On 3 September 2018 at 19:09, Dirk Hohndel <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sep 3, 2018, at 8:49 AM, Lubomir I. Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 3 September 2018 at 18:31, Dirk Hohndel <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> On Sep 3, 2018, at 8:26 AM, Lubomir I. Ivanov <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> On 3 September 2018 at 18:12, Dirk Hohndel <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Lubomir, >>>>> >>>>> In commit 0c74f7a2c8 you added a feature to automatically create a log >>>>> file >>>>> on Windows when started from a shortcut. I was just going to ask a user to >>>>> send me that log file but realized that I didn't know where it was in the >>>>> file >>>>> system. So I tried this and I cannot find it... >>>>> >>>>> Can you help? >>>>> >>>> >>>> the log files should be written in the folder where subsurface.exe is. >>>> we install Subsurface in "C:\Program Files (x86)\Subsurface" by >>>> default and the log files are created there for me on each run. >>> >>> I tried that. Hmm. Nope, not there. >>> >> >> do you happen to have installed subsurface with an administrator >> account, but run it as a regular user? > > I think that's the default on most systems these days. You elevate your > rights to admin in order to install software, but then you run it without > those admin rights. > >> if this is a permission issue, it can be verified if you try to just >> create a TXT file in the subsurface.exe folder with the regular user >> and see if it works. > > Correct, I get Access Denied - as I should. > >> a possible fix for that would be to always write in the user folder, >> although i think the problem here is something else. >> >> is antivirus software running? >> i've seen AVs blocking the creation of log files before. > > No, I don't think that's it. I think we should create the log file in > AppData\Local\Subsurface >
ok, i will send a patch ASAP. lubomir -- _______________________________________________ subsurface mailing list [email protected] http://lists.subsurface-divelog.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/subsurface
