On 17 Apr 2006 at 23:10, Andy Medina wrote: > On Mon, 17 Apr 2006, Bernie Cosell wrote: > > > I'm currently fighting with a problem with Quicken 2006. > > One dimension of that problem is that Q *insists* on trying > > to run a particular program [olbackup.exe] every time it is > > about to do a normal backup. I neither understand WHY > > quicken tries to do that nor why that program fails, but the > > result is that Quicken concludes that something is broken in > > its installation and kind of tries to uninstall itself. A > > PITA..:o) > > Are you using an On-Line Service in Quicken? olbackup is > Quicken's OnLineBackup utility.
Certainly not -- which is why this is all very odd. I can't figure out either *WHY* Quicken is trying to run its online backup utility, *NOR* why when it does try to run it, it trashes the install [so I have to do a "repair"]. > The following procedure sounds a bit too simple. But you might > try it and see what happens. :) > I just tried an experiment, and it worked. > > --- > C:/>echo MZP>doNothing3.exe > C:/>doNothing3 [...] > We now have a working exe file that does nothing. > Seems MZP is what the Operating System is looking for. > :) > Important note, the reason it works is because there is > actually 4 things in the file, MZP and a linebrake( cr lf ) > which is invisible, but the echo output just happens to brake > after echoing MZP and outputs the brake at the end. Without the > linebrake, it seems to not work. How cool and how simple... but this is very strange. I can't imagine what "MZP" is about [or why the poster thinks that that's what the OS is looking for]: C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>type donothing.exe FOO C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>donothing.exe C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>echo ABC>donothing.exe C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>donothing.exe C:\DOCUME~1\Bernie>type donothing.exe ABC BUT: if I do echo xyz>donothing.exe and I try to execute it, I get a popup with: command Prompt - donothing.exe The NTVDM CPU has encountered an illegal isntruction .... However, just echo AA >donothing.exe and echo A >donothing.exe Both work just fine. trange... :o) But cute... /Bernie\ -- Bernie Cosell Fantasy Farm Fibers mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Pearisburg, VA --> Too many people, too few sheep <-- -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
