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   Message 1,453 of 1,554   
   Martin Kazmaier to Mike Powell   
   YTMAINT Error...   
   16 Aug 25 19:58:00   
   
   PID: EleBBS/W32 v20130208.d   
   MSGID: 1:340/1101 012c106a   
   REPLY: 792.f_doors@1:2320/105 2d06297e   
   NOTE: IceEdit 2.35 K96741   
   TID: FastEcho 1.46.1 43288   
      
   * In a message originally to MARTIN KAZMAIER, Mike Powell said:   
      
    > > I checked ytconfig and didn't see ANY paths.   
      
    > There *may* not be any unless you have YTMAINT generating a high scores   
    > bulletin.   
      
   I am, but it's in the current directory   
      
    > >  MP> Also, make sure that the BAT file that is running YTMAINT is   
    > switching to   
    > >  MP> the directory that the game resides in before it runs.  Mine looks   
    > like   
    > >  MP> this:   
      
    > > E: cd \DOORS\YT YTMAINT   
      
    > > Mine is similar cd \ele\doors\dosdoors ytmaint   
      
    > Are all of your dos doors in the \ele\doors\dosdoors directory?   
      
    > Do you have only one YT game running?   
      
    > I used to keep all my doors in one directory but eventually ran into   
    > issues after I added a few doors. Now they are all kept in separate   
    > directories just in case two games happen to use the same file name.   
      
    > I saw in a follow-up message that you tried running YTMAINT manually and   
    > it still gave you the error. With YT, I do know that there are   
    > instances where a value (like a user's score or the Xanor's score)   
    > will grow too large and YTMAINT will stop working. That *does*   
    > require a game reset to fix it. I do not remember the error message   
    > it gives, though, but I don't think it is an error regarding   
    > path or file violation errors.   
      
    > If you have run out of options to fix it, a reset or reinstall might be   
    > the only options left unfortunately.   
      
    > Mike   
      
   Turns out I had a temp directory under the yt subdir.  It didn't like that   
   :(.  After deleting that,  it started working again.  I put a temp directory   
   with the same files as the main directory as a backup.   
      
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