[WT-support] Lost contest file

[Charlie Wooten NF4A]

Don't you just love the way Vista handles files ?  I won't change to that POS OS system until Gates holds a gun on me.

NF4A

 On Mon 17/11/08 10:10 AM , "Bob-N4CU" n4cu-2 at s125890533.onlinehome.us sent:
> excellent suggestion.  Files were not hidden  in expected
> folder. found with ->cd /d C:->dir ss.* /a /b  /s My computer name is
> bedroom.  I use  Vista. They were in:
> C:UsersBedroomAppDataLocalVirtualStoreProgram  FilesWin-Test Thanks,
> Bob  ----- ORIGINAL MESSAGE -----  FROM:  Bob Wilson, N6TV  TO:
> support at win-test.com ; Bob-N4CU  SENT: Sunday, November 16, 2008
> 10:35  PM SUBJECT: Re: [WT-support] Lost contest  file 
> First if you can run Win-Test and it successfully opens your  log,
> the file is still there. Run WRITELOG to create a Cabrillo file and 
> summary file.
> 
> Perhaps SS.WTB is a hidden file?  Try this from a  DOS command
> prompt:
> 
> cd /d "C:Program FiliesWin-Test"
> dir /a  /od
> 
> This will display all files, even hidden files, sorted by 
> last-modified date, with the most recently updated files listed 
> last.
> 
> If that doesn't work, try
> 
> CD /d C:
> dir SS* /a /b  /s
> 
> Which will search your entire C: drive for files that star with SS, 
> and list the full path to those files.  If that doesn't find it, try
> D:  or E: drive if you have those drives.
> 
> If you find the file, but it is  "hidden" (doesn't show up with "dir
> /a"), you can unhide it via
> 
> attrib  -h -s SS.wtb  (removes Hidden, and System file flags).
> 
> The other  possibility is that it is kept inside a "Compressed File
> Folder" (a Zip file)  somewhere, but that seems unlikely.
> 
> 73,
> Bob, N6TV
> 
> 2008/11/16 Bob-N4CU 
> I just finished a contest with the contest file  named SS.  I
> cannot find SS.WTB in the Win-Test folder or anyplace on  my computer
> using search.  I went through the createlog screen and  can't find a
> .log or .adi file either.  They should be in the Win-Test  folder but
> are not there.  I have opened and closed the contest log  several
> times so the computer can find the ss.wtb file.  Any idea  on how to
> locate the log files? Bob
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