[Dx4win] Issue saving Log in Windows 8.1

[Dan Violette]

And did he install in a folder on the root drive and not in"program files"?  Win 7 and 8 hate updating in that folder without admin rights constantly being implemented.  / Dan KI6X

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> On Oct 21, 2014, at 5:56 PM, Art - W6KY via DX4WIN <dx4win at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> I would use the 'save as' command under file drop down menu.
> Then name the file with a call and save it in the 'save' directory
> in the DX4WIN directory...
> 73 GL, Art  W6KY
> 
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> From: Isidro Acosta Hernández <ea8nq at hotmail.com>
> To: Dx4win Foro <dx4win at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2014 5:15 PM
> Subject: [Dx4win] Issue saving Log in Windows 8.1
> 
> 
> Hello.  A friend of me has a problem:
> 
> He is a registered user of DX4WIN and he has just installed it in a new
> computer.  Now, whenever he tries to save the log, in whatever folder, he
> get the following message:
> 
> An exception occurred!
> Unable to create directory
> 
> He is not trying to create anything, but overwriting the already existing
> .dxl file.
> 
> Here is a screenshot
> 
> http://screencast.com/t/I1evi8aoqC4
> 
> He has installed DX4WIN in root folder.  The machine is an AMD A10, with 8
> 
> GB RAM and Windows 8.1
> 
> What is wrong?
> 
> Thanks beforehand...
> 
> 73 de Isidro, EA8NQ
> E-mail:  ea8nq at hotmail.com
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