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   Message 8,487 of 9,834   
   Don to Liz McGuire   
   Re: Installing Pdox9 on XP Pro   
   27 Apr 07 20:03:06   
   
   From: donn@princetonair.com   
      
   Liz,   
   Bingo!   
   That did it.   
   It's nice to see the Project Viewer again.   
   Now, to open a few files.   
   Thanks very much for your assistance,   
   Don   
      
   Liz McGuire  wrote:   
   >Don,   
   >   
   >You just need to run the BDE Administrator (found in Control Panel) and   
      
   >set the NET DIR (on the config tab, under Paradox) to a location other   
   >than the root of C:\.  It should be a dir to which you have full rights.   
   >   
   >Liz   
   >   
   >   
   >Don wrote:   
   >> Installed Pdox9 on XP Pro notebook connected to a network and it installed   
   >> without any error msgs.   
   >>   
   >> Upon starting Pdox9, I get two Pdox error msgs:   
   >>   
   >> First I get Network Initialization Failed, Directory C\, File   
   C:\PDOXUSERS.NET,   
   >> cannot access network lock file, continue with network disabled? Y / N.   
      
   >>   
   >> Clicking Yes provides a second Pdox error msg: Could not initialize BDE,   
   >> Network initialization failed, Directory C:\, File: C:\PDOXUSERS.NET.   
   Clicking   
   >> on the OK button stops the startup.   
   >>   
   >> A network help person reinstalled Pdox9 plus all SP's 1, 2 & 3  that I   
   provided)   
   >> that installed OK, but I still get the same two Pdox error msgs. when   
   starting   
   >> Pdox9.   
   >>   
   >> I don't want to share Pdox9 working files with anyone on the network;   
   just   
   >> use it on my pc and print reports on a network printer.   
   >>   
   >> I can't install Pdox9 on when my notebook is not connected to the network   
   >> b/c I need administrative rights to install any program.   
   >>   
   >> Any suggestions would be appreciated,   
   >> Don   
   >>   
   >>   
      
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