Hello Larry, I don't know what went wrong with your Keps file that caused the error message. The folder AppData is a hidden folder by default. Sorry - I forgot to mention that in my first mail. With my PCs I have changed that setting (Windows Explorer - Tools - Folder Options - View). So, here all files and folders are visible.
Regardless of the setting of that option SatPC32 displays the path of the sub folder "Kepler" in a foot line of the menu "Satellites" and it would be good to note that path.
Also, the data folder "SatPC32" contains a sub folder "DataRepair" with a backup of the most important data files. If something goes wrong with a data file that you can't fix you can copy the files from the sub folder "DataRepair" into the main folder.
73s, Erich, DK1TB
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Gerhardstein" W7IN@montana.com To: "Erich Eichmann" erich.eichmann@t-online.de; "AMSAT BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 11:50 PM Subject: [amsat-bb] Re: SatPC32 stopped working!
Erich, FIXED. For whatever reason, Windows 7 hides many of the files and folders in AppData, including the AppData folder. What I did was to search for Kepler, opened that folder, and then entered by hand 'nasa.all'. That seems to have fixed the problem. So why did it get messed up in the first place? We had a power outage the day this happened. Maybe SatPC32 had the folders/files open when the power glitched and left the files in a critical state. I might suggest opening the file(s) and leave a copy in memory, then close the file (if that is even the case). If I think to, I always download a new keps when I begin operation, but I have not thought to restart SatPC32 afterward. Please comment. Thanks much for the help. I've _got_ to get a good UPS for my station computer.
~Larry W7IN
73, Larry W7IN
On 6/22/2010 2:34 PM, Erich Eichmann wrote:
Larry, I don't know why you don't see the Application Data folder. You can also navigate to the folder "Kepler" from the SatPC32 menu "File", "Open".
If nothing helps uninstall SatPC32 and re-install it.
55+ 73s, Erich, DK1TB
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Gerhardstein" W7IN@montana.com To: "Erich Eichmann" erich.eichmann@t-online.de Cc: amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 9:14 PM Subject: Re: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 stopped working!
Erich, If I do a file explorer search for kepler, I see the AppData folder. However, in SatPC32 I do not see AppData in c:\Users\Owner, even if I run SatPC32 as Administrator. So I can not get at nasa.all in the _normal_ manner. ~Larry W7IN
On 6/22/2010 12:27 AM, Erich Eichmann wrote:
Hello Larry, when you get the error message ("No source file was found ....") click on OK in the message window. A dialog window will open (the Windows "Open" dialog). In the dialog window navigate to the folder that contains your SatPC32 Keps files, normally the sub folder "Kepler". Under XP the path to that folder will usually be C:\Documents and Settings\Username(i.e. your name)\Application Data\SatPC32\Kepler. Select a data file, for example nasa.all, and click on "Open". To store the path and filename open the menu 'Satelliten' and click on the 'OK' - button.
55 + 73s, Erich, DK1TB
----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Gerhardstein" W7IN@montana.com To: "AMSAT BB" amsat-bb@amsat.org Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2010 12:09 AM Subject: [amsat-bb] SatPC32 stopped working!
My SatPC32 stopped working. I get an error message "Warnung: No source file was found for group Standard. Please select a source file for this group after the 'OK'. IMPORTANT: In orcer to store the filename for later starts open the menu 'Satelliten' and click on the 'OK' - button.
The SatPC32 application sort of comes up but there is nothing in its window.
What am I supposed to do? SatPC32ISS gives the same problem with the word 'ISS' substituted for 'Standard'. Should I reinstall?
Larry W7IN
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