[Dx4win] dx4win crashes when microham router not run

[Kostas Stamatis]

I use a microham mk2r+ for interface between dx4win and my rig. I have 
assigned some com ports for rig control, ptt, fsk and one port for winkey. 
If i run dx4win without to load the microham router, dx4win gives me some 
messages that com ports are not there and finally opens. But when i try to 
save the log or to simply close the dx4win gives me a message like "an 
exception occured! Thread Error: access not allowed (5)". I can not close 
dx4win except i terminate it via windows manager. This happens only if i 
have winkey selected and not if i have a (usb or normal) com port for cw. I 
had the same behaviour with k1el original keyer also and this happens in 
ver.7 also.

How Writelog acts? Well when i start Writelog and i have not router running, 
it will open normally (without any message) and simply i have not rig 
control, ptt, cw, etc. When i run the router all come back normally.

I would like to know if this happens for you also ( i am not sure that this 
happens in all computers) and second if  you prefer a similar to writelog 
behaviour. For example i would like dx4win says that com ports are closed 
but continues to work and when i start the router the com ports start 
functioning (almost like writelog).

Many times i want just to check the clusters spots and i want to run dx4win 
only for this. So i don't want to run the router every time i start dx4win. 
Sometimes also i forget to run the router before to run dx4win. It's not a 
big problem but an everyday problem for sure. I don't like to see dx4win 
crashes. By the way i know that i can have router start with Windows but 
because my computer is rather old and i use it for other work also, i don't 
like to load many things during startup.

Kostas sv1dpi