator' checkbox in the
> DXB2007.exe's compatibility property.
> 73
> Neal Campbell
> Abroham Neal Software
> www.abrohamnealsoftware.com
> (540) 645 5394
>>>>>>> On Wed, Jan 19, 2011 at 9:34 PM, Ron Stordahl AE5E <
> ronn5in-dxbase2 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>>> After successfully uninstalling DXBase2007 from c:\Program Files and
>> reinstalling into c:\Amateur Radio on my Vista laptop I felt sufficiently
>> brave
>> to help a friend do the same thing on his Vista ham computer.
>>>> As I should have known it would be harder than I expected, however I
>> finally did
>> get it running, although not completely.
>>>>>> When doing the install I substituted "Amateur Radio" for "Program Files"
>> when
>> the installer asked for the destination. All seemed ok, but when doing
>> the
>> configuration I find that for Tools>Options>User Options>Radio 1 I get the
>> error
>> message "C:\Program Files\Scientific Solutions\DXbase 2007\Radios.ini" was
>> not
>> found. Of course there is no such folder. I can find no way to cause the
>> program to look instead in c:\Amateur Radio\Scientific...... I did change
>> the
>> notification on startup to c:\amateur radio\scientific... and it finding
>> 'CALL.mdb' and refdata.mdb properly.
>>>> Also for tabs TNC and Internet I get a message box with text "System
>> Cannot find
>> the file specified...." However in these cases you can dismiss the error
>> box
>> and at least in the case of the Internet tab it works. I don't have a TNC
>> in
>> use so I can't say if it would work after dismissing the error box.
>>>> I have not tried other functions such as labels, so I can't say how they
>> may
>> work.
>>>> So there seems to be somewhere c:\program files\scientific.. fixed
>> somewhere in
>> the install. I didn't feel like going into the registry...maybe there are
>> some
>> left overs in there.
>>>> Ron, AE5E
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