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OT EQ5 file problems
I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help.
I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address |
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OT EQ5 file problems
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"Kay Ahr" wrote: I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help. I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. Gosh, Kay, I hope you get this solved soon. If it helps any, I've learned something from your post. Just on a whim, I tried double-clicking on one of my EQ6 files, and what do you know? It opened right up! I didn't realize it would do that. No big deal, you say? Well, remember I was clicking on it from my Mac OS -- my emulator promptly opened, and so did EQ6 with the selected file! Wow! -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net |
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... In article , "Kay Ahr" wrote: I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help. I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. Gosh, Kay, I hope you get this solved soon. If it helps any, I've learned something from your post. Just on a whim, I tried double-clicking on one of my EQ6 files, and what do you know? It opened right up! I didn't realize it would do that. No big deal, you say? Well, remember I was clicking on it from my Mac OS -- my emulator promptly opened, and so did EQ6 with the selected file! Wow! -- Sandy in Henderson, near Las Vegas sw.foster1 (at) gmail (dot) com (remove/change the obvious) http://www.sandymike.net It's just more of an inconvenience than anything else. I can still open EQ5 first, then open the PJ5 files from within the application. I can still double-click on PJ6 files and have EQ6 automatically open. -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address |
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FWIW, though you probably already know this, MFC (Microsoft Foundation
Class) files are the files that decide what file formats belong to which apps, and are responsible for opening and closing files, period. The problem (again, you probably already know this) lies completely with MS (no teasing you about having a Mac!) and not EQ. MS is the group you need your answer from (rather than asking at the EQ forum. I'm currently scouring the MS knowledgebase to see if there's a fix or patch out there for your problem ... do you have any more info for me? Was it more specific in the filename? Honestly HTH!! -- Connie http://sewverycreative.blogspot.com "Kay Ahr" wrote in message om... I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help. I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address |
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Try this... Right-click on the PJ5 file and select "Open with..." You
will get a list of programs that can open the file. Select the program you want to use to open it and check "always use this program for this file type" (or similar words). Julia in MN ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- Kay Ahr wrote: I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help. I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. |
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Someone had already asked in the EQ forum, so I took their suggestion.
Microsoft says it is an EOM (DELL) problem. But funny how the MFC error message comes up and says it is related to how Microsoft collects personal information from my computer! I will try to replicate the problem and come back. . . . . Thank you! -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address "SewVeryCreative" wrote in message ... FWIW, though you probably already know this, MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) files are the files that decide what file formats belong to which apps, and are responsible for opening and closing files, period. The problem (again, you probably already know this) lies completely with MS (no teasing you about having a Mac!) and not EQ. MS is the group you need your answer from (rather than asking at the EQ forum. I'm currently scouring the MS knowledgebase to see if there's a fix or patch out there for your problem ... do you have any more info for me? Was it more specific in the filename? Honestly HTH!! -- Connie http://sewverycreative.blogspot.com "Kay Ahr" wrote in message om... I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help. I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address |
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It still tells me, "C:\Documents cannot be found."
I'm not the only EQ user who has had the problem. One person tracked her problem to a Microsoft Security Update. I removed the update as she had, but I still have the problem. She removed the update and had no problem. Installed the update again and had the problem. Removed the update and had no problem. (Great scientific method there!) Maybe restarting my computer was not enough. Maybe I actually have to turn it off then back on. -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address "Julia in MN" wrote in message ... Try this... Right-click on the PJ5 file and select "Open with..." You will get a list of programs that can open the file. Select the program you want to use to open it and check "always use this program for this file type" (or similar words). Julia in MN ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- Kay Ahr wrote: I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help. I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. |
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eqtools.ocx I wondered what would happen if I just reinstalled EQ5. What will an uninstall and/or reinstall wipe out? (It's been 10 years since I've done desktop support on a Windows PC! Boy, do I feel old!) -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address "Kay Ahr" wrote in message om... Someone had already asked in the EQ forum, so I took their suggestion. Microsoft says it is an EOM (DELL) problem. But funny how the MFC error message comes up and says it is related to how Microsoft collects personal information from my computer! I will try to replicate the problem and come back. . . . . Thank you! -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address "SewVeryCreative" wrote in message ... FWIW, though you probably already know this, MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) files are the files that decide what file formats belong to which apps, and are responsible for opening and closing files, period. The problem (again, you probably already know this) lies completely with MS (no teasing you about having a Mac!) and not EQ. MS is the group you need your answer from (rather than asking at the EQ forum. I'm currently scouring the MS knowledgebase to see if there's a fix or patch out there for your problem ... do you have any more info for me? Was it more specific in the filename? Honestly HTH!! -- Connie http://sewverycreative.blogspot.com "Kay Ahr" wrote in message om... I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help. I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address |
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{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{Kay}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}} }}}}}}} I thought you'd need a virtual hug ... I know how frustrating stuff like this can be ... you expect something to work and help you stretch your creative wings -- and then it poops out on you and you have no rhyme or reason to it!!! I'd try a complete reboot -- completely turn off the computer, grab a cuppa and then come back and reboot cold. Then see what's what. Also, empty your trash completely and back up the important stuff for EQ ... 'cause I think the next thing to try would be a reinstall ... I don't know how EQ handles previous proggie files (the files that makes it work, not your project files) it encounters -- some apps will overwrite them (AKA, "repair"), and some will refuse to write at all while they're there (some proggies make you do a complete uninstall before it will let you reinstall). As to your project files, AFAIK, they're kept in a completely different folder than the working bits ... but I'd back'em up just in case (better safe than sorry). I don't have EQ5, though ... so I can't be sure how the file hierarchy works.Or at the very least, rename the folder (but write down the original folder name) ... that way if anything WANTS to overwrite that folder, it won't "see" it to overwrite it. I really hope we can get this thing licked!!! Warm hugs!! -- Connie http://sewverycreative.blogspot.com "Kay Ahr" wrote in message om... It still tells me, "C:\Documents cannot be found." I'm not the only EQ user who has had the problem. One person tracked her problem to a Microsoft Security Update. I removed the update as she had, but I still have the problem. She removed the update and had no problem. Installed the update again and had the problem. Removed the update and had no problem. (Great scientific method there!) Maybe restarting my computer was not enough. Maybe I actually have to turn it off then back on. -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address "Julia in MN" wrote in message ... Try this... Right-click on the PJ5 file and select "Open with..." You will get a list of programs that can open the file. Select the program you want to use to open it and check "always use this program for this file type" (or similar words). Julia in MN ----------- This message has been scanned for viruses by Norton Anti-Virus http://webpages.charter.net/jaccola/ ----------- Kay Ahr wrote: I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help. I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. |
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I'd try (I mentioned this in another post -- piggybacking on to your reply
to Julia) backing up your project folder FIRST and foremost -- or you can just leave it and rename it (but make a note of it's "original" name) ... that way, when you reinstall, it won't overwrite the project folder (it won't even know it's "there" to overwrite). Then, I'd completely dump your trash. Then, I'd do a complete cold start -- log off your computer, turn it off, walk away for a bit, and then restart/turn it back on. I really don't think that will fix your problem ... but I *do* think that it will give you a better place to reinstall to. It might not hurt to delete any temp files you've got on there, too. I do that twice a month ... keeps the ol' HD fit as a fiddle. I've never reinstalled EQ ... so I can't tell you whether or not it will either overwrite your files or refuse to reinstall until you've UNinstalled the whole shebang. Just to be safe, either copy your files (projects, image libraries, any scanned fabrics, etc -- i.e., not JUST your projects, but anything you want to keep) and then give reinstalling a try. You may end up wasting about ... what? 15-30 minutes of "extracting" files for EQ to tell you whether or not you need to do an uninstall first. If you need to do an uninstall, I'm pretty sure that EQ doesn't have a dedicated Uninstaller ... so just go to your Control Panel and choose "Add or Remove Programs" and choose EQ5 from the list. If the reinstall doesn't work then it's *ALL* MS and not EQ. If the reinstall DOES work, it could still be all MS's fault since EQ will install supporting files. Please let me know and keep us posted!!!! (BTW, I hope I didn't offend you by going into oodles of detail about the "hows" ... I don't know what your experience is and it's better to OVER explain than UNDER explain -- especially when it comes to computers!!!) BEST of luck!!! -- Connie http://sewverycreative.blogspot.com "Kay Ahr" wrote in message om... eq5.exe eqtools.ocx I wondered what would happen if I just reinstalled EQ5. What will an uninstall and/or reinstall wipe out? (It's been 10 years since I've done desktop support on a Windows PC! Boy, do I feel old!) -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address "Kay Ahr" wrote in message om... Someone had already asked in the EQ forum, so I took their suggestion. Microsoft says it is an EOM (DELL) problem. But funny how the MFC error message comes up and says it is related to how Microsoft collects personal information from my computer! I will try to replicate the problem and come back. . . . . Thank you! -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address "SewVeryCreative" wrote in message ... FWIW, though you probably already know this, MFC (Microsoft Foundation Class) files are the files that decide what file formats belong to which apps, and are responsible for opening and closing files, period. The problem (again, you probably already know this) lies completely with MS (no teasing you about having a Mac!) and not EQ. MS is the group you need your answer from (rather than asking at the EQ forum. I'm currently scouring the MS knowledgebase to see if there's a fix or patch out there for your problem ... do you have any more info for me? Was it more specific in the filename? Honestly HTH!! -- Connie http://sewverycreative.blogspot.com "Kay Ahr" wrote in message om... I've visited the new EQ forums, but another member's solution didn't help. I've always been able to double-click on a PJ5 file and it would then open in EQ5. Can't do that anymore. I get an error message that says "C:\Documents cannot be found." I get the option to send a message to Microsoft (no comments about getting a MAC instead please), and it indicates something about an MFC file. Anyone else having this problem? Or have you found a solution? Thanks in advance. -- Kay Ahr in NV http://community.webshots.com/user/kayahr to respond to me directly, remove "WESTHI" from the email address |
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