I have got it to run now in "one-off" mode. Ensure your user account is
Administrator. Right click on the QL2K.EXE or QL2K-x64.EXE file, it says the
file originated on another computer (or some message like that) and it is
BLOCKED. Click on UNBLOCK, it will now run. But next time you start the
program, it is BLOCKED again.
I had a look at the QL2K.LOG (which I have sent to Jimmy, author of QL2K)
and there doesn't seem to be anything wrong, although Jimmy will know better
than me how to interpret the results and look for a clue in the file.
Someone kindly sent me a known working version from their 64-bit Program
Files folder. I tried this and got exactly the same results, so there is
definitely a setting on this machine that ensures the program is BLOCKED. I
have run a virus check on it, nothing detected.
People like Norman might expect a rant from me about Windows 7, but don't
fall off your Linux box, Norman, I am going to make an earth shattering
announcement: _*I like Windows 7*_. [Distant sound of a crash from the
Dunbar IT office]
Yes, it will take me a while to get used to the differences (e.g. the START
menu), but this computer is so much more stable and crash-free than the old
XP PC.
Anyway, I'll learn from the QL2K experience no doubt! QL2K on my machine is
more for testing purposes than day-to-day QLing (for which I use QPC2 or
Q-emuLator if I need QDOS).
Thanks for trying to help everyone, the ql-users list at its best once more.
If I find a definitive answer (e.g. Jimmy has ideas on what happened) I'll
make sure I document it somewhere for everyone's benefit.
Dilwyn Jones
-----Original Message-----
From: Lee Privett
Sent: Tuesday, August 23, 2011 1:19 AM
To: ql-us...@q-v-d.com
Subject: Re: [Ql-Users] QL2K on Windows 7
I had this problem awhile back with the same request, alas no solution
presented itself, save running in administrator mode
On 22 Aug 2011, at 20:16, Dilwyn Jones wrote:
I am having some problems getting QL2K build 101 to work on Windows 7 64
bit. I installed the full build, then added the update files for each
version until the most recent.
I have installed the 64-bit Windows version QL2K-x64.exe and when I try to
run this I get a brief flash of the round egg-timer icon then nothing, no
error, no nothing. It just fails to start.
I can of course get the 32-bit version to work on Windows XP OK. I also
got QPC2 and Q-emuLator working OK on both systems of course.
Anyone with any experience of installing the 64-bit version with any handy
hints and tips for the installation?
Dilwyn Jones (breaking [in] a Windows 7 64 bit PC)
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