[Dx4win] Update problems

[Tom Doligalski]

The same difficulty occurs when using dx4win to check the lotw adif confirmation file.

Looks like a good workaround is to add dx4win to the list of applications allowed controlled folder access.

Tom W4KX

> On Dec 15, 2018, at 4:43 PM, Tom Doligalski via DX4WIN <dx4win at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
> 
> Turns out this is a problem with the fall update of windows 10, which by default enforces “controlled folder access”. Switch this off (in windows defender) and the update goes through seamlessly.
> 
> I see this with a number of other applications which are denied write access to necessary folders….
> 
> Another “feature”!
> 
> Tom W4KX
> 
>> On Dec 11, 2018, at 2:35 PM, Jim Reisert AD1C <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
>> 
>> did you run the update as Administrator by mistake?
>> 
>> On Tue, Dec 11, 2018 at 10:15 AM Tom Doligalski via DX4WIN
>> <dx4win at mailman.qth.net> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I updated successfully recently, and just tried to use update again without success.
>>> 
>>> Running dx4win 9.0.4.1176 under windows 10.
>>> 
>>> When I run “check for updates” I now see as error box from dx4win.exe that says “file access denied”.
>>> 
>>> After looking through the log, it looks like dx4win is looking for a file at:
>>> 
>>> C:\users\documernts\dx4w9upd.log
>>> 
>>> Which is a directory which does NOT exist!
>>> 
>>> Should be looking at:
>>> 
>>> C:\users\tom\documents\dx4w9upd.log
>>> 
>>> (Note the inclusion of a user name, in this case “tom”).
>>> 
>>> This file is in the correct directory, but in this case from the previous update. So, it looks like WPdate is trying to write the file to an incorrect directory.
>>> 
>>> Anyone else see the same thing?
>>> 
>>> Tom W4KX
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>> Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us
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