Indeed Windows Explorer won't let you create a folder called '.mnemosyne'. I just tried it and I got the same error. You have to do it from the DOS prompt.
Try 'mkdir .mnemosyne' On Tue, Mar 31, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Clayton Carson <[email protected]>wrote: > > The program wasn't starting normally I found a way around renaming it > but before that it wouldn't start, what would be causing mnemosyne not > to create a .mnemosyne folder? I have deleted all mnemosyne files on > my computer keeping only my .mem as a renamed folder yet on installing > still no .mem file is created. > > On Mar 31, 4:26 pm, Peter Bienstman <[email protected]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 31 March 2009 08:15:14 Clayton Carson wrote: > > > > > I renamed mnemosyne but now i cant rename it back to .mnemosyne, > > > whenever i try I just get an error message "you must type a file name" > > > and in addition when reinstalling mnemosyne is not creating a new .mem > > > folder > > > > Are you sure it is not ending up someplace unexpected? There has to be a > > .mnemosyne folder, otherwise the program won't be able to start normally. > Do a > > (computerised) search for .mnemosyne on your hard drive and usb drive. > > > > After it's created and you verified that everything is working, you can > copy > > the contents of .mnemosyne_renamed (or whatever) back to the .mnemosyne > > directory that was created by the program. > > > > Peter > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "mnemosyne-proj-users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/mnemosyne-proj-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
