[Logic] More IOTA Problems

[Carl J. Denbow]

Mel,

Thanks.  This did the trick.  After resetting the TMP and TEMP pointers, I did have to reboot before the new settings would "take."  All is well now and I'm up to date with IOTA.  I appreciate your help very much.

73
Carl
N8VZ
-- 
Carl J. Denbow, n8vz at qth.com on 5/11/2004


On Tue, 11 May 2004 19:43:04 -0400, Mel wrote:
> Go to Control panel... System... Advanced... Environment variables
> and set up a TEMP and TMP variable pointing to a valid directory...
> Or make sure the directory to which Temp is pointing exists...
> Create it if necessary.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net
>> [mailto:logic-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Carl J.
>> Denbow Sent: May 11, 2004 18:36 To: logic at mailman.qth.net;
>> logic at mailman.qth.net; logic at mailman.qth.net Cc:
>> dennis at hosenose.com Subject: Re: [Logic] More IOTA Problems
>>
>>
>> Well, I've figured out the problem.  Now I need a solution. It's
>> a WinXP system problem.  For some reason, the system is pointing
>> to a a non-existent directory as the system temp folder.  I've
>> done a registry search but can't find the appropriate key to
>> change.  Any XP gurus around that can give me a hint where to
>> look to change this variable.  Its pointing to an old USER
>> directory that was replaced when I did a clean install a few
>> months ago.  Everything else in the system seems to point to the
>> right directory, but not the temporary folder for some reason.
>> Weird!
>>
>> 73
>> Carl
>> N8VZ
>> --
>> Carl J. Denbow, n8vz at qth.com on 5/11/2004
>>
>>
>> On Tue, 11 May 2004 17:36:45 -0400, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
>>
>>> Added Info:  I just tried to update some other lists, like
>>>
>> U.S. Island
>>> and SMIRK and they work fine.  It appears to just be IOTA
>>>
>> that's not
>>> working for some reason.
>>> --
>>> Carl J. Denbow, n8vz at qth.com on 5/11/2004
>>>
>>>
>>> On Tue, 11 May 2004 17:22:51 -0400, Carl J. Denbow wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> Doesn't work for me because of the error message that I
>>>> mentioned previously.  I've tried all of the obvious stuff
>>>> like
>>>>
>> doing a clean,
>>>> rebuilding indexes, etc.  Not sure what's going on.  I think
>>>> I probably need help from Dennis.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> 73,
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Carl
>>>> N8VZ
>>>> --
>>>> Carl J. Denbow, n8vz at qth.com on 5/11/2004
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, 11 May 2004 17:34:13 -0300, Carl Smidt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> Click Tools - Internet - Update IOTA, that's it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> 73,   Carl   VE9OV
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>>>> From: "R Johnson" <k1vu at tmlp.com>
>>>>> To: <n8vz at qth.com> <logic at mailman.qth.net>
>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, May 11, 2004 5:05 PM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [Logic] More IOTA Problems
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Carl:
>>>>>> What is the FTP Address for IOTA Updates.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> TNX es 73
>>>>>> Bob, K1VU
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> At 09:19 5/11/2004 , you wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I installed the latest update from the ftp site.  Now,
>>>>>>>
>> when I triy
>>>>>>> to
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>> update IOTA, I get a message saying that some TMP file
>>>>> can't be found in a directory with a very long path buried
>>>>> somewhere in the documents and settings sub directory.
>>>>> Anyone else having this problem?  Solution?
>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> 73,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Carl
>>>>>>> N8VZ
>>>>>>>
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