Author: William Penn
Date: 07:01:33 03/13/04
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On March 13, 2004 at 09:40:04, Mishmash wrote: >Unfortunately the box doesnt stay open long enough for me to click the left side >function. > >How would i know which were old ini files ?? >How can i delete older versions of directx ?? > >Could it be something to do with a Service Pack I have downloaded ? If the box stays open for 5 seconds, that should be long enough. But if you can't click it with the mouse fast enough, try hitting the ENTER key. If you still can't get it, there's another possibility - which I'll only mention if you report back. Any .ini files produced by Chessbase-related installations may be involved. For example there's a chssbase.ini file located in the windows folder. Where the others are located depends on your op system. There's a gui8.ini file and several others located somewhere - you can search for it with the find operation on your computer. On my windows xp computer mine they are located at c:\documents and settings\owner\application data\chessbase\chessprogram8. Depending on where you installed the software there may be other remnants too. For example if you accepted the defaults there will probably be a remnant folder(s) at c:\program files\chessbase. Get rid of everything by renaming or deleting. Then reset your computer and turn off your firewall & anti-virus before installing. DirectX isn't something you can delete or uninstall. You can only update it. To see what version you have and perform some diagnostics, try typing "dxdiag" into a Start>Run box. If I recall correctly you need version 8.1 or higher for Fritz 8. I have verion 9.0b which is the latest. If you need a later version you can get it from Microsoft. Windows service packs shouldn't affect it, but I don't really know. WP
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