Hello MFPA,
On Tuesday, November 19, 2013 you wrote:
M> Hi
M> On Monday 18 November 2013 at 6:03:03 PM, in
M> , Jack S. LaRosa wrote:
>> If I send myself a message containing :-) it DOES show
>> up as a smiley face. However, if I send myself a
>> message containing :banana: it simply shows up as
>> COLONbananaCOLON. I think this corresponds to my no
>> longer seeing country flags in others messages.
M> So basic smileys like :-) work for you, but pcwsmileys like :banana:
M> don't.
Correct.
M> Does your "%ProgramFiles%\The Bat!\Images" folder contain a text file
M> called "pcwsmileys.msl" as well as a folder called "pcwimages" (and
M> does that folder called "pcwimages" contain "banana.sml.gif" and over
M> 500 other image files)?
Neither the text file "pcwsmileys.msl" nor the folder "pcwimages" exist anywhere
on my computer.
CANCEL RED ALERT! File/folder found! I have a program called SEARCH EVERYTHING
(http://www.voidtools.com/) which will find anything you type in it's search bar
(I thought). Using that program showed me that the two files above didn't
exist, but of course, they did. I don't know why the program failed to find
them but they were buried where they shouldn't have been within The Bat!
In searching the web for references to this problem I found some old
correspondence from Miguel where he lists the files/folders which should be in
TB's Images folder. As a last-ditch effort I searched around my TB folder in
PROGRAM FILES (x86) and opened every folder in there. Lo and behold, there they
were. Moving them to the IMAGES folder solved everything. How they got moved
in the first place I have no idea except that I vaguely remember the problem
starting after my last TB upgrade.
So, once again my profound thanks to you and Miguel for all the help. Nice to
see you both again.
--
Best Regards,
Jack LaRosa
:usflag: Central Alabama
Using The Bat! ver: 5.2.
Running Windows 7 Pro ver 6 build 7601 Service Pack 1
Current version is 5.2.2 | 'Using TBUDL' information:
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