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Setting the Compatibility to Windows 2000, rather than 95, is a safer
choice.
Trader Joe...
--- In Metastockusers@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Arsk0jn@xxxx wrote:
> This may be of help to others running Metastock Downloader ver. 7.2
(and
> possibly earlier) under Windows XP. There has always been a
compatibility
> problem with the "open" icons running this configuration. You
cannot get a list of
> the securities in a file, only the view showing the icons in a
folder. Over
> the weekend, I couldn't get anything. Every time I tried to open a
file
> containing securities, Downloader aborted. After many hours, I
resolved the problem
> by running Downloader under the windows 95 operating system
configuration.
> (Just select "properties and choose Win 95 compatibility.) I had
installed
> Windows XP Service Package 2 (SP2) and apparently it ended what
little
> compatibility had previously existed between Downloader ver. 7.2
and XP. Running under
> Windows 95 doesn't fix the "icon" problem ( I understand Equis
fixed this in
> later versions of Downloader) but at least you can get access to
the
> security files again via the icon route. Hopefully this information
will save others
> a lot of time and headaches if they are running this configuration
and
> install SP 2.
> Regards and good trading,
> Joe Nemecek
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