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    4/13/2016 1:56 pm  #1

    Fergal
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    Error Messages

    I'm now getting a bunch of error messages indicating privilege issues on the Expedition Data folder.  Has anyone else seen this?  I vaguely remember it being mentioned in the past.

    What is the best way to fix it?  (Windows 7)




     

    4/13/2016 2:48 pm  #2

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    Re: Error Messages

    Have you changed users? Probably Expedition has lost access to the data folder.

     

    4/13/2016 2:51 pm  #3

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    Re: Error Messages

    How do we make a new forum topic? 
     ​There should be one called Questions

     

    4/13/2016 3:36 pm  #4

    Fergal
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    Re: Error Messages

    Done. New subforum called Technical Q&A.  This should not be about features or usage of the software but about technical problems such as installation issues, errors and bugs.

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    4/13/2016 3:38 pm  #5

    Fergal
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    Re: Error Messages

    Nick wrote:

    Have you changed users? Probably Expedition has lost access to the data folder.

    No I'm still using the same user.  I have installed the latest versions as they have been released.  This happened in the last week or so.  I cant think of anything else that has changed.

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    4/13/2016 4:31 pm  #6

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    Re: Error Messages

    The same thing happened to DuncanR on this forum a week or three ago. ​You can either delete the folder or manually give yourself privileges to it again.

     

    4/13/2016 6:01 pm  #7

    Fergal
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    Re: Error Messages

    So, I copied the Expedition folder to Expedition.backup.  And deleted the original folder.  I then ran the Expedition installer and it entered Repair mode.  I then copied files from Expedition.backup into Expedition - marks.dat, Expedition.mdb, charts.dat  and most importantly license.dat

    I then copied all of my polars files from the backup folder to expedition/polars.

    I started Expedition and everything came up peachy.  I'm still checking to see if I am missing anything else.  If I am I'll copy across from the backup also.

    So that's the solution, not elegant, but a result nonetheless.
     

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    4/13/2016 6:21 pm  #8

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    Re: Error Messages

    I would try changing the permission ​Right-click, select Properties, then the Security tab

     

    4/13/2016 7:46 pm  #9

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    Re: Error Messages

    I had a very similar problem which appeared to be triggered by a change from Win 7 to Win 10.  That required access permissions to be reset for the Expedition folder.
    It may be a different Widows patch that actually triggered the problem.

    Cheers

     

     

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