John *Thanks so much for the link*. It took a while to run all the malware removal programs, and after their completion, I was delighted to discover that DP is now working fine!
I had found other pages re removing Delta Search, but none had even been fully successful in correcting my browser problems - problems that are now fixed too. Btw, Ralph, my DP files are on a 400 Gb drive, and I have not had any problems previously. With much appreciation and a sigh of relief Robert Robert Pollard Information Ecologist G+ j.mp/rpollard facebook.com/robert.pollard @climatechange3 <http://twitter.com/climatechange3> [email protected] 1.212.864.3156 On Sun, Aug 4, 2013 at 1:16 AM, my.letterbox <[email protected]> wrote: > ** > Hi Robert, > > I suggest you do a scan for mallware software on your system. > See this link http://malwaretips.com/blogs/remove-delta-search/ > > Delta Search may have corrupt your system. > > > Cheers, > John > > > On Sat, 03 Aug 2013 22:55:32 +0200, Ralph Alvy <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Initially sent privately by mistake: > > > > Is the volume in which DP and its data files live, greater than 2gb? > > > >> Robert Pollard <mailto:[email protected] <[email protected]>> > > >> August 3, 2013 11:53 AM > >> Help > >> > >> I've just started getting the following message when I run DP - under > >> XP Pro Service Pack 3 > >> > >> Unable to allocate the scratch files in the default directory. > >> Possible reasons are write protection, network restrictions, or > >> directory full. Options are: > >> 1 - Change drive and/or directory for scratch files > >> 2 - Retry using the current path > >> 0 - Exit > >> > >> I have tried a variety of approaches, including: using option 1 above; > >> using the dp/d-directory startup option; copying DP files to a new > >> directory: and using a different version of DP. > >> > >> None of these approaches resolves the problem, and I continue to > >> receive the same error message - so I am unable to.use DP or to access > >> to many databases > >> > >> Can anyone suggest a way to resolve this? > >> > >> Robert > >> > >> PS, I don't know if this was a factor, but I had inadvertently been > >> suckered into installing Delta Search, which messes with my browsers > >> shortly before this problem began. I have removed the program - and > >> even tried a System Restore to a date before installing it, but > >> Windows didn't complete the System Restore as it said no changes had > >> been made > >> > >> -- > >> Robert Pollard > >> Information Ecologist > >> G+ j.mp/rpollard <http://j.mp/rpollard> > >> facebook.com/robert.pollard <http://facebook.com/robert.pollard> > >> @climatechange3 <http://twitter.com/climatechange3> > >> [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]<[email protected]> > > > >> 1.212.864.3156 <tel:1.212.864.3156 <1.212.864.3156>> > > >> _______________________________________________ > >> Dataperf mailing list > >> [email protected] > >> http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > >
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