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- From: swisher@cs.utexas.edu (Janet M. Swisher)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.ms-windows.apps
- Subject: Re: Problems launching QVTnet 3.16
- Date: 22 Jan 1993 20:30:24 -0600
- Organization: CS Dept, University of Texas at Austin
- Lines: 29
- Message-ID: <lm1be0INNgen@boogie.cs.utexas.edu>
- References: <lm190qINNg7j@boogie.cs.utexas.edu>
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- In article <lm190qINNg7j@boogie.cs.utexas.edu> I wrote:
- >I just downloaded WinQVT/Net version 3.16 from cica and installed it.
- >I can only get it to run properly if I start it using the Program
- >Manager File:Run command. If I create a ProgMan icon and double-click
- >on it, I get a message: System Error, Network error on drive ?.
- >Hitting Retry just gets me the same message box; hitting Cancel gets
- >me the QVT configuration dialog box that's supposed to come up if you
- >haven't modified qvtnet.ini (which I *have*). The qvtnet.ini file
- >*is* in the same directory as wnqvtnet.exe, not the Windows directory,
- >per the Readme.
-
- Solved my own problem. I hadn't specified the right working directory
- in the icon's Properties. Now that that matches the executable
- directory, it launches fine. (It also means that FTP downloads go
- into this directory, which is *not* what I want -- any way to change
- this other than manually every time?)
-
- >I noticed that the zip file I got (from the cica uploads directory)
- >doesn't contain the tnstart.exe program mentioned in the release notes
- >(for launching sessions from ProgMan instead of the console). I'm
- >wondering if this is related to my problem.
-
- OK, so it's not related to my problem, but I'm still wondering why I
- didn't get it. Did folks who got their upgrade direct from QPC get
- this program?
-
-
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