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" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "DXBase List" <[email protected]>
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 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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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