Thanks to Greg VE3PJ who gave me a script to wipe the registry and also
Robert W5AJ for suggesting the same. It looks like I'm back in business.
Greatly appreciated guys!
73
Ken K4ZW
On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 5:09 PM Ken Claerbout <kenk4zw@gmail.com> wrote:
> I had version 12.44 loaded on my Surface Tablet, everything had been
> working for the better part of a week. Today I was setting up a few windows
> for CQWW SSB. Then I went into the ini file to make sure "autosave" was
> configured. It was, so I didn't make any changes to the file. Somewhere
> along the line something happened as I've been unable to run the program
> since that. I get to the box with previous logs and Settings (Edit,
> Export, Import, Help). After clicking on any log or trying to start a new
> one, I get the spinning wheel but then it just stops. Nothing happens.
>
> I uninstalled the program a couple of times, deleted every Writelog file
> or folder I could find, hoping to do a fresh install. Same thing. For the
> heck of it I uninstalled 12.44 and installed 12.52 registered to ET3AA
> (which I purchased). Same thing. I'm stumped!
>
> It appears there is an ini file somewhere or something in a registry that
> is not being deleted or maybe corrupted, because there are old logs
> showing in Recently Used window and, I get error messages about COM ports
> (5, 6, 12) not being available, which had been configured while the program
> was working. I'm getting the message because I unplugged the USB to serial
> converters. But the program is looking for them unlike a clean new install
> where you would start from scratch.
>
> This stuff isn't my forte. I've spent an afternoon trying to dig out from
> this hole to no avail. And things were going so well. Any help would be
> appreciated.
>
> 73
> Ken K4ZW
>
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