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|    Martin Foster to August Abolins    |
|    Could not move file FFF.nnn to file area    |
|    19 Mar 19 11:48:49    |
      MSGID: 2:250/1.1 4c12030b       CHRS: IBMPC 2       TZUTC: 0000       REPLY: 2:221/1.58 4ba8b18b       Hello August!              18.03.19 19:18:58, August Abolins wrote to Martin Foster:               MF>> File FNEWTA11.ZIP has been moved to file area FIDONEWS. File        MF>> ELST1903.ZIP has been moved to file area ECHOLIST.               MF>> I have a "FIDONEWS" sub-directory in my "Filebase" directory which        MF>> contains "FNEWTA11.ZIP and an "ECHOLIST" sub-directory in my "Filebase"        MF>> directory which contains "ELST1903.ZIP"                AA> I will try to create the directories manually and report back.              OK but you shouldn't have to do that, as WinPoint should have created all the       root directories automatically during the installation. Here's what my       directory structure looks like:              ---------- 8< ----------       C:\USERS\MARTIN\APPDATA\ROAMING\WINPOINT       +---BadPkts       +---DistribNL       +---Filebase        +---ECHOLIST        +---FIDONEWS        +---NODEDIFZ        +---NODELISZ        +---Z2PNT        +---Z2PNT_D       +---Inbound        +---Backup       +---MsgBase       +---Outbound       +---Outbound.000       +---Outbound.009       +---Outbound.015       +---Outbound.018       +---Outbound.027       +---Outbound.07A       +---Temp       +---WinPointNL       ---------- 8< ----------               AA> What I did during install is install the program on H:drive, and left the        AA> program to use C:drive for its default directories. Maybe this        AA> discrepency trips up the installation?              In all honesty, I don't know but it could have something to do wiith it.              You *do* know that WinPoint stores its configuration data in the registry?       "HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\New.Vision.Software\Winpoint"       Perhaps it may be an idea to have a look in there to see if there are any       clues?              [snip]        MF>> The only reason for your problem that I can think of right now is that        MF>> maybe you're not receiving accompanying .TIC files ??                AA> I would assume that if Winpoint is trying to move the files to a        AA> filearea, then it *knows* about the filearea name, and that would be from        AA> a .TIC              Yes, do you see any .TIC files in your "Inbound" directory?              Regards,       Martin              --- WinPoint Beta 5 (359.1)        * Origin: Bitz-Box - Bradford - UK (2:250/1.1)       SEEN-BY: 1/19 15/0 2 16/0 19/36 34/999 90/1 104/57 116/18 120/544       SEEN-BY: 123/130 131 140 1970 153/7715 154/10 203/0 218/700 220/60       SEEN-BY: 221/0 1 6 360 222/2 226/17 229/107 426 1014 230/150 152 240/1120       SEEN-BY: 240/5832 249/206 317 400 250/1 261/38 100 1466 266/512 267/155       SEEN-BY: 275/100 280/464 5003 282/1031 1056 291/1 111 292/624 854       SEEN-BY: 310/31 317/3 320/119 219 322/757 340/400 342/13 200 393/68       SEEN-BY: 396/45 423/120 712/848 770/1 801/161 189 2452/250 3634/12       SEEN-BY: 5020/1042       PATH: 250/1 261/38 320/219 221/1 280/464 229/426           |
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