[Dx4win] FAILURE OF MY PROGRAM

[Paul van der Eijk]

Alan,

That backup approach will work but creates a potential problem. DX4WIN will
remember the last log saved which is now on a USB stick. If you reopen your
log in your regular directory the problem goes away.

—Paul

On Tue, Aug 10, 2021 at 8:14 PM Alan Zack <k7acz at cox.net> wrote:

> Go to C:/dx4w906/save and look for kr9a.dxl or any file ending with
> the .dxl extension. This is your log. If not there go to your WIN
> search box (lower left corner of your display) and search for
> KR9A.DXL. If/when you find this file copy and paste to the above SAVE
> folder. Your .dxl log file may have somehow gotten saved in a
> different folder. Or is your call W9KO as in your email address?
>
> I have had problems in the past opening DX4WIN due to a missing CTY
> file. I go to the  dx4w906/backup folder, find the last country.dat
> file, and copy and paste it into the dx4w906/save folder. DX4WIN will
> now open with the old country file. Do an UPDATE to get the latest
> county file.
>
> I suggest going frequent back up of my .dxl file. Easy to do by going
> to FILE: SAVE AS. When the SAVE AS window opens right click on your
> .dxl file.
> A window will open. Select SEND TO and select a device to save the
> file (I use a thumb drive). Your .dxl file will be saved to what ever
> device you have chosen.
>
>
> Alan Zack
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>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: dx4win-bounces at mailman.qth.net On Behalf Of BILL BERG
> Sent: Sunday, August 8, 2021 09:15 PM
> To: dx4win at mailman.qth.net
> Subject: [Dx4win] FAILURE OF MY PROGRAM
>
>
> Hi All
>
> I opened my dx4win program 4 Aug 2021 and it said Cant find your log,
> same computer I have used for 2 years ,, so I looked all over and I
> couldn’t find it either  and the path seems to have vanished .  I did
> not do anything different. Has this happened to anyone else?  I did
> reload the computer but no help Did a new windows update affect me?
> Thanks Bil   KR9A
> .Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for
> Windows 10
>
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