Blair, Grant Mar 4, 2014
Thanks, Bill. Already tried that one (since it was easy to do from my obsy).
Didn’t make a difference.
I do have a backup of the Guide directory tree (which I store elsewhere), so I’ll take that down to the observatory tomorrow and try comparing the files.
Your scenario does sound likely, though – I do recall the computer crashing during a recent session and it’s possible I have not tried to start Guide again since that time.
Grant
From: guide-user@yahoogroups.com [mailto:guide-user@yahoogroups.com]
On Behalf Of Bill Gray
Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2014 8:27 PM
To: guide-user@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [guide-user] Guide suddenly demanding CD at startup
Hi Grant,
There is no date threshhold involved.
I've heard of this bug from time to time. I have never really been completely
sure of this, but I _think_ it was related to a bug, since fixed, involving
Guide running when the computer was shut down; for some reason, Guide didn't
get enough time to write out all the files it normally should.
I would suggest you get the current update from
http://www.projectpluto.com/new.htm
and install that. If I'm right, the bug fix in question will cause Guide
to behave itself correctly. If not, it will at least replace a fair number of
files with "correct" versions; if one of those was a corrupted file, then
installing the update will fix that problem.
-- Bill
On 03/04/2014 07:06 PM, g.blair@... wrote:
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> Guide suddenly demanding CD at startup
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> All of a sudden, just as I'm out here in my freezing observatory and trying to fire up Guide9, a message appears when I double-click the regular shortcut. It is suddenly refusing to start without a CD. I have not used this installation with a CD in a considerable amount of time.
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> Is there some date threshold triggering this? And how do I get around it, with my CD being nowhere convenient around here? Is there a file I can edit manually to get Guide to start? I believe I'm using a very recent version...
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> Cheers,
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> Grant
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