Hello trendsetters!
I have been having a problem with Ozi not working, I get an error when I click on the shortcut on the desktop. I went to the file and double clicked oziexp,exe and same error. I have a few copies of Ozi on the pooter so I went to another, this time on the c:drive and clicked the oziexp.exe file and away she goes! I suspect a problem with the g:drive (where Ozi was) so copy the 400gig of files to drive H:, reformat drive G: install Ozi, same bloody problem, what now? Maybe it doesn't like running off g:drive for some reason, although its been quite happy for about 2 years?? Everything else worked on g:drive so leave the damn thing alone and work off the c:drive.
Great - fixed...copy all the map files to c:drive, easy, 40gig of maps copied in 6 hours or so, piece of cake. Setup the shortcut to point to the c:drive - sorted!
Couple days later, same bloody problem, same error, off the c:drive, so I try a copy on the external drive, drive J: works a treat, try drive g: - no go, drive h: - no go. Email the Ozi man, tells me its a windows error, double crap.
During the remucking around and reducing the number of Ozi installs from about 10 to one on the pooter I renamed a heap of old map directories and so the shortcut wouldn't get lost I renamed the oziexp.exe file to oziexplorer.exe and like an idiot I double clicked it - IT WORKED, tried the same n drive g:, IT WORKED TOO.
Swore at Bill Gates (and all who sail in him) and went to bed. Problem solvered.
Question: Does anyone know why this would have happened? I am stumped. I even asked Robbo who mentioned something about the planets being aligned and then wandered off to resolder a joint on the troopy.
So Trendsetters, who can answer this conundrum?