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All,
Earlier today I posted a message describing a splash screen
hang-up problem that I had encountered. A member of this
list e-mailed me with a suggestion (shown below). It worked.
I have re-installed the 6.5.2 patch and MetaStock seems to
be running fine (so far).
Regards,
Tim
> > Ken wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Tim,
> > >
> > > Other than this patch, I hope things are well with you.
> > > As you know from my comments on the MS list, I don't claim to
> > > be a
> > > computer wiz. <g> So with that in mind, FWIW, here's what
> > > *I*
> > > would try: (I had a splash screen only problem in the past,
> > > but
> > > it was not caused by a patch. The steps below corrected my
> > > problem.)
> > >
> > > Reinstall the offending patch. Do not try to open Metastock.
> > > Reboot.
> > > Simultaneously depress the CTL and the SHFT keys while opening
> > > Metastock. Answer "yes". If the patch caused a problem in
> > > the
> > > registry, hopefully this will correct it. If Metastock opens
> > > this
> > > time, you'll want to set your preferred user settings again.
> > >
> > > Good luck,
> > >
> > > Ken
> > > P.S. - Did I mention that I'm no computer wiz?
> > >
> > > TKruzel wrote:
> > >
> > > > All,
> > > > I have sent the following message to Equis Support. I
> > > > send it to you all as a warning and to see if anyone
> > > > may have encountered and solved this problem.
> > > >
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Tim
> > > >
> > > > OK, here's one for you.
> > > >
> > > > I have been running MetaStock 6.5 EOD (Build 9/11/97)
> > > > on Windows 95. No problems, no complaints.
> > > >
> > > > I installed the MetaStock EOD patch msw652.exe
> > > > (Build 1/22/99) a couple of weeks ago (around 2/8/99).
> > > > The patch seemed to install correctly (I got the
> > > > congratulations message etc.) The new install worked
> > > > for a couple of days.
> > > >
> > > > Then one day I was using MetaStock and the program got
> > > > hung. (The only unusual thing I was doing was that I
> > > > was running with the VIEW|FULL SCREEN option on. I
> > > > usually do not do this.) When I say hung I mean hung.
> > > > The only way I could exit was to either press the
> > > > reset button or power the computer off and back on.
> > > >
> > > > After restarting the system I tried to run MetaStock
> > > > again. The splash screen came up but the program did
> > > > not. Also, if I try to bring up another application after
> > > > trying to start MetaStock my system will hang again.
> > > >
> > > > So, I uninstalled the patched version of MetaStock and
> > > > re-installed MetaStock 6.5 EOD (Build 9/11/97) from my CD.
> > > > No problems, no complaints.
> > > >
> > > > Today (2/18/99), I downloaded the latest patch on the
> > > > Equis website (msw652.exe). I assume that this patch was
> > > > more current than the prior patch I had previously tried.
> > > > I uninstalled MetaStock and installed the patch. Again, I
> > > > received the message indicating that the installation was
> > > > successful. I restarted the system and tried to start
> > > > MetaStock. Once again, I got the splash screen but MetaStock
> > > > would not come up. Same symptoms as before.
> > > >
> > > > So, once again I uninstalled MetaStock and re-installed
> > > > MetaStock 6.5 EOD (Build 9/11/97) from my CD. No problems,
> > > > no complaints.
> > > >
> > > > I can only assume that the prior version of the patch caused
> > > > a file to become corrupted. Which one? I do not want to delete
> > > > all of my data, indicator, and other files. Any help would be
> > > > appreciated.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Regards,
> > > > Tim
> > >
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