Patience. QWS isn't abandoned. James has just been focused on something else for a bit. He's got a long list of suggestions for improvements. (I know, I wrote several of them from experiences with other sequencers and regular use over time) But it's a one person shop. What would help is as much information as possible about what's happening. I prefer to let those having the problem ask elsewhere because they know what's going on with their system and the problem and they can implement fixes suggested far faster than I can. So it'd be good for someone having this problem to go to one of the What's App groups or the Midimag lists to ask there. And though some programs can run into snags with later operating systems, that's not always the case. For example, Cardfile, a Windows 3.1 accessory, still runs on Windows 7 and I suspect will still run on Windows 10. Hammerhead, a beats creation program, also still runs fine too. It's not a universal truth that legacy software is always abandonware.
Sent from my HAL 9000 in transit to Jupiter -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Carlos Gonzalez Sent: Monday, July 05, 2021 3:49 PM To: QWS list <[email protected]> Subject: Re: QWS List QWS suddenly refuses to start It's painfully obvious that QWS is getting old. And, newer versions of Windows don't like old software very much! Since QWS is not actively maintained. I guess its time to find a new music/MIDI creation software. But! REAPER is not the answer because it is too complicated to use. And, there is no real good simple alternative to QWS to be found! It's very sad to see a good piece of software grow long in the tooth! Developers of open source software have the very bad habit of falling out of love with their software/projects! So, QWS will at some point stop running on any computer. So, once again blind people get kicked in the teeth! Sorry this is not helpful at all. But, maybe, at some point someone who wants to keep QWS alive will read this and decide to keep QWS going! On 7/5/2021 9:41 AM, Richard Emling wrote: > Hi. > > Its becoming more and more mysterious: > After deleting the QWS.INI file, QWS starts once with the message, that > it has no configuration and will use the standard one. > Then a new QWS.INI is created. > When closing QWS and trying to reopen it, it again shows its behaviour > of imediately closing again. > I already tried to install it to another path, just to make sure, that > there are no folder rights conflicts, still not opening. > Well, for the moment, I have no special configuration worth saving, but > this can't be the way, deleting the QWS.INI over and over. > > Thankfull for more ideas, > > Richard > To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com > > for archived list posts, see > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] To unsubscribe or change list options, see http://lists.andrelouis.com for archived list posts, see http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
