[Dx4win] Help needed!

[Jim Reisert AD1C]

Hi Brad,

I'm sorry about your problems.

The default location for your log is in the dx4w###\SAVE directory.
The files with ~ in the file extension are backups of those files
(from the previous save).  You should read this application note:

https://ad1c.us/dx4win/appnotes/backup.html

Also "save2" can be used as a "duplicate" backup location, see the QSO
tab of your preferences.

You should be running daily backups of your important data files.
That's also mentioned in the application note.


On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 3:45 PM Brad Anbro <n9en at live.com> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
>
> I am running DX4WIN ver. 9.0.9.1259 on a Windows 10 Pro machine and have a major problem. I have found in the past that the program DOES NOT like power outages when the program is in use and does NOT like it when Microsoft updates my computer.
>
> A few days ago, I received another update from Microsoft and the DX4WIN program would not work correctly. In the past, when I would receive an update or would experience a power failure, I would have to resort to uninstalling the program and then re-installing it, after which I would find all of the QSOs in my log book.
>
> This time, that process did not work. I keep two separate log books - the main one for my N9EN QSOs and a separate one for the QSOs that I have made when I operate my "W4A" special event. I tried to restore the computer to an earlier date, with disastrous results. After (finally) undoing the restore, I again had a working computer.
>
> What I have now is the "W4A" QSOs in both log books. In the past, when exiting the program, I would religiously select "save" and "backup" before closing the program. I KNOW that I have saved the N9EN QSOs at least up to December 18, when I began my W4A special event.
>
> The DX4WIN program is installed in the "Windows (C:) directory and is called "dx4w903." In that directory is a folder called "SAVE" and it appears that the logbook files are in that folder, as there are files named [N9EN_LOG.~xl], [N9EN_LOG], [W4A.~xl] and [W4A].
>
> I have tried replacing the N9EN files in the "SAVE" folder with files that I had saved to my "Documents" and after replacing the N9EN files in the "SAVE" folder with the saved files, that did not help.
>
> Is there a different directory in which the "actual" logbook files are located? I am at wit's end as how to take care of this problem. Prior to using DX4WIN, I had used a program called "Log Windows" - that program would not run on any operating system newer than Windows XP and it also did not like QSOs that were newer than December 31, 2020. That was why I switched to the new program.
>
> I have never had so much trouble with any computer program as I have had with DX4WIN. I only use the program for referring to past QSOs and to keep track of sending and receiving QSLs.
>
> I would very much appreciate any help that I can receive on my problem. Thank you very much.
>
> 73 de Brad, N9EN / W4A
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Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreisert at alum.mit.edu>, https://ad1c.us