[Dx4win] FW: DX4WIN

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

On Sat, Apr 4, 2015 at 8:32 PM, wrote:

> But I have been having problems with that computer and have decided to
> switch to a laptop with windows 7 on it.  I tried copying the entire dx4w602
> directory to a thumb drive and then copying that to the laptop.  That worked
> in the past when I moved from one XP computer to another XP computer.  But
> in this case with Windows 7, it wouldn't open and gave me a port driver
> message.  Is there a solution for that?

Try running DX4WIN 8.05 in Administrator Mode.  Right-click on the
program icon and select "Administrator Mode".  You may only have to do
this once to get the port driver installed.  I don't remember whether
6.02 really can avoid this problem (see below).

> Alternatively and probably better would be to install the latest version of
> DX4WIN (I think it's 8.05) on the laptop.

Yes.

> I've looked over AD1C's notes about upgrading, but that's not exactly what I
> want to do.  I don't mind reentering all the preferences but I would like to
> import all the old QSO data into the new version and then use the new
> version going forward.

Just copy the K1JB.dxl file from your 6.02 SAVE directory to the 8.05
SAVE directory. Then when you open that 6.02 log using 8.05, there
will be a one-time conversion to the 8.05 format.  When you save the
log, make sure to save it in the 8.05 SAVE directory, so as not to
over-write your old 6.02 format log.  Just in case something goes
wrong.

> After I install 8.05, can I just import the QSO data files from the old save
> file in version 6.02.

No need to import, see paragraph above.

73 - Jim AD1C

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