Re: Address Book Uninstall problems
Hi Shauna, On Sat, 28 Apr 2001, at 06:25:04 -0600 you wrote: LG How did the transfer take place? SS I did a straight transfer over the network. From a read-only directory, I guess (which would be the usual and sensible case :-) SS That was the problem, though, apparently, it's not just SS transferring via CDR that causes the attributes to change. Transferring from a read-only network resource is just the same thing. Windows seems to check what it is allowed to do on the source drive and adjusts the file attributes accordingly. SS Do you suppose the write protection also explains why the SS uninstall didn't work? No, IIRC the problems with the uninstall routine is a long standing annoyance. But I wouldn't want to uninstall TB! anyway :-) SS I'll keep Allie's instructions just in case. I guess that would be a good idea. That way you will surely get a clean re-install. -- Regards, Lars The Bat! 1.52 Beta/12 on Windows NT 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 1 |Lars Geiger | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | PGP Key: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=GetPublicKey | -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Address Book Uninstall problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Lars, LG How did the transfer take place? SS I did a straight transfer over the network. From a read-only directory, I guess (which would be the usual and LG sensible case :-) Not intentionally - we have a simple peer-to-peer network, with everyone (except me, now) running Win 95/98 - all we're really doing is sharing the printer and back-up facilities and accessing the Vax computer we use for our accounting system. When I got the new computer, I simply plugged both into the network, shared the drive on the old (Win98) computer (full access), transferred the data, and then re-formatted the old computer. So I really don't know why some files got set to read-only - it appears (from checking a copy of the Mail folder) that the only files that got set to read-only are ADDRBOOK.INI, Contacts.ABD, Family.ABD, TheBat.ABD and TheBat.ABD.bak. None of the others, including IntermCA.ABD and RootCA.ABD (neither of which I ever use), had their attributes changed. Anyway, it's way beyond my ability to explain, but it's working now, which is what counts, I guess. SS That was the problem, though, apparently, it's not just SS transferring via CDR that causes the attributes to change. LG Transferring from a read-only network resource is just the same LG thing. Windows seems to check what it is allowed to do on the LG source drive and adjusts the file attributes accordingly. Best Regards Shauna - -- Shauna Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! Version 1.52 Beta/12 on Windows 2000, SP1 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.5i iQA/AwUBOusjryv4/MA2WmGQEQIIFwCg4fG3IbdQfShQchc8+IyarcOGLiwAoOKk 8TPFESr5aADwq3o2IK7Ppk/7 =LqJN -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Address Book Uninstall problems
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 27 Apr 2001 19:23:33 -0600, Shauna graced us with these comments: SS About a month ago, I transferred all my data to a new computer. Since SS then (though I can't swear with absolute certainty that the problem SS didn't exist before), I have had problems with the address book. This SS problem has persisted through version 1.51 (and possibly even 1.50) SS and all of the 1.52 betas. Basically, though I can use and edit the SS existing address book entries, I can only add new entries to a new SS address book. rest of address book woes snipped SS Anyway, tonight I decided to see if uninstalling and then reinstalling SS version 1.51 would help, That's a reasonable idea. To completely uninstall TB! delete the TB! installation directory and any remote account mail folders you may have created. The next thing is to delete the TB! registry entries. It's the key found at: HKCU/Software/RIT. Just click on subkey 'RIT' and delete it. Run a reinstall and then see how it goes. Note however, that the other thing could be that you have corrupted address book entries. You could export them if you can, delete the address book files and re-import. The address book files are the ones with the .abd extension in the x:\Program Files\The Bat!\Mail directory. I'd try this first. ©Allie - -- A. Curtis Martin List Moderator (and fellow end-user) The Bat! v1.52 Beta/12 | Win2k (SP1) «»«»«» 'My keyboard has an F1 key. Where is the NASCAR key?' -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP Cyber-Knights Templar 6.5.8ckt (build 05) Comment: KeyID: 0x57C9EB602B0717E2 (Sealed for security). iQA/AwUBOuofkVfJ62ArBxfiEQJI2gCggLoIAFz+bK7+31GO0WnzSUu1HpQAoLDG W7KwO/2k7MqGq3yg1WNULWru =WQPb -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Address Book Uninstall problems
Hi Shauna, On Fri, 27 Apr 2001, at 19:23:33 -0600 you wrote: SS About a month ago, I transferred all my data to a new SS computer. Since then (though I can't swear with absolute SS certainty that the problem didn't exist before), I have had SS problems with the address book. How did the transfer take place? Did you put your directories on a CDR to copy them to the new machine? SS [...] SS Basically, though I can use and edit the existing address SS book entries, I can only add new entries to a new address SS When I fill out the new contact form and hit OK, the form SS remains on the screen for several seconds and then SS disappears, but the address is not added (this is actually an SS improvement - at one point, it would shut the program down). SS book. The problem I suspect is that your AB files could be write- protected (which will happen automatically if you copy files from a CDR to your HDD). I had exactly that problem some time ago and the symptoms were the same that you described. SS Also, although I have 3 address books in my Mail folder, only SS 2 of them show up when I open the program. If my suggestion above is true, the reason for this is obvious. The third AB was created on the new machine and therefore it is not write-protected. But TB! must add it to its addressbook.ini file, which I suppose is write-protected. As that can't be done you address book isn't remembered after restarting the programme. -- Regards, Lars The Bat! 1.52 Beta/12 on Windows NT 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 1 |Lars Geiger | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]| | PGP Key: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=GetPublicKey | -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
