Many thanks, Razzak,
Not much of a mess but I renamed an account in order to keep all the
settings that I had already and then created a new account with the (then
unused) original user name.
What that did was to have all the default user folders pointing in the wrong
places!
So I created two new user accounts from scratch and then deleted the older
ones - after setting my desktop up as I wanted it again. What that seemed to
leave was some pointers to the old accounts in various directory permissions
and owners.
Almost everything works fine but I just suspect that the owner of
C:\RBTI\... is not what Vista expects which might mean that read/write
permissions are not correct. I'm hoping that re-installing from the new
administrator account will put any anomalies right again.
It's clearly not an R:Base problem as everything was fine before. My
databases accept and return data with no problem - it's just little oddities
that I suspect are written to C:\RBTI... or maybe C:\Windows\... that appear
to hiccup.
Regards,
Alastair.
----- Original Message -----
From: "A. Razzak Memon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "RBASE-L Mailing List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2008 7:48 PM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Another Vista account oddity
At 01:38 PM 2/12/2008, Alastair Burr wrote:
I decided to try re-installing R:Base anyhow so that I got the "proper"
defaults
for Vista but I get an message saying that I must uninstall R:Base first.
Am I right in thinking that using the Vista uninstall is the right way to
do this?
Alastair,
Before re-installing R:BASE 7.6 for Windows, using the full installer,
you must un-install the previously registered version of R:BASE 7.6 for
Windows.
Use "Uninstall or change a program" option of the Vista Control Panel.
Following the correct procedure, if you still encounter the same message,
you may remove the following product key from the registry in order to
re-install R:BASE 7.6 for Windows.
Here's how:
Start | Run | REGEDIT | Main Menu | Edit | Find ...
{1F5DE9EC-C06A-4657-B580-BFF743BBEE84}
You'll find these product keys in "two" places. Once found, carefully
delete them.
Can I presume the same activation keys should still be used for the new
install?
Yes, as long as you have not changed the Hardware and OS.
Am I right in thinking that I need only install the original full
installation
and the latest update (RBG76_Update2_01022008) or is there a newer one?
Correct!
The upcoming Update 3 of R:BASE 7.6 for Windows (Build 7.6.3.30214),
currently under Private and R:Developers Beta, is scheduled to be
released on February 14, 2008 (7:56AM EST).
Is the default directory better as C:\RBTI\... or should I put RBTI\... in
Program Files these days?
FWIW, C:\RBTI\RBG76 is the recommended folder. You may install the
version anywhere on your PC, if you wish.
Hope that helps!
Very Best R:egards,
Razzak.
P.S.
Just curious ... what did you do on your Vista to result in such a mess?
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