A week or so ago, I sent several messages requesting assistance to
explain OLE errors that appeared when opening WL contest files, which
prevented opening packet and the band map. I had supposedly "fixed" the
problem by downgrading from ver. 10.73 to 10.69. This turned out not to
be a fix.
I think I now know what caused the OLE problems.
Not long ago, I installed RegCure on that computer, for reasons that now
escape me. It's one of those programs that scans the registry to
identify "errors" which are then "fixed" (deleted) when one makes that
choice. It has never been clear to me exactly what the criteria are for
determining "errors". One also determines how often the program scans
and presents its results. It always finds things to erase, even just
after a scan and purge have been performed.
My initial observation had been that the problem "went away" when I
replaced 10.73 with !0.69. I subsequently observed, when setting up for
SS, that relief was short-lived--the OLE problem reappeared after days,
and irrespective of WL version. When I next saw the RegCure screen, I
had a Eureka moment; that was today, during the CW SS. I needed to close
and reopen WL, and when I did the dreaded OLE box returned.
I will bet that each time RegCure runs, it scrubs something essential
from the registry that it thinks is an error, and the next time WL opens
and looks for that item or items, it is not there. Reinstalling the
software restores the missing item--until the next scan.
So I uninstalled RegCure and reinstalled 10.73d, and we shall see what
happens or does not happen.
Garry, NI6T
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