It sounds like DX4WIN didn't shut down properly and the SAVE\DX4WIN.CFG file got corrupted. I hope you wrote the settings to a .INI file at some point. Just delete the .CFG file, restart DX4WIN, and merge from your .INI file.
On Wed, Feb 9, 2011 at 9:26 PM, Gary E. Jones W5FI wrote: > I just came home tonight to find that my dell Optiplex 755, which runs > DX4win, had rebooted. It appears that it rebooted after being forced to > reboot and download some update forced by Microsoft. The display was the > wrong size as though whatever download had occurred had changed my monitor > calibration. > > > > However, when I tried to load DX4WIN, it was like the ini file had been > erased or maybe gone back to an earlier ini file, maybe even the default > that you get from Paul when you buy a new license and program, because > everything about the program was different. My call was in there, but all > the station information was gone or wrong (e.g., wrong lat / lon, all the > modes boxes were checked where I had only checked the ones that I really > work, and the packet window was reset for no packet). It was like I was > using a default ini file. Now I have started to recreate the layout that I > like, but all spots are grayed out and none of them show their worked or > needed status. The country database seems to be gone, but the logbook seems > to be OK. When I try to open the country window, I get the following error > "Fixed Column Count must be less than column count" > > > > I have no idea what just happened. Can anyone give me a clue. Has the > program lot the INI file, and if so, how should I get it back without > creating all sorts of problems. -- Jim Reisert AD1C, <jjreis...@alum.mit.edu>, http://www.ad1c.us ______________________________________________________________ Dx4win mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/dx4win Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:Dx4win@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html