[Dx4win] Vista

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Hi Folks,

Recently, a couple of people running DX4WIN on Windows Vista reported problems
updating data files, in particular DX4WIN.CTY and DX4WIN.IEP.

First, I will point out that when I was running Vista (I switched back to XP
recently), I had installed DX4WIN 7.03 in E:\dx4w703\... (E:\ being the
partition in my system that has all my Ham Radio stuff) and didn't run into the
problem.

I believe the problem comes into play when DX4WIN is installed in the default
location - C:\Program Files\dx4w###...

Windows Vista seems to have a virtual file store for data files installed in
C:\Program Files so that Vista will allow read/write access to those files:

  C:\VirtualStore\Program Files

I don't know much about it, but here's a little bit of info:

  http://channel9.msdn.com/ShowPost.aspx?PostID=232239

(or do a google search for "Vista VirtualStore")

So updating files in the C:\Program Files\dx4w###\save directory won't always
work.  You may have to update the files in this location instead:

  c:\users\<username>\AppData\VirtualStore\Program Files\dx4w###\save

I hope this explains why some users using Vista may be having problems updating
the files.  I'll update the country file installation instructions soon.

73 - Jim AD1C


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Jim Reisert AD1C/Ø, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us