Alastair,
I seem to remember that some programs are "cached". If so you
may need to force a rebuild of the cache. Unfortunately this
exceeded my currentl knowledge.
Jim Bentley
--- Alastair Burr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Have you used any of the "user" directories in your
> installations?
>
> If so, they can look the same but they're not.
>
> Regards,
> Alastair.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ted Lienhard
> To: RBASE-L Mailing List
> Sent: Thursday, May 08, 2008 4:00 PM
> Subject: [RBASE-L] - Vista anomaly
>
>
> I had a very strange thing happen with a compiled 7.6 app
> being run on a vista machine. The installation went fine,
> then the files were updated...but the old files were the ones
> that ran. So I then ran the shortcut with the "run as
> administrator" box checked...all worked fine-all the files
> were updated correctly and the proper version of the program
> ran.
>
> Then I ran it again without checking "as administrator",
> which should have worked as there were no folders being
> created, etc. Surprise! The OLD files ran...after being
> overwritten!
>
> Here's the really strange thing. As a part of getting to
> the bottom of this problem, I deleted every instance of the
> application from the hard drive and started over. Ran the
> installer "as administrator"-only the lastest version of the
> program was on the hard drive. Ran program as
> administrator...everything worked perfectly. So I tried
> running the program by simply double-clicking the shortcut
> (pointing to the correct location-confirmed)...the OLD forms
> came up again! These forms were replaced in the new version.
>
> Summary: Ran program as administrator...no problems. Ran
> program normally...old version of program (which had been
> removed and deleted) ran.
>
> Does vista keep previously deleted files in an index?
> Perhaps a "stateful backup" feature is hiding an old copy
> somewhere...I don't know.
>
> Any ideas out there??
>
> All the best,
> Ted
>
> Ted Lienhard CNE NCT
> Golden Valley Consulting
>
>
>
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