Since there seems to be a bit of interest about "the missing file", I
thought I'd post this response to Jim's note.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bruce A. King" <baking@gis.net>
To: "Jim McCook" <w6ya@home.com>
Sent: Thursday, July 20, 2000 11:56 AM
Subject: Re: Missing file
> > Where did that file go, and why did it need to be retrieved like that.
> > What could I have done to prevent this, etc. It was definitely a new
> > experience. If a .dll turns out missing like this inany program, is
> > this the exercise to use? If the file was there in thefirst place, why
> > did it disappear?
>
> Hi Jim,
>
> I don't know why that file disappeared on you. I do know that if you
> uninstall Writelog entirely, and then reboot your system before
reinstalling
> Writelog, then Windows complains about missing files (not the one you
lost).
> I think Writelog provides new/replacement versions of these files. If you
> reinstall Writelog without rebooting, then you never notice that these
files
> are "gone" for a few minutes. I know Wayne is aware of it, I don't think
it
> happens often. And, it is usually associated with a full install as
opposed
> to an upgrade. I ran into it while beta testing one version, and had
decided
> to completely remove Writelog as part of the troubleshooting process.
>
> If you "lose" a dll file, the procedure that I described will work IF the
> file was supplied by Windows in the first place. If not, you will have to
> recover it from the install disk for the software in question. If you use
> the other option in system file checker, it will examine all the Windows
> files and tell you if any are damaged or missing (or that an earlier
version
> has been installed over a later one). It's a good program to make sure
that
> Windows is healthy, it's also an easy way to get things screwed up if
you're
> not careful, so I would only run it if you think you have a problem with a
> missing/bad file.
>
>
> 73 Bruce W1CSM
>
>
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