By the way, if you used System Restore to restore your C:\ partition, and that is the partition that DX4WIN is installed on, it probably reverted the logs to the day that recovery point was generated.
I only have Windows on my C:\ partition. I put everything else on a separate partition. It avoids these kinds of problems. Yesterday, I had done some work in another program, but for reasons I won't go into, I had to restore my C:\ partition from the 4 a.m. daily backup. All the work I had done that morning was preserved because it did not take place on the C:\ partition. On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 4:50 PM Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu> wrote: > > Hi Brad, > > I'm sorry about your problems. > > The default location for your log is in the dx4w###\SAVE directory. > The files with ~ in the file extension are backups of those files > (from the previous save). You should read this application note: > > https://ad1c.us/dx4win/appnotes/backup.html > > Also "save2" can be used as a "duplicate" backup location, see the QSO > tab of your preferences. > > You should be running daily backups of your important data files. > That's also mentioned in the application note. > > > On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM Brad Anbro <n...@live.com> wrote: > > > > Hello all, > > > > I am running DX4WIN ver. 9.0.9.1259 on a Windows 10 Pro machine and have a > > major problem. I have found in the past that the program DOES NOT like > > power outages when the program is in use and does NOT like it when > > Microsoft updates my computer. > > > > A few days ago, I received another update from Microsoft and the DX4WIN > > program would not work correctly. In the past, when I would receive an > > update or would experience a power failure, I would have to resort to > > uninstalling the program and then re-installing it, after which I would > > find all of the QSOs in my log book. > > > > This time, that process did not work. I keep two separate log books - the > > main one for my N9EN QSOs and a separate one for the QSOs that I have made > > when I operate my "W4A" special event. I tried to restore the computer to > > an earlier date, with disastrous results. After (finally) undoing the > > restore, I again had a working computer. > > > > What I have now is the "W4A" QSOs in both log books. In the past, when > > exiting the program, I would religiously select "save" and "backup" before > > closing the program. I KNOW that I have saved the N9EN QSOs at least up to > > December 18, when I began my W4A special event. > > > > The DX4WIN program is installed in the "Windows (C:) directory and is > > called "dx4w903." In that directory is a folder called "SAVE" and it > > appears that the logbook files are in that folder, as there are files named > > [N9EN_LOG.~xl], [N9EN_LOG], [W4A.~xl] and [W4A]. > > > > I have tried replacing the N9EN files in the "SAVE" folder with files that > > I had saved to my "Documents" and after replacing the N9EN files in the > > "SAVE" folder with the saved files, that did not help. > > > > Is there a different directory in which the "actual" logbook files are > > located? I am at wit's end as how to take care of this problem. Prior to > > using DX4WIN, I had used a program called "Log Windows" - that program > > would not run on any operating system newer than Windows XP and it also did > > not like QSOs that were newer than December 31, 2020. That was why I > > switched to the new program. > > > > I have never had so much trouble with any computer program as I have had > > with DX4WIN. I only use the program for referring to past QSOs and to keep > > track of sending and receiving QSLs. > > > > I would very much appreciate any help that I can receive on my problem. > > Thank you very much. > > > > 73 de Brad, N9EN / W4A > > ______________________________________________________________ > > DX4WIN mailing list > > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win > > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > > Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net > > > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html > > > > -- > Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us ______________________________________________________________ DX4WIN mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:DX4WIN@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
