On 28-03-2001 at 20:52, Ming-Li kindly wrote:
> On Wednesday, March 28, 2001 at 20:19:23 +0200 Karin Spaink wrote:
>> For friends, I have set up a small network (two computers,
>> both running WinNT) using TheBat. The program resides on
>> computer A. All users have their own accounts, plus they
>> have access to the company's main account. There is also an
>> admin account, from which you can access all other accounts.
>> The address book resides in d:\thebat\admin .
>> The hassle is that they keep "losing" the address book.
> I believe you're using one of the newest version (older versions
> store the information in the registry),
The use TB 1.51.
> so AFAIK the only place TB
> stores the location and name of the ABs in use in "AddrBook.INI"
> under the main directory of the message base (or the "working
> directory" as TB calls it). Please check all network HDs to see if
> there're other copies of the same .ini elsewhere.
There's only one AddrBook.ini and it listed the correct
place.
> How do they normally use the computers? Do you log-in (into Windows,
> not TB) with different accounts? If so, I suspect there're some
> discrepancies as to where the "working directory" is at. The
> location is stored in the registry under the key:
> HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat!
> Since every Windows account has its own "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" tree,
> they might not share the same value for the "Working Directory"
> entry. And there are two computers, each with its own user accounts.
Right. Indeed most users had a wrong key there, which I have
dutifully corrected. The problem seems to be fixed now.
Thanks!
But this means that although AddrBook.ini is supposed to
tell the program where to look for the address book,
actually the registry entry takes precedence...
- K -
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