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FW-4 Problem…

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#216288From: Dan NamayOct 23, 1995 11:34 AM
I'm having a little inconvenience with FW-4. Every so often, I get a Guru and have to reboot. Sometimes, this invalidates my hard drive. This happened this past Friday, just before I turned my computer off for the weekend (it's at work). Now, thanks to the abilities of the Amiga, my hard drive re-validated itself this morning shortly after I turned it on. The problem/inconvenience is that when I started FW4, none of my preset info was used: 1) It prompted me, at start-up, for which screen to use. 2) It loaded the ORIGINAL default screen with the default tool/button bars. 3) It completely ignores my customized button strips. 4) It no longer shows any of my styles except when I load a file with those styles saved. Can anyone suggest a remedy? Can you also suggest how I can retrieve my customized info? Thanks… Wolf Pup — Howlin' in the Waves…
#216318From: SoftWoodOct 23, 1995 3:58 PM
All of the customized info is contained in a file named finalwriter/fwfiles/fw.prefs. Perhaps this file became corrupted when your hard drive went down.
#216330From: MICHAEL SMITHOct 23, 1995 5:17 PM
I just reloaded FW4 and am getting weird responses..hmmmmmm
#216355From: John DraperOct 23, 1995 8:02 PM
Dan, <The problem/inconvenience is that when I started FW4, none of my preset info was used: 1) It prompted me, at start-up, for which screen to use. 2) It loaded the ORIGINAL default screen with the default tool/button bars. 3) It completely ignores my customized button strips. 4) It no longer shows any of my styles except when I load a file with those styles saved.> Sounds like your harddrive ate your custom files (or maybe the path pointing to them). Do you have them backed up? You might want to search through the FW directories and see if you can find them. Otherwise, you might have to set them up again. I'd suggest you post over in the Softwood section of the Amiga Vendor forum if you still can't get it fixed. I'm sure Softwood would be more than happy to help you out. Good luck! Asha @}–,–`–