[Elecraft] Win 7 K3 and P3 Utilities

[hawley, charles j jr]

I keep getting an intermittent "This program has stopped working and MS is looking for a solution" with this utility and also with IE when I open it. 
Any ideas?

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On Aug 27, 2012, at 4:43 PM, "W4ATK" <w4atk at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> OOPs!! Do not mail to W4ATK, mail to the author of the software!!
> Sorry for the additional band width.
> 
> Jim.
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 27, 2012, at 4:41 PM, W4ATK <w4atk at bellsouth.net> wrote:
> 
>> Found on the internet.....
>> 
>> it is possible that the preferences file or the directory structure used to store the firmware files may have, somehow, become corrupt. 
>> 
>> Let's first try deleting the preferences file and see if that solves the problem.
>> 
>> Use Finder to navigate to the /User/your_user_name/Library/Preferences folder. 
>> 
>> A quick way to get there is to click the "Go to folder" menu option under the "Go" menu in Finder. 
>> 
>> Then type in "/Users/your_user_name/Library/Preferences". 
>> 
>> Once you get there, locate the file named "KX3UtilPrefs" and rename it to something like "KX3UtilPrefs_BAK". Or you can delete it. 
>> 
>> Then try running the KX3 Utility again. Renaming the preferences file would be better because I would like for you to email it to me if this fixes the problem.
>> 
>> 73s Jim, W4ATK
>> 
>> 
>> On Aug 27, 2012, at 4:25 PM, W4ATK <w4atk at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> 
>>> I often get the following error message which is fatal. "An exception of class NilObjectException was not handled. The application must shut down".
>>> Downloading new copies of the apps does not help. 
>>> I suggested  a "Repair Permissions" execution and was "chastised" <BIG GRIN> by the author of the utilities, but it has worked for me in the past although somewhat time consuming.
>>> So today I am posting the question. what is the remedy? 
>>> 
>>> 73s Jim, W4ATK
>>> 
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