[SCCC] Fwd: [PVRC] Setting up WSJTx and JTAlert on WIN 10 for VHF Contest update

[Steve]

If any of you are operating contests using WSJT-X 
and/or JTAlert, and you're migrating (as opposed 
to "upgrading") to W10, the following tips may be 
of interest as you get ready for this weekend's VHF contest.

73,
SteveH K0XP


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>Some time ago I wrote an article about how to 
>easily set up a separate contest for WSJT-X and 
>JTAlert  by copying the original icons and then 
>modifying the General tap to the contest name 
>and modifying the Shortcut Tab to the contest 
>path. That worked perfectly in Windows 7 Pro and 
>Win 7 Home addition.  At the end of 2019  I up 
>graded all of my radio room computers to windows 
>10 Pro and attempted the same setup for the up 
>coming VHF contest this weekend.  If any of you 
>all are using my procedure and are now using 
>Window 10 then you need a littler more 
>information as I discovered. In Windows 10 when 
>you right click the original WSJT-X icon or the 
>JTAlert icon then past it to some other pace on 
>your desktop this is what happens. Next you 
>would Right that new icon and then Left click 
>Properties. Then you would change the Shortcut 
>tab path and the General tab name.   Then you 
>would click OK. When you do that Win 10 actually 
>creates two identical icons on top of each other 
>which you will not know about unless you hold 
>down the left click button and drag the new icon 
>you just worked on to a new place on the desktop 
>which revels the second duplicate icon.  Here is 
>the kicker.  One of the icons works the other 
>DOES NOT WORK.  When you figure out which one 
>does not work Win 10 WILL NOT let you delete it 
>from your desktop.   Here is the easiest 
>solution.  As soon as you have modified the new 
>icon and clicked OK drag it some where else to 
>reveal the second icon.  At that point simply 
>RESTART your computer.  When the computer comes 
>back up the bad icon will be gone.  HOWEVER the 
>New icon for the contest most likely will have 
>taken the place of the original on your desktop 
>and your original desktop icon has move to where 
>the new one was before you did the 
>restart.  They switched places in other 
>words.   So just be sure and drag the new 
>contest icon out of the original icon’s place 
>to some where else on your desktop.  Then drag 
>the original icon back into it’s original 
>place.    It sounds like a lot but it’s 
>not.  Putting the original icon back to it’s 
>original place will keep you out of much 
>frustration in the future.  Do this for both 
>WSJT-X and JTAlert.  The above happened on four 
>of my upgraded  machines to win 10 so more than 
>likely it will do the same on yours and now you 
>have a fix. 73, and I hope this helps some of 
>you for this weekend’s VHF test.  Alan WA3EKL