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Brian:

Or.. you can just tell the properties of the icon to always run in admin mode...that too should work..

Art

Brian:

  Yes, strange things can happen if the default of C:\Gearotic isnt the install folder. Win7 doesnt like programs using the old program files folder for data files.. but its the easiest place to keep them so the program is all in one place.

Id copy your entire folder to C: and then delete the registry keys for Gearotic. Rerunning it will then reinstall the keys as per C:\Gearotic Motion instead of that program files location...

Art

Installing as admin and running as admin in win7 32 bit was the answer for me.

right click on the desktop shortcut of gearotic, go to properties then choose the Compatibility tab, at bottom is a checkbox for "Run this program as an administrator". Check it and OK, now works perfect for me.

Art:

Went back to G2 run as administrator.  Found Headley (sp?)!  I can and will run G2 as administrator.  Any thoughts immediately at hand on how I should (re-)install G2 or set it up on my taskbar to achieve the same result?

Thanks.

Following your suggestion, I opened the program as an administer (right click over the exe file).  Went thru the same thing, the log didn't have the final two entries with the file name (presume that means no error).  Exited the program, restarted the program (again as administrator).  The new tool was still there!   Yet another thing to be thankful for!

Could some of the other quirks I've experienced (e.g., no headley, and some other things that differ from your videos and that I also don't expect represent changes between the current version and the version used when the videos were "filmed")?

Perhaps I installed G2 incorrectly -- i placed it under program files (x86), but don't have a program group when looking thru "All Programs" on the windows button.  And/Or as you mention are a "security issue".  Suggestions on how to correct that?  Or run as administrator?

Thanks.

Brian.

Hi Brian:

  Thx. Its very strange. It seems your OS is refusing to save the file, where mine does it with no error.
Is this Win7 as YaNvrNo's is? Im thinking its a security issue. Can you run the program with a right-click
run-as-admin and see if the same thing occurs?

  Ill see abut closing the file better to see if thats the issue..

Thx
ARt

Art,

Per your instruction, please see attached.

Brian.

Hi:

Try this for me.. On the properties tab there is a tab labeled LOG.. it gets messges about various things.. but when you hit apply
the log will get a message if any error occurs in the save. So goto the 3 ro 4 axis screen. Bring up the toolbox, type in a new toolname, hit apply,
then exit the toolbox, press home so you can see the properties tab, click on the log tab and see if thre is any line that says "Tool save failed on %s".
  Dos it show a path? Does it actually show up with anything?

Thx
Art

thanks for the instruction.  downloaded and installed. I can confirm ver 2.25800.

Went thru adding a tool to the crib.  received the usual messages.  saw it in the crib listing displayed within G2 as before.  was able to click thru and see it displayed using the -/+ buttons.  exited G2, re-loaded G2.  Didn't receive any (visible) messages.  Do you need me to copy and send some status or similar files?

Not a rush - and certainly not to bother on anyone's holiday.

Soory, I wasnt clear.

  the Dev version has been updated, so it will give an error saying why it couldnt save the tools, and where it tryed to put them.

Art