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Subject: Re: Fritz 8 Database problem in Windows XP

Author: Derek Winter

Date: 18:09:15 12/22/02

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On December 22, 2002 at 16:45:29, Torstein Hall wrote:

>On December 22, 2002 at 16:09:43, Derek Winter wrote:
>
>>I find that in Windows XP I can't open any databases. In fact the program
>>doesn't see any databases, which I know are there as .cbh files.
>>
>>   I have heard that there are serious problems with Fritz8 and Windows XP, but
>>have not heard workarounds. Any suggestions would be appreciated.
>
>I have used both Fritz 7 and Fritz 8 on Windows XP. I have had absolutly no
>problems with database, or anything else, so I doubt that there are any
>incompability problems with Fritz and Windows XP.
>
>Perhaps you should try to reinstall the program?
>
>Torstein

The key may be where one installs the database. There is some Fritz8 Help File
information to the effect that you have to install the database in a particular
location (My Documents\Chessbase, otherwise you will have problems on a WINXP
system. I did that but still can't open .cbh files.



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