[WriteLog] Need advice on Writelog installation conventions on Windows 7

[Rick Tavan N6XI]

On Win 7 you absolutely can not store writelog.ini in c:\windows. All
writes from non-admin users are forbidden and even reads get redirected to
c:\users\<username>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows. I built a shortcut
to that ridiculous path name and put it on my desktop. I can edit
writelog.ini there easily and yes, changes persist. That's also where
wl.exe stores writelog.ini when it exits, of course. I can live with this.
It's having to switch back and forth between user and admin IDs and having
to move around the results of Convert CTY that aggravates me. Some of this
is Windows 7 silliness and I believe some is inconsistent or inadequate
path name management in writelog functions and utilities.

/Rick

On Thu, Jul 4, 2013 at 11:13 AM, AL9A <al9a at mtaonline.net> wrote:

> I don't have Win7 on my PC, but since WL is installed in the root
> directory the Virtual store path is not a problem. Check for your
> writelog.ini file at C:Windows.  If the file is there check that it is the
> correct one by making a small change in some parameter and see if that
> change is in effect when you start WL. Or setup a new keyboard shortcut in
> WL then save configuration and save the log file. Now check the ini file
> and see If the new shortcut is shown in the shortcuts section. If so, this
> is your active ini file.
>
> 73,
> Gary AL9A


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Rick Tavan N6XI
Truckee, CA