Protel 99 SE and MS Vista library problem?
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Posted by Rodo on April 24, 2008, 11:04 pm
Please log in for more thread options I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this problem? Thanks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by David Brown on April 25, 2008, 3:48 am
Please log in for more thread options Protel has always had problems with schematic libraries if you have the "hide file extensions for known file types" option in explorer. As this is the default (for W2K and later), you have to turn that off to be able to see schematic libraries. Of course, that option should always be turned off anyway - it's an incredible security gaff, even by Microsoft's standards. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rodo on April 25, 2008, 6:56 pm
Please log in for more thread options Thanks but that didn't fix the problem.
> Rodo wrote:
>> Hi all,
>> >> I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm >> new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any >> schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with >> Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this >> problem? >> >
> Protel has always had problems with schematic libraries if you have the > "hide file extensions for known file types" option in explorer. As this > is the default (for W2K and later), you have to turn that off to be able > to see schematic libraries. Of course, that option should always be > turned off anyway - it's an incredible security gaff, even by Microsoft's > standards. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Peter Bennett on April 25, 2008, 10:10 pm
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>Thanks but that didn't fix the problem.
> > >> Rodo wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>> >>> I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm >>> new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any >>> schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with >>> Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this >>> problem? >>> >>
>> Protel has always had problems with schematic libraries if you have the >> "hide file extensions for known file types" option in explorer. As this >> is the default (for W2K and later), you have to turn that off to be able >> to see schematic libraries. Of course, that option should always be >> turned off anyway - it's an incredible security gaff, even by Microsoft's >> standards. >
I understand that Vista doesn't allow programs to write into the "Program Files" directory, or any subdirectories of it, where Protel normally keeps the libraries. You will need to move the Protel libraries (and anything else that Protel might want to write to) to somewhere that Vista will let the program write to. I don't use Vista (yet) but understand that there is a "standard" area for program data files like Protel's libraries. -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Posted by Rodo on April 26, 2008, 2:45 pm
Please log in for more thread options I couldn't find the setting for the folder library in Protel so I'm tring to
change the permission but ... there are sooooo many of them is ... annoying. So far I've changed the Protel security settings inside Program Files and no luck. The folder is set to read-only. I changed that but it keeps defaulting to read-only.... ARGH! ... as I said .... annoying. I'll let you know what happens later. Thanks >
>>Thanks but that didn't fix the problem.
>> >> >>> Rodo wrote:
>>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm >>>> new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any >>>> schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with >>>> Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this >>>> problem? >>>> >>> >>> Protel has always had problems with schematic libraries if you have the >>> "hide file extensions for known file types" option in explorer. As this >>> is the default (for W2K and later), you have to turn that off to be able >>> to see schematic libraries. Of course, that option should always be >>> turned off anyway - it's an incredible security gaff, even by >>> Microsoft's >>> standards. >>
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> I understand that Vista doesn't allow programs to write into the > "Program Files" directory, or any subdirectories of it, where Protel > normally keeps the libraries. You will need to move the Protel > libraries (and anything else that Protel might want to write to) to > somewhere that Vista will let the program write to. I don't use Vista > (yet) but understand that there is a "standard" area for program data > files like Protel's libraries. > > > > > -- > Peter Bennett, VE7CEI > peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca > GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter > Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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> I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm new
> to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any
> schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with
> Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this problem?
>