[WriteLog] Vista & Com Ports

[Sunflower]

Thank you to everyone that provided the correct fix to get WriteLog to recognize CommSlots in Vista.  I would have never figured this out 
myself.  The writelog.ini file in C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows doesn't show up when I use the Vista search tool but sure enough, the file is there as well as in C:\windows.  All is well now and working!  I guess this approach is part of 
Vista's stronger security.  Anyhow, thanks again.

Marshall, AA0FO

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Craig Fastenow" <craigfastenow at mchsi.com>
To: <mrtoburen at sunflower.com>
Sent: Friday, October 12, 2007 12:20 PM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Vista & Com Ports


> Marshall:
>
> This is a problem with Vista -- it does not allow applications to write
> to an "ini" file in either the C:\Windows or C:\Program Files directory
> trees. Rather, it establishes a "VirtualStore" folder where a working copy
> of the "ini" file is placed. On my Vista machine the file is located at:
>
>  C:\Users\[UserName]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows\writelog.ini
>
> Substitute your "username" for "[UserName]" in the above path.
>
> If you edit this file, the new com ports will show up just fine in your
> port list.
>
> If you have any problems with this fix, just let me know!
>
> 73,
> Craig, KØCF