[WT-support] WT.EXE 4.0.1 can easily destroy your old logs -- delete it!

[Bob Wilson, N6TV]

On Mon, Aug 3, 2009 at 6:59 AM, Posselt Werner <W.Posselt at maco.at> wrote:

> Unfortunately I just double clicked a .wtb file.
> WT4 starts up and talks about converting it to .wt4 but after clicking OK
> you need a backup copy of the .wtb file otherwise you are out of luck.
> The .wtb file has gone, and the .wt4 file grows until you kill Win-Test.
> Win-Test Version is 4.0.1.
>
> Isn't this the worst thing that can happen ?


Yes, so I'm changing the subject line to try to get people's attention.

As you see, this also happened to W6XD, who lost his entire log.  I searched
everywhere on his hard disk, but could not find his original .WTB file
anywhere.  He had no Cabrillo version to work with either.

I my opinion, everyone should just delete WT.EXE (version 4.0.1).  Do NOT
uninstall it, just delete the WT.EXE file.

Replace it with wt_dev.exe from:

   http://download.win-test.com/v4/nightly/wt_dev.zip

as the probem is fixed in that version.

In the mean time, if you have a Cabrillo file or ADIF file, you should be
able to reconstruct your log from that file.  Use File, Import, Cabrillo.

73,
Bob, N6TV
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