Hi David, Monday, September 8, 2003, 7:44:16 AM, you wrote:
> Over the past few weeks, I have discovered that the only way to > reliably start The Bat (1.62i) is to first start and then exit Outlook > (Outlook is not used for my email.) > And nearly every time I start The Bat, I see this message: "A call to > an OS function failed." I then hit Enter and The Bat runs normally. > There was a recent message from another user similar to mine, but she > quit The Bat, I believe. Have any of you found a (much!) better > work-around or a *real* solution? > Please don't ask me to upgrade my Bat version if that means I'll run > into other dramas. I'll have a very busy week. :-) You're right -- I did quit The Bat for a couple of weeks, opting for a new version of one of my previous e-mail clients. It helped in many ways, but there were an awful lot of things I missed about The Bat. When I saw that version 2.0 had been released, I decided to give it a try. So far so good. Good enough that I chose to upgrade. I haven't seen a repeat of the problem yet, but I plan on trying your workaround, if it happens. I also have always had the habit of making regular backups, but considering the previous problem, I make those backups even more often now. Have you tried the trial version of The Bat version 2 yet? I can't blame you for not wanting to upgrade if you have problems with the current version, as I did. However, an upgrade may solve the problem as well. I did read that some people who tried out the trial and chose not to upgrade were able to revert back to the older version. I've not tried that, so I don't know how well it works. Also, what is the exact message you're getting when The Bat won't start? When it happened to me, I didn't get a message at all. I just got a small flash, as if the splash screen was trying to appear, then nothing. Uninstalling and reinstalling was the only way I was able to fix it, however, I did notice one post on The Bat forum which mentioned that someone else was also experiencing the "no start" problem, but with version 2. Not sure how many others have experienced it. Another thought... Did you try resetting your default e-mail program settings in Internet Explorer? Go to Tools, Internet Options, then to the Programs tab. Choose something other than The Bat on the drop-down box (like Outlook Express), click Apply, then go back up and choose The Bat and click Apply again. I know this worked with one of my old e-mail programs having problems a year or so ago, but I don't know if it'll help to solve this problem. Worth a try anyway. As for me, I *hope* the problem doesn't come back. :) -- Best regards, Kim ________________________________________________ Current version is 2.00 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
