Author: David Dahlem
Date: 03:34:56 10/21/00
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On October 21, 2000 at 05:01:07, Sune Larsson wrote: >On October 21, 2000 at 03:40:55, Pete Galati wrote: > >>On October 21, 2000 at 02:10:02, Terry Ripple wrote: >> >>> I did this simple installation several times on my Compaq with Win.95 but now >>>i'am trying to install Hiarcs opening book to the hard drive of a new Gateway >>>that is using Windows me and i'am having a weir problem. After the install of >>>the book to the hard drive of my new Gateway everything appears to have gone OK. >>> >>>The opening tree shows all the moves are there and the installation puts it in >>>the default= C:\Program Files\Chess Base\Books\Hiarcs.ctg >>> >>>All the opening moves are showing in the display window of the Hiarcs program >>>and i play a game of Chess and i know that the opening moves are coming from the >>>hard drive as my CD is not spinning. So now i exit the Hiarcs program and remove >>>the CD. I now go back in the program to play a game of chess and there are no >>>moves displayed in the programs window nor are there any moves showing >>>in the opening tree! >>> >>>Next i go to load the opening book and it shows that hiarcs.ctg is there but i >>>still try to load it by clicking on hiarcs. ctg and then click on "Open" and it >>>says that i already have the opening book loaded! >>> >>>I been in Chessbase's T Notes and followed the Opening tree installation to my >>>hard drive and this is exactly the way that i install it to my Compaq but when i >>>do the same install to my new Gateway that is using Windows me i have this >>>problem. Is there some kind of bug that is causing these problems in with the >>>Windows me? >>> >>>I appreciate any help in advance that you can give me, this has me stomped!!! >>> >>>Best Regards, >>>Terry >> >>Boy, you got me. It might be having trouble because of it still being a >>read-only file even after after being on the harddrive, because I think >>Chessbase has all the files one their CDs with read-only file attributes. >> >>So try this, in the File Manager or Explorer, highlight the file hiarcs.ctg (you >>know, the one on your HD), and hit alt-enter, and you sould get that thing that >>shows you the file attributes, and if there's a check in the box that says >>"read-only", then remove that check, see if that fixes the problem for you. >> >>Pete > >Good advice. I have also found the removal of "read only" well worth a first >try. > >Sune It's worth a try but my books all work with "read only" checked. Sometimes i get the message "book already loaded". Then i have to click load again and then click ok. That works for me. Dave
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