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Thanks Bill
--- wavemechanic <wd78@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been
> removed]
>
>
=====
Dave Tolbert
Blue Skies!
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