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I just ran into the same problem. But changing the compatibility setting to Windows 98 appears to have restored all of Downloader's functionality. So if anyone is having trouble with Downloader, as summarized by Yuki, you might try that.
Bill
--- In amibroker@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Yuki Taga <yukitaga@xxxx> wrote:
> I installed SP-2 tonight, and everything went perfectly -- no hiccups
> or burps. However, it appears to have broken, or more correctly,
> somewhat disabled my Metastock Downloader 7.2.
>
> What happens is that the Downloader opens, but any attempt to open a
> file in the Downloader causes the DL to close immediately. There are
> several ways to attempt to open a file: 1) File > Open (causes DL to
> close) 2) Ctrl+O (causes DL to close) 3) clicking the folder icon on
> the DL toolbar (causes DL to close). Fortunately, I can still get at
> my data by selecting File [one of the numbered file entries that I
> have previously saved]. All other functionality seems present; once
> in I can apparently do anything I could do before, including
> converting, copying, etc., etc.
>
> So, I think it's time for me to move beyond the DL -- I don't use MS
> at all anymore. What exactly should I do? My data is in MS database
> format, accessed by AB via the MS plugin -- I do have AB save to the
> local database as well, just for redundancy. I update (EOD) via
> Download Quotes.
>
> I am fully imaged of course, and have the option of rolling this back
> to SP-1, but that seems like the wrong direction to go. Maybe just
> separating myself from all things MS is the way to go, but rather
> amusingly, I'm not exactly sure how to do it.
>
> Alternatively, if someone has a copy of the separate Downloader
> Installer program (version 7.2) that they could send me, I could try
> a reinstall and see if that helps solve this apparently odd problem.
> (MS no longer offers the DL free, apparently, and for some odd
> reason, my old MS CDs won't even open the setup program now, and I'll
> be darned if I know why. All other CD setup programs seem to work
> fine.)
>
> And the DL is the only program I've found so far that seems to have
> been affected at all by SP-2.
>
> Yuki
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