[Dx4win] Warning Win 10 updates, Very important.

John Pritt radiotech at nycap.rr.com
Thu Mar 14 12:16:33 EDT 2019


Yesterday I went from the shack to the kitchen for dinner.  I left DX4Win
running, as I usually do, to see if any new bands or modes are  spotted.
When I came back to the shack DX4Win was closed and the desktop was showing.
I had to log back in with my password to restart DX4Win.  I immediately got
a warning that that DX4Win was corrupted.  I just want you all to be aware
this could happen to you.  When Windows 10 wants to do an update it gives
you a warning and if you are not in front of your PC to see that warning it
will very rudely shut down any program that is running.   Luckily I had just
save a copy of the SAVE directory because I had just finished entering
roughly 200 new QSL cards that I had received.  Had I not saved when I did I
would have lost all those QSLs that I entered!  Of course as I enter the
cards I put them away in alpa/numerical order with the other thousands of
cards I keep in a card cabinet I would have never found them all to reenter
them.  Also, don't walk away from your PC without closing DX4Win or any
other programs.  Remember to Save Save Save!!



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