Some time ago, I mentioned that a program I use, NoteTab Pro, allows me to search and replace globally, across drives and directories, when I need to change something in many web pages. I know that some of you didn't download it because of the cost to register the NoteTab Basic and upgrade to the Pro version. Well, here's a FREE application that lets you do the same thing. Search and Replace 98 - A 4 Cow HTML Accessories Version: 3.1.1.78 License: Freeware Description: A search and replace program that can do its job across multiple files with or without prompting the user. In other words it is a search and replace facility that will automatically search for and replace text in an entire directory of HTML pages. Easy to use but very helpful. Great tool for those running a software mirror that has to be customized to the webspace that is provided. http://www.tucows.com/htmlacc95.html#srhtml95 I haven't tried it, but, shucks, its FREE, so give it a try. SgtGeorge

Hello Roy. 1) The DOS used with Win95 and Win98 allows file names of great length, up to 256 characters. Actually, you CAN'T have 256 characters, because storing file names includes the Drive/Directory, so if the total file location, including drive/directory/filename is over 256 characters, you'll run into problems with ScanDisk and Defrag. 2) Yes, one may use WINFILE (left over from the old Win3.1). I had forgotten about that one. But, it's still more time consuming to copy a file in Winfile than from a DOS prompt. 3) Thanks for reminding me. SgtGeorge At 04:36 PM 04/14/2000, Roy Patton wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 00:57 04/14/2000 -0400, you wrote: (Ugh! Why can't MS allow us to do this in Windows without >having to resort to DOS!?) Got to a DOS prompt; navigate to C:\Eudora; type: >COPY EUDORA.INI EUDORA-INI.BAK > Sarge, I have a question and a suggestion. The question is first. What version of DOS are you using that lets you rename a file as EUDORA-INI.BAK? I used everything from DOS 2.1 to DOS 6.0 and all of those limited a file name to eight characters with a three character extension. EUDORA-INI.BAK has ten characters in the file name. The suggestion refers to the "(Ugh! Why can't MS allow us to do this in Windows without having to resort to DOS!?)" part of your message. I'm no admirer of MS but they DO allow you to COPY/RENAME/MOVE/DELETE/ Etc. without resorting to DOS. I'll admit that Windows Explorer is typical Microsoft and doesn't permit many useful functions. But do a File Find in your Windows directory looking for WINFILE.EXE. Make an icon for this file and put it on your Desktop. You can then double click this icon and use WINFILE.EXE rather than Windows Explorer. Anyone who used Windows 3.1 will recognize WINFILE.EXE as the File Manager of that version. You can use WINFILE.EXE to perform many file operations by pointing and clicking. There are some operations where typing in the file name or the command is quicker. When that is the case, WINFILE.EXE provides you with a "fill in the blanks" template to do what needs to be done. It combines the command flexibility of DOS with the ease of Windows. Windows 3.1 had a lot of things wrong with it. File Manager wasn't one of them. Roy Patton ============================== Free Web space. ANY amount. ANY subject. RootsWeb's Freepages put you in touch with millions. http://cgi.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/acctform.cgi **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**************

At 00:57 04/14/2000 -0400, you wrote: (Ugh! Why can't MS allow us to do this in Windows without >having to resort to DOS!?) Got to a DOS prompt; navigate to C:\Eudora; type: >COPY EUDORA.INI EUDORA-INI.BAK > Sarge, I have a question and a suggestion. The question is first. What version of DOS are you using that lets you rename a file as EUDORA-INI.BAK? I used everything from DOS 2.1 to DOS 6.0 and all of those limited a file name to eight characters with a three character extension. EUDORA-INI.BAK has ten characters in the file name. The suggestion refers to the "(Ugh! Why can't MS allow us to do this in Windows without having to resort to DOS!?)" part of your message. I'm no admirer of MS but they DO allow you to COPY/RENAME/MOVE/DELETE/ Etc. without resorting to DOS. I'll admit that Windows Explorer is typical Microsoft and doesn't permit many useful functions. But do a File Find in your Windows directory looking for WINFILE.EXE. Make an icon for this file and put it on your Desktop. You can then double click this icon and use WINFILE.EXE rather than Windows Explorer. Anyone who used Windows 3.1 will recognize WINFILE.EXE as the File Manager of that version. You can use WINFILE.EXE to perform many file operations by pointing and clicking. There are some operations where typing in the file name or the command is quicker. When that is the case, WINFILE.EXE provides you with a "fill in the blanks" template to do what needs to be done. It combines the command flexibility of DOS with the ease of Windows. Windows 3.1 had a lot of things wrong with it. File Manager wasn't one of them. Roy Patton

At 01:59 AM 4/14/00 -0400, you wrote: >Jack, permit me to disagree. (GRIN) All this dragging to the DeskTop, >then renaming the file, then going back to Explorer, then moving to >wherever you want it is just plain time-consuming, and, to say the least, >"inelegant". I suspect that you are a relatively new computer user >(meaning that you never learned how to use DOS, back in the "olden" days, >say, prior to 1995?), and, therefore, don't feel comfortable with it. > >Your way takes several steps, is complicated, and is more >time-consuming. Using DOS involves the time needed to type in, "COPY >EUDORA.INI EUDORA-INI.BAK" and hitting "Enter". PLEASE, your tips are >valuable and we appreciate them, but DON'T negate simpler and less >time-consuming approaches, just because you aren't comfortable with >them. Everyone is welcome to his/her own way of doing things, but, "This >is faster than using DOS" is not valid. For the last week or so, we seem >to be at "loggerheads"; let's get together and discuss what we know about >how to use Windows in the most effective, less time-consuming, and easiest >manner. Doing things through Windows Explorer is NOT the ONLY way to do >things. It only happens to be the easiest way for those who are novices, >and who have never used DOS. Explorer is just plain ineffective! > >Regards, >SgtGeorge >George W. Durman >Knoxville, TN >EUDORA-MAIL Listowner Sorry I started in 1961 in college with computers. My first large computer was a vacuum tube computer called UniVac One, ser. 2. I have a lot of gray hair that was caused by the last 39 years of battles with computers. Jack

At 01:29 AM 04/14/2000, Jack Henderson wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 12:57 AM 4/14/00 -0400, you wrote: I'm replying, quoting ALL of Sandy's post, and my replies, in case anyone didn't see the originals. This is of critical importance! If you don't save any other posts from the EUDORA-Mail Mailing List, save this one. 1) Make a manual backup of EUDORA.INI (so that if you screw up, you will still have the original file to work with). The easiest way is to "copy" it to another file, such as EUDORA-INI.BAK. Unfortunately, you can't do this using Windows Explorer. (Ugh! Why can't MS allow us to do this in Windows without having to resort to DOS!?) Got to a DOS prompt; navigate to C:\Eudora; type: COPY EUDORA.INI EUDORA-INI.BAK True explorer is backward, but you can just right click on eudora.ini in explorer, and drag the file to the desk top. When you let up on the right button, it will ask you what to do. Tell it to copy the file to the desk top. and it will do so, leaving the original where it was. Rename the file, and place it where ever you want it, with explorer. This is faster than using DOS. Jack **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Jack, permit me to disagree. (GRIN) All this dragging to the DeskTop, then renaming the file, then going back to Explorer, then moving to wherever you want it is just plain time-consuming, and, to say the least, "inelegant". I suspect that you are a relatively new computer user (meaning that you never learned how to use DOS, back in the "olden" days, say, prior to 1995?), and, therefore, don't feel comfortable with it. Your way takes several steps, is complicated, and is more time-consuming. Using DOS involves the time needed to type in, "COPY EUDORA.INI EUDORA-INI.BAK" and hitting "Enter". PLEASE, your tips are valuable and we appreciate them, but DON'T negate simpler and less time-consuming approaches, just because you aren't comfortable with them. Everyone is welcome to his/her own way of doing things, but, "This is faster than using DOS" is not valid. For the last week or so, we seem to be at "loggerheads"; let's get together and discuss what we know about how to use Windows in the most effective, less time-consuming, and easiest manner. Doing things through Windows Explorer is NOT the ONLY way to do things. It only happens to be the easiest way for those who are novices, and who have never used DOS. Explorer is just plain ineffective! Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Knoxville, TN EUDORA-MAIL Listowner Archives of previous EUDORA-MAIL posts are located at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/EUDORA-MAIL-L/ (Copy and paste the above URL exactly as above. The address is "case-sensitive". If you have never used the Archives before, you will have to establish a UserName and Password. You will need only one User- Name and Password for all of Rootsweb, regardless of which Archives you are searching.)

I'm replying, quoting ALL of Sandy's post, and my replies, in case anyone didn't see the originals. This is of critical importance! If you don't save any other posts from the EUDORA-Mail Mailing List, save this one. BACKUP! BACKUP! BACKUP! Now, if you have to restore EUDORA.INI from a very old backup, wherein your "Personalities" are not recorded, you can open ANY EUDORA.INI that contains them and "copy" and "paste" to get them back without having to format them all over again. (Make sure you have exited Eudora before attempting this.) 1) Make a manual backup of EUDORA.INI (so that if you screw up, you will still have the original file to work with). The easiest way is to "copy" it to another file, such as EUDORA-INI.BAK. Unfortunately, you can't do this using Windows Explorer. (Ugh! Why can't MS allow us to do this in Windows without having to resort to DOS!?) Got to a DOS prompt; navigate to C:\Eudora; type: COPY EUDORA.INI EUDORA-INI.BAK 2) Open the old "saved" backup of the EUDORA.INI file (using a Windows utility, such as Note Pad) and look for the heading [Personalities] and any headings [Persona-.....] 3) Highlight and copy everything under [Personalities] and all the [Persona-.....] categories. 4) Open the current EUDORA.INI file, delete any [Personalities] and/or [Persona-.....] entries and "paste" in what you copied from the saved file. 5) Doing the above sure beats re-entering all your Personalities in Eudora. Especially if you have many (10-15) like I do. Users may post questions on this subject back here to the List. We're always happy to help with Eudora problems. That's why we run the List! Also, don't be afraid to post questions here on ANYTHING that has to do with Windows! This IS the EUDORA-MAIL Mailing List, but if we can help with anything to do with Windows, let us have it. SgtGeorge At 03:57 PM 04/13/2000, Sandy wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* At 4/12/2000 09:50 PM -0400, you wrote: Sandy, please take this the right way. I'm not criticizing you. But, 800 emails in the IN mailbox are just too many. Why keep that many there anyway? No offense taken - I had been meaning to go through them and clean it out. This just forced me into it. <g> I do use filters, but get tons of mail, and sometimes they just don't filter right. Try this: In TOOLS/OPTIONS/CATEGORY-Display, make sure that "Show Large Buttons" is NOT checked. I think that will solve the problem with the Tool Bar. Unfortunately, there IS still a glitch on some systems with viewing the Tool Bar icons in the Large size. I changed that, and am now able to customize the toolbar. Whew!! I'm about to recommend something that may make you shudder, but which may also be necessary to "fix" your problems. <snip> That way is to DELETE the EUDORA.INI file in your Eudora directory! Yes, you will lose ALL your settings, but, when it comes down to being able to use Eudora, re-doing everything is preferable to having it crash continuously. If you delete the .INI file, the next time you start Eudora, it will be like the first time you ever installed and used the program. You will have to set EVERYTHING all over again. That includes your Personalities and all other settings. You're right, I did shudder! But I did it anyway. And so far, so good! <knock on wood> Eudora *seems* to be working ok right now. The beauty of having MANY backups is that if you restore the most recent, and it still gives you problems, you can go to the next most recent and try it. I had restored the old INI file right before I upgraded, and it worked ok then, but wasn't working right after the upgrade. And, these "other" problems are almost always caused by having too many emails in a Mailbox that is opened at startup. Here is a recommendation from a post on the Eudora Newsgroup: "You should try to keep the main IN and OUT mailboxes as small as reasonably practical, since these files are ALWAYS loaded into memory each time Eudora is started, and that eats up memory/resources. As a rule of thumb, you should transfer each message out of the IN box after you've initially read it. Where you transfer it to would likely depend on whether you need to take further action on it (say, "PENDING") or it can be permanently archived (say, "IN-MAR", this month)." I did exactly that, saving the messages that I needed to. The rest got moved out, and will be sorted through month by month. I'm down well below 100 messages in both the in and out boxes. Keep trying, and, please, keep us informed. We all learn from the problems of any user. Regards, SgtGeorge So far today, things seem to be ok. I haven't tried adding my additional personalities back yet, but will later. Other non-computer things have infringed upon my time today (how dare they??? <g>). Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your help! I'd either still be floundering or back to the old version now without it. Sandy Walroth [email protected] **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**************

At 12:59 PM 04/13/2000, Mason Woodson wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* Sarge downloaded that program TaskZip really nice and easy to use one question, what is the Eudora address book listed under in the Eudora folder would like to back it up also. Mason Oak Ridge **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Mason, if you were using a backup application other than TaskZip, you would want to back up all the tiles in C:\EUDORA\NICKNAME; however, with TaskZip, you back up ALL files that have changed since the last backup, thus you don't have to specify any particular sub-directory. Just make the backed-up directory C:\EUDORA\*.*, and be sure to put a check mark in "Include Sub-directories for all wildcard references". That will back up EVERYTHING in Eudora that has changed since the last backup. If you have problems with the Address Book later, you can look at the .zip file that TaskZip creates and find the files in the sub-directory "NICKNAME" and restore them. SgtGeorge

At 12:57 AM 4/14/00 -0400, you wrote: >I'm replying, quoting ALL of Sandy's post, and my replies, in case anyone >didn't see the originals. This is of critical importance! If you don't >save any other posts from the EUDORA-Mail Mailing List, save this one. > >1) Make a manual backup of EUDORA.INI (so that if you screw up, you will >still have the original file to work with). The easiest way is to "copy" >it to another file, such as EUDORA-INI.BAK. Unfortunately, you can't do >this using Windows Explorer. (Ugh! Why can't MS allow us to do this in >Windows without having to resort to DOS!?) Got to a DOS prompt; navigate >to C:\Eudora; type: >COPY EUDORA.INI EUDORA-INI.BAK True explorer is backward, but you can just right click on eudora.ini in explorer, and drag the file to the desk top. When you let up on the right button, it will ask you what to do. Tell it to copy the file to the desk top. and it will do so, leaving the original where it was. Rename the file, and place it where ever you want it, with explorer. This is faster than using DOS. Jack

At 11:14 PM 4/12/00 -0400, you wrote: >At 4/12/2000 07:43 PM -0700, you wrote: >>Under the startup tab at the top, you will get a list of all the programs >>running in the back ground. >> >>There can easily be 20 or 30 programs if you are using Win98, and have >>added several programs. Several will leave things around even though you >>may have used add/remove programs control panel to remove them. Each of >>these use resources from all three of the main stacks called >>resources. You can remove the check mark in the square box to no longer >>run the selected program if you want to get rid of it. >> >>Jack Sorry to be so long in answering, am rebuilding a house, building a computer for a Dentist, and a few other things. A few things as I go through the list: 1. Any thing unchecked will not run on next startup. 2. If you find you needed the item, run msconfig again, and check the item again, and restart. 3. Even though I have used McAfee a lot in the past few years, in some cases it will fight W98 itself, if you do not have the absolute latest versions. >I have 23 items in the startup tab: >Taskbar Display Controls >Scan Registry >Task Monitor >System Tray >Load Power Profile (in there twice) Uncheck one, do not need twice. If the profiles are just a bit different, can fight. Unless you need the Power management, turn it off. >VsecomrEXE (Plus virusscan) >vshwin32EXE (McAfee Virus Scan) (in there twice) >avconsoleEXE (McAfee Virus Scan) >VsStatEXE (McAfee Virus Scan) >McAfeeWebScanX (McAfee Virus Scan) I am not totally up to date on all the McAfee stuff at present, but would try unchecking all of them then run Eudora, and see if it makes a difference. Seems to be a lot of scanning going on. If it does not affect Eudora, you can recheck and they will run again. With this many, they may fight. Most definitely will use a ton of resources. The stacks called resources are not too big to start with. >Norton Navigator Uses resources with very little return to you unless you have something that needs it. >TimeSink Ad Client (what is this???) Not too sure, but have you gone to Gibson's site. www.grc.com, and gotten optout yet. This looks like some program to call up adds. Maybe part of the add supported version of Eudora, and has just been left in. >DSS (Windows\BBStore\DSS\DSSAgent.exe - what is this?) Looks like some form of reporting program, to you or others I am not sure. looks like it is in C:\windows\bbstore folder, see if you have same, and look over the file dssagent.exe. >Scheduling agent Unless you really need the scheduling agent to run defrag or some other utility at off times, takes resources for no gain. You have to remember to do the items on the list instead of letting the agent do them for you. >*ICQ Net Detect Agent >ICQ Plus ICQ is always a resource hog. You can run system info. and see how much memory it is tieing up. I keep forgetting about system info. it can tell you what programs are using the resources. >*Office Startup Uses lots of resources. Also see if you are running fast find. If so kill it. the drag on the computer for the very small gain in time is not worth it. Can cause defrag to never get to finish, as it keeps changing the contents of the "C" drive, confusing defrag. >*AOL IM Running AOLIM and ICQ both at the same time can cause conflicts if you do not spend a lot of time working out the conflicts. >*MS Office Shortcut Bar >*MS Outlook >*Resource Meter This is nice to see the level of usage, but also used the resources you are short on. >(*these are the only 6 items in my startup folder) If one of these is fast find, get rid of it. >I'm running Windows 98 on a Pentium 200. Should have power to burn as long as you are not doing very big database file work or heavy game playing. More machine than any of the Dentist I work with have except one, and she only has faster due to heavy use of graphic files. >How can I know what I can safely uncheck and what needs to be there? Any of these in the startup tab can be unchecked, for test. You can recheck if necessary. Do you have Norton's Utilities? If so run Norton WinDoctor frequently. Also if you have RegClean by microsoft, run it about every third time you run WinDoctor. They so similar things, but may find different type problems in the Registry. If you do not have WinDoctor but have McAfee Office, it has a similar program. The first time ran, can find a ton of small problems. Have it try to do an automatic repair on all found the first time. Write me directly for more help, I will try to put in a few minutes now and they. Jack

At 4/12/2000 09:50 PM -0400, you wrote: >Sandy, please take this the right way. I'm not criticizing you. But, 800 >emails in the IN mailbox are just too many. Why keep that many there anyway? No offense taken - I had been meaning to go through them and clean it out. This just forced me into it. <g> I do use filters, but get tons of mail, and sometimes they just don't filter right. >Try this: In TOOLS/OPTIONS/CATEGORY-Display, make sure that "Show Large >Buttons" is NOT checked. I think that will solve the problem with the >Tool Bar. Unfortunately, there IS still a glitch on some systems with >viewing the Tool Bar icons in the Large size. I changed that, and am now able to customize the toolbar. Whew!! >I'm about to recommend something that may make you shudder, but which may >also be necessary to "fix" your problems. ><snip> >That way is to DELETE the EUDORA.INI file in your Eudora directory! Yes, >you will lose ALL your settings, but, when it comes down to being able to >use Eudora, re-doing everything is preferable to having it crash >continuously. If you delete the .INI file, the next time you start >Eudora, it will be like the first time you ever installed and used the >program. You will have to set EVERYTHING all over again. That includes >your Personalities and all other settings. You're right, I did shudder! But I did it anyway. And so far, so good! <knock on wood> Eudora *seems* to be working ok right now. >The beauty of having MANY backups is that if you restore the most recent, >and it still gives you problems, you can go to the next most recent and >try it. I had restored the old INI file right before I upgraded, and it worked ok then, but wasn't working right after the upgrade. >And, these "other" problems are almost always caused by having too many >emails in a Mailbox that is opened at startup. Here is a recommendation >from a post on the Eudora Newsgroup: > >"You should try to keep the main IN and OUT mailboxes as small as reasonably >practical, since these files are ALWAYS loaded into memory each time >Eudora is started, and that eats up memory/resources. As a rule of thumb, >you should transfer each message out of the IN box after you've initially >read it. Where you transfer it to would likely depend on whether you need >to take further action on it (say, "PENDING") or it can be permanently >archived (say, "IN-MAR", this month)." I did exactly that, saving the messages that I needed to. The rest got moved out, and will be sorted through month by month. I'm down well below 100 messages in both the in and out boxes. >Keep trying, and, please, keep us informed. We all learn from the >problems of any user. > >Regards, >SgtGeorge So far today, things seem to be ok. I haven't tried adding my additional personalities back yet, but will later. Other non-computer things have infringed upon my time today (how dare they??? <g>). Thank you, thank you, thank you for all your help! I'd either still be floundering or back to the old version now without it. Sandy Walroth [email protected]

Sarge downloaded that program TaskZip really nice and easy to use one question, what is the Eudora address book listed under in the Eudora folder would like to back it up also. Mason Oak Ridge

At 4/12/2000 07:43 PM -0700, you wrote: >Under the startup tab at the top, you will get a list of all the programs >running in the back ground. > >There can easily be 20 or 30 programs if you are using Win98, and have >added several programs. Several will leave things around even though you >may have used add/remove programs control panel to remove them. Each of >these use resources from all three of the main stacks called >resources. You can remove the check mark in the square box to no longer >run the selected program if you want to get rid of it. > >Jack I have 23 items in the startup tab: Taskbar Display Controls Scan Registry Task Monitor System Tray Load Power Profile (in there twice) VsecomrEXE (Plus virusscan) vshwin32EXE (McAfee Virus Scan) (in there twice) avconsoleEXE (McAfee Virus Scan) VsStatEXE (McAfee Virus Scan) McAfeeWebScanX (McAfee Virus Scan) Norton Navigator TimeSink Ad Client (what is this???) DSS (Windows\BBStore\DSS\DSSAgent.exe - what is this?) Scheduling agent *ICQ Net Detect Agent ICQ Plus *Office Startup *AOL IM *MS Office Shortcut Bar *MS Outlook *Resource Meter (*these are the only 6 items in my startup folder) I'm running Windows 98 on a Pentium 200. How can I know what I can safely uncheck and what needs to be there? Sandy Walroth [email protected]

At 11:43 AM 04/12/2000, Sandy Walroth wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* (snip) There are just over 800 emails in the IN box. No mailboxes or any other windows were open when I closed Eudora - I always close them all before shutting down. (snip) Ok, I did this, and Eudora came back up. I didn't get any of the "System resource" errors this time. This time, it took 10% of my available resources. It did come up in sponsored mode, but I still got the registration window. All the proper information was there, however, when I clicked "ok" (or whatever the button said), the ad area disappeared but the information didn't register in my software. Unfortunately, the toolbar is back to what it was the first time I started the new version, however, only half the top row is visible - most of one button, and all the rest on that level are not there - like the raised right section is obscuring them. The first time it came up, I got 4 new messages, but the program hung after the messages were filtered. I did <Ctrl><Alt><Del>, and it showed Eudora "Not Responding". I ended the task, and restarted. The toolbar is the same. There was no mail to download at first, so it came up ok. Later, there was a couple new messages, which downloaded ok, but my alert on new mail is not right - it's playing a different file than is specified in the Options. I'm afraid to try anything else at this point, <g> so I can't report on anything else. Sandy Walroth [email protected] **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************** Sandy, please take this the right way. I'm not criticizing you. But, 800 emails in the IN mailbox are just too many. Why keep that many there anyway? You need to make additional mailboxes by subject, sender, List, etc., and move most of those 800 emails to the additional mailboxes. Then, when you open Eudora with just the IN mailbox open, you won't put such a drain on your system. You see, now when you open Eudora, it must "load" all 800 of those emails at startup, even if you are not going to actually be using them. I use Eudora's filtering ability to Filter incoming email into their respective Mailboxes UPON DOWNLOADING THEM. Of course, there are some which don't match any of my many, many filters, and they DO end up in my IN Mailbox; however, when I read them, I move them to their proper Mailbox. That's the beauty of Eudora - you can Filter incoming emails into special Mailboxes to start with and NOT have your IN Mailbox cluttered up with that many messages. Try this: In TOOLS/OPTIONS/CATEGORY-Display, make sure that "Show Large Buttons" is NOT checked. I think that will solve the problem with the Tool Bar. Unfortunately, there IS still a glitch on some systems with viewing the Tool Bar icons in the Large size. I'm about to recommend something that may make you shudder, but which may also be necessary to "fix" your problems. There is evidently something amiss in the EUDORA.INI file. Don't worry, I've had this happen to me a couple of times. It seems that the EUDORA.INI that you backed up also has some corruption. There is one way, and only one way, to fix it, short of being a "guru" and knowing exactly what each line in the .INI file is supposed to look like. That way is to DELETE the EUDORA.INI file in your Eudora directory! Yes, you will lose ALL your settings, but, when it comes down to being able to use Eudora, re-doing everything is preferable to having it crash continuously. If you delete the .INI file, the next time you start Eudora, it will be like the first time you ever installed and used the program. You will have to set EVERYTHING all over again. That includes your Personalities and all other settings. The beauty of having MANY backups is that if you restore the most recent, and it still gives you problems, you can go to the next most recent and try it. If it too is bad, you can keep going back until you get one that works. Using the TaskZip application that I have, one can set it to keep as many past backups as are deemed appropriate. I backup each night, doing only the recently changed files, and keep one week's worth of daily backups. I also backup every Sunday, doing a COMPLETE directory backup, that is, EVERYTHING in the directory. I keep backups of the most recent 5 weekly backup files. I figured that any problem I run across will surely be so recent that somewhere back during the past 5 weeks, I will find a good EUDORA.INI. Having spoken with the team at QualComm many times, I have always been advised that, when all else fails, deleting the EUDORA.INI file and starting from "scratch" is sometimes the only recourse. I can tell you right now that MOST all corruption problems with the EUDORA.INI file happens because of OTHER problems in the program. And, these "other" problems are almost always caused by having too many emails in a Mailbox that is opened at startup. Here is a recommendation from a post on the Eudora Newsgroup: "You should try to keep the main IN and OUT mailboxes as small as reasonably practical, since these files are ALWAYS loaded into memory each time Eudora is started, and that eats up memory/resources. As a rule of thumb, you should transfer each message out of the IN box after you've initially read it. Where you transfer it to would likely depend on whether you need to take further action on it (say, "PENDING") or it can be permanently archived (say, "IN-MAR", this month)." Keep trying, and, please, keep us informed. We all learn from the problems of any user. Regards, SgtGeorge George W. Durman Knoxville, TN EUDORA-MAIL Listowner Archives of previous EUDORA-MAIL posts are located at: http://archiver.rootsweb.com/EUDORA-MAIL-L/ (Copy and paste the above URL exactly as above. The address is "case-sensitive". If you have never used the Archives before, you will have to establish a UserName and Password. You will need only one User- Name and Password for all of Rootsweb, regardless of which Archives you are searching.)

At 01:56 AM 4/12/00 -0400, you wrote: >Sandy, I don't think that Version 4.3.1 is causing the problem >directly. I believe that during, or shortly after, the installation, a >file was corrupted, possibly EUDORA.INI. > >Do you regularly backup your important system files? If so, did you back >up Eudora before installing 4.3.1? If you did, you can rename the >EUDORA.INI file now residing in the Eudora directory to something like >EUDORA-INI.BAK, and copy the old EUDORA.INI from the backup to the Eudora >directory. Snip Snip a lot. Since I have a fairly old system here as computers go, a 266 Pentium and all the other old boards that go with them, and do not have any of the problems like this set and others that are being talked about on this group lately I am wondering what is going on. I have upgraded all the way from Windows for Workgroups V3.11 to Win98SE and still going. I do not have any problems with resources at all. This makes me wonder just what is running in the back ground on the computer she has. What is setting up the problems. Go to the start button, and left click. Go down to the run selection. Select run and type in msconfig, and look at the window that comes up. Under the startup tab at the top, you will get a list of all the programs running in the back ground. There can easily be 20 or 30 programs if you are using Win98, and have added several programs. Several will leave things around even though you may have used add/remove programs control panel to remove them. Each of these use resources from all three of the main stacks called resources. You can remove the check mark in the square box to no longer run the selected program if you want to get rid of it. Since I have not cleaned up this disk for three or more years, I have 46 listed, but have unchecked all of them that I do not need. When you un check one, it remains to be rechecked if you discover that you need it after all. You can do the same for all the other tabs. This with running some program to check the registry for mistakes, can frequently clean up problems like those listed. Jack

First of all, I can't get Eudora to go down normally - regardless of what happens, it crashes - either because something that went on, or as a result of clicking on the X to close. If I restart it, and there is mail to download, the program hangs. I have to do <Ctrl><Alt><Del> to end it. If it's a later download, it *usually* works, but not all the time. I did finally get to delete my alternate personalities so I don't have it trying to download from them all, but now I don't have them to use. Surprisingly, now the registration information has taken! No clue how, as I didn't do anything different. So far, I've had 5 different mailboxes with supposedly bad TOC's - however, when I tell the program to recreate, not one has been changed. Re: Toolbar - I discovered that what I have now is the default. And a can *not* customize it. The program crashes every time I try. Sandy Walroth [email protected]

Now I'm totally confused. I decided that I'd not be able to get everything fixed if I didn't try it. So, I tried fixing the toolbar. I started removing some of the hidden buttons, and lost the toolbar completely! I clicked on close on the customize window, and Eudora crashed again. So, I shut the computer down completely (powered down and all). When I brought everything up, the toolbar came back - the way I had started to try to customize it last night! Not the final layout, but one of the intermediate ones. Also, I'm back to not being able to shut off the "check mail" on the alternate personalities. So I deleted them, since the information was corrupt anyway. I tried adding one back in, and it doesn't appear in the personalities window, but is still checking mail! System resources are ok at this point - no errors, and Eudora used only about 12%. Also, I checked the registration information - it did register my first name, but nothing else. I went in and entered my last name and the reg code I had been given at upgrade, and it finally took it. We'll see if it holds..... Sandy Walroth [email protected]

At 4/12/2000 01:56 AM -0400, you wrote: >Sandy, I don't think that Version 4.3.1 is causing the problem >directly. I believe that during, or shortly after, the installation, a >file was corrupted, possibly EUDORA.INI. > >Do you regularly backup your important system files? If so, did you back >up Eudora before installing 4.3.1? If you did, you can rename the >EUDORA.INI file now residing in the Eudora directory to something like >EUDORA-INI.BAK, and copy the old EUDORA.INI from the backup to the Eudora >directory. Before the upgrade, I backed up the entire Eudora folder. Just to be safe. <g> >Also, approximately how many emails are sitting in your IN mailbox in >Eudora? How many mailboxes did you leave open the last time you closed >Eudora before the new installation? >The reason I ask, is that ANY mailbox that is left open when you close >Eudora will be reopened when you start the next time. And, this takes up >System Resources. If you left several mailboxes open, and each contained >hundreds of emails, that drains a LOT of Resources. A hint here: When >you close Eudora, close the mailboxes you don't need to work with >immediately the next time you start Eudora. You can always open any you >need later. It's best not to have too many open at once. There are just over 800 emails in the IN box. No mailboxes or any other windows were open when I closed Eudora - I always close them all before shutting down. >If you have a backup of EUDORA.INI, do as I suggested above and start >Eudora again. Let us know what happens. If the .ini file is an old one >made prior to installing 4.3, you might find that your Registration >information is gone; but, you can always enter that later. > >SgtGeorge Ok, I did this, and Eudora came back up. I didn't get any of the "System resource" errors this time. This time, it took 10% of my available resources. It did come up in sponsored mode, but I still got the registration window. All the proper information was there, however, when I clicked "ok" (or whatever the button said), the ad area disappeared but the information didn't register in my software. Unfortunately, the toolbar is back to what it was the first time I started the new version, however, only half the top row is visible - most of one button, and all the rest on that level are not there - like the raised right section is obscuring them. The first time it came up, I got 4 new messages, but the program hung after the messages were filtered. I did <Ctrl><Alt><Del>, and it showed Eudora "Not Responding". I ended the task, and restarted. The toolbar is the same. There was no mail to download at first, so it came up ok. Later, there was a couple new messages, which downloaded ok, but my alert on new mail is not right - it's playing a different file than is specified in the Options. I'm afraid to try anything else at this point, <g> so I can't report on anything else. Sandy Walroth [email protected]

Sandy, I don't think that Version 4.3.1 is causing the problem directly. I believe that during, or shortly after, the installation, a file was corrupted, possibly EUDORA.INI. Do you regularly backup your important system files? If so, did you back up Eudora before installing 4.3.1? If you did, you can rename the EUDORA.INI file now residing in the Eudora directory to something like EUDORA-INI.BAK, and copy the old EUDORA.INI from the backup to the Eudora directory. Computer users have these corrupted files all the time when using Windows, especially with non-Microsoft applications. The secret is to ALWAYS backup all critical files. This includes data files, .ini files, your .toc and .mbx files from Eudora, and lots of others. Also, approximately how many emails are sitting in your IN mailbox in Eudora? How many mailboxes did you leave open the last time you closed Eudora before the new installation? The reason I ask, is that ANY mailbox that is left open when you close Eudora will be reopened when you start the next time. And, this takes up System Resources. If you left several mailboxes open, and each contained hundreds of emails, that drains a LOT of Resources. A hint here: When you close Eudora, close the mailboxes you don't need to work with immediately the next time you start Eudora. You can always open any you need later. It's best not to have too many open at once. If you have a backup of EUDORA.INI, do as I suggested above and start Eudora again. Let us know what happens. If the .ini file is an old one made prior to installing 4.3, you might find that your Registration information is gone; but, you can always enter that later. SgtGeorge At 01:15 AM 04/12/2000, Sandy wrote: *************START OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT************* I just upgraded my Eudora 4.2.2 to Eudora 4.3.1. I'm already thinking about going back!! The actual upgrade went fine. However, nothing else has since then! It's taking well over 2 minutes to come up. And during the process, I get "Ninety percent of your resources are in use" error *4* times!! That happens even right after I reboot, and start out with 75%!!! I can't customize the toolbar - every time I do and close the customize window, I get an "illegal" error, and the program shuts down. One of the mailboxes had a corrupt TOC - then when I said to fix it, it said everything was fine, and created 0 new entries. :-\ I did have a 4.x version installed prior to the upgrade, so when I upgraded, I got the Reg code. The installation said it was Paid mode, and gave me a Reg code. First time I brought Eudora up, it said it was coming up in Sponsored mode. But then, it gave me a window with my name and Reg code it, and I clicked "ok", and the add area disappeared. Wonderful! However, the next time I brought it up (after it crashed during the toolbar customization), it came up again! I had to click ok again. Went in to "Help" - "Payment & Registration" - "Change your registration" just like it said to, and entered my name and Reg code. Clicked "ok", and nothing happened! It wouldn't "register" the reg code in my software. This has happened every time I've had to restart Eudora (working on number 7 now - I only upgraded an hour ago!). Right now, I have my normal background stuff going, plus the online connection. When that was all that was running, I had 72% resources. Started Eudora (and nothing else), and am currently sitting at 26%! That's bizarre - even for Eudora! I am totally frustrated with this version. I heard it was supposed to be more stable than 4.2.2, but it's not that way here! I'm ready to go back to the old one - at least it worked. :-( What could possibly be wrong, and what can I do to fix all the problems??? Sandy Walroth [email protected] ============================== Search ALL of RootsWeb's mailing lists in real time. RootsWeb's Personalized Mailing Lists: http://pml.rootsweb.com/ **************END OF ORIGINAL MESSAGE TEXT**************

Ok, two additional problems. I can't get my alternate personalities to *not* check mail. 3 of them have the same email address, just different names to appear on the messages. They all have "check mail" checked. I only want the dominant one to check. When I right click on the personality, and click on "properties", I uncheck the box, and click ok. Next time mail is downloaded, all 3 check mail again! Because of this, I'm getting 2 errors asking "is there another session active?" This worked fine in the old version. Then, if I try to close Eudora, it sits there for many, many seconds, then crashes. I can't take it down. Sandy Walroth [email protected]

I just upgraded my Eudora 4.2.2 to Eudora 4.3.1. I'm already thinking about going back!! The actual upgrade went fine. However, nothing else has since then! It's taking well over 2 minutes to come up. And during the process, I get "Ninety percent of your resources are in use" error *4* times!! That happens even right after I reboot, and start out with 75%!!! I can't customize the toolbar - every time I do and close the customize window, I get an "illegal" error, and the program shuts down. One of the mailboxes had a corrupt TOC - then when I said to fix it, it said everything was fine, and created 0 new entries. :-\ I did have a 4.x version installed prior to the upgrade, so when I upgraded, I got the Reg code. The installation said it was Paid mode, and gave me a Reg code. First time I brought Eudora up, it said it was coming up in Sponsored mode. But then, it gave me a window with my name and Reg code it, and I clicked "ok", and the add area disappeared. Wonderful! However, the next time I brought it up (after it crashed during the toolbar customization), it came up again! I had to click ok again. Went in to "Help" - "Payment & Registration" - "Change your registration" just like it said to, and entered my name and Reg code. Clicked "ok", and nothing happened! It wouldn't "register" the reg code in my software. This has happened every time I've had to restart Eudora (working on number 7 now - I only upgraded an hour ago!). Right now, I have my normal background stuff going, plus the online connection. When that was all that was running, I had 72% resources. Started Eudora (and nothing else), and am currently sitting at 26%! That's bizarre - even for Eudora! I am totally frustrated with this version. I heard it was supposed to be more stable than 4.2.2, but it's not that way here! I'm ready to go back to the old one - at least it worked. :-( What could possibly be wrong, and what can I do to fix all the problems??? Sandy Walroth [email protected]