02-24-2006, 05:49 PM
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Grade 1
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Posts: 8,853
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Spec won't run at all
Question:
Spec won't even run and get to the Main Menu. It crashes with various error messages.
Answer:
Some of the files needed to run are damaged, missing or corrupt. Best to delete and reinstall the whole program.
Procedure to use if you have the software on a diskette:
Using Windows Explorer:
Let's presume the software is SpecPA and installed in the folder SpecPA. - In Windows Explorer, delete ALL the files in the current SpecPA directory
- Put the SpecPA diskette in the A drive, and view that drive’s files as well in Windows Explorer
- Highlight all those Drive A files (Ctrl-A), the copy them to the clipboard (Ctrl-C)
- Move to the (now empty) SpecPA folder; Paste the copied files from the (A Drive), by Ctrl-V
- The files are thus moved from the A drive to the SpecPA folder
- Click on SpecPA.exe to see if it works
- Make a Desktop icon for SpecPA, by right clicking on SpecPA.exe, Send To, Desktop (create shortcut)
Using the DOS prompt: - Get a DOS prompt (DOS command window).
- Delete all the files in SPECPA directory by typing: DEL \SPECPA\*.*
- With the SpecPA diskette in your A drive, copy the files to the (now empty) SPECPA directory, by typing: COPY A:*.* \SPECPA
- After all the files are copied, make sure you are in the SPECPA directory, by typing: CD \SPECPA, then type SPECPA to load up the SPECPA program.
- You should still follow point #7 above to make a Desktop icon for easy access to the software
Procedure to use if you have the software in a ZIP file:- In Windows Explorer, delete ALL the files in the current SpecPA directory, BUT, DON'T DELETE THE ZIP FILE!
- In Explorer, find the ZIP file and double-click on it. In WinXP, this usually opens the ZIP file, displaying the contents of the ZIP as if it were a folder of files. (In other than WinXP, your experience may vary - that's another FAQ).
- Press Ctrl+A to highlight all the files contained within the ZIP file.
- Press Ctrl+C (or right-click, then choose Copy) to Copy all the highlighted files to the Windows Clipboard (there's no message - it just happens)
- Switch back to the (now empty) SpecPA folder (usually, pressing the Backspace key moves you out of a ZIP file view and back into the folder you were just looking at, before you went into the ZIP file)
- Press Ctrl+V (or right-click, then choose Paste) to paste the files you just Copied, into the SpecPA folder. You should see the same files you highlighted now being copied one by one.
- Locate the SpecPA program and double-click on it to try to run the software. Hopefully now it will not crash.
- Again, make a Desktop icon for SpecPA, by right clicking on SpecPA.exe, Send To, Desktop (create shortcut)
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