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Subject: Re: !!!!! FRITZ 7 NOT WORKING UNDER X P !! - !!!!!A SOLUTION !!!!!!!

Author: Steve Wilkins

Date: 21:25:26 01/03/02

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On January 02, 2002 at 09:55:36, James T. Walker wrote:

>On January 02, 2002 at 08:16:03, Steve Wilkins wrote:
>
>>On January 02, 2002 at 07:50:57, Jeroen van Dorp wrote:
>>
>>>As Fritz 7 is compatible with XP I would suggest a de- and re-install.
>>>If you don't want that, you could try win98 compatibility mode.
>>>
>>>J.
>> Neither way worked - it flashes the logo then disappears . Tried compatibilty
>>with 2000 Win 98 ME and 95 plus a deinstall and reinstall - still ablank screen.
>>
>>                                              Baffled      Robert
>
>If it's like Fritz 6, you could simply have corrupted tablebase files.  I know
>for sure that if you have one corrupted tablebase file, Fritz 6 will get to the
>Logo and then stop without telling you what is wrong.  If you have Crafty 18.10
>try starting it using the same tablebases.  If there is a problem, Crafty will
>tell you which tablebase is bad.  Just one thing to try.


Worked like a charm - thanks - now tell me how to load Crafty -  I don't have an
executable Crafty - only ones ending in XXX.eng. Do I load it in a DOS window
with the executable and some command line params??

                                                          Robert



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