Hi all,

I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm new
to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any
schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with
Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this problem?

Rodo wrote:
Hi all,

I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm
new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any
schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with
Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this
problem?


Protel has always had problems with schematic libraries if you have the
"hide file extensions for known file types" option in explorer. As this
is the default (for W2K and later), you have to turn that off to be able
to see schematic libraries. Of course, that option should always be
turned off anyway - it's an incredible security gaff, even by Microsoft's
standards.

Thanks but that didn't fix the problem.


"David Brown" <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> wrote in message
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Rodo wrote:
Hi all,

I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm
new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any
schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with
Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this
problem?


Protel has always had problems with schematic libraries if you have the
"hide file extensions for known file types" option in explorer. As this
is the default (for W2K and later), you have to turn that off to be able
to see schematic libraries. Of course, that option should always be
turned off anyway - it's an incredible security gaff, even by Microsoft's
standards.

Hi all,

I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm
new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any
schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with
Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this problem?

Thanks

Hi all,

I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm
new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any
schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with
Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this problem?

Thanks

Do you need to set properties so that it runs in WIN98 compatibility mode?

"Rodo" <noway@youwish.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm
new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any
schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with
Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this
problem?

Thanks


You said "your" laptop so the following may not be relevant at all but is
along the lines of the suggestion from Peter.

I had similar problems with 99SE when the sys admin guys inflated their
egos by restricting write permissions to different file locations. Getting
full R/W admin control fixed the problem after months of hassles.

"Rodo" <noway@youwish.com> wrote in message
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Hi all,

I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm
new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any
schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with
Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this
problem?

Thanks

Do you need to set properties so that it runs in WIN98 compatibility mode?
( if that option exists in VISTA - it does in XP)

On Fri, 25 Apr 2008 22:56:26 GMT, "Rodo" <noway@youwish.com> wrote:

Thanks but that didn't fix the problem.


"David Brown" <david@westcontrol.removethisbit.com> wrote in message
news:48118d3c$0$2675$8404b019@news.wineasy.se...
Rodo wrote:
Hi all,

I thought Protel 99 SE was working fine in my Windows Vista laptop (I'm
new to Protel) but after reading the manual I realized I can't load any
schematic libraries. I read in the net that this is a known issue with
Protel with Vista. Does anyone know if there is a way to fix this
problem?


Protel has always had problems with schematic libraries if you have the
"hide file extensions for known file types" option in explorer. As this
is the default (for W2K and later), you have to turn that off to be able
to see schematic libraries. Of course, that option should always be
turned off anyway - it's an incredible security gaff, even by
Microsoft's
standards.


I understand that Vista doesn't allow programs to write into the
"Program Files" directory, or any subdirectories of it, where Protel
normally keeps the libraries. You will need to move the Protel
libraries (and anything else that Protel might want to write to) to
somewhere that Vista will let the program write to. I don't use Vista
(yet) but understand that there is a "standard" area for program data
files like Protel's libraries.




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I couldn't find the setting for the folder library in Protel so I'm tring to
change the permission but ... there are sooooo many of them is ... annoying.
So far I've changed the Protel security settings inside Program Files and no
luck. The folder is set to read-only. I changed that but it keeps defaulting
to read-only.... ARGH! ... as I said .... annoying. I'll let you know what
happens later.

Thanks

I couldn't find the setting for the folder library in Protel so I'm tring
to change the permission but ... there are sooooo many of them is ...
annoying. So far I've changed the Protel security settings inside Program
Files and no luck. The folder is set to read-only. I changed that but it
keeps defaulting to read-only.... ARGH! ... as I said .... annoying. I'll
let you know what happens later.

Thanks

Rodo,
Seems you are not trying Peter's suggestion even though you think you
may be. By Peter's advice you would have to move the pertinent files to a
suitable location, not just try to change the permissions on the
individual files. Moving the libraries is no problem, you simply have to
reload the libraries after restrating the program. I don't use Vista but I
have heard the same issue/explanation/rumor that Peter recited. Moving
just the libraries will probably not solve all issues because there are
many Protel files that are constantly written to by the program in the
WINDOWS directory.

--
Sincerely,
Brad Velander.

"Rodo" <noway@youwish.com> wrote in message
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I couldn't find the setting for the folder library in Protel so I'm tring
to change the permission but ... there are sooooo many of them is ...
annoying. So far I've changed the Protel security settings inside Program
Files and no luck. The folder is set to read-only. I changed that but it
keeps defaulting to read-only.... ARGH! ... as I said .... annoying. I'll
let you know what happens later.

Thanks

Rodo wrote:

I couldn't find the setting for the folder library in Protel so I'm tring
to change the permission but ... there are sooooo many of them is ...
annoying. So far I've changed the Protel security settings inside Program
Files and no luck. The folder is set to read-only. I changed that but it
keeps defaulting to read-only.... ARGH! ... as I said .... annoying. I'll
let you know what happens later.

Thanks


You need to be in Admin mode and turn off the UAC "User Access control"
There are couple of other things that can be done in the reg but I don't
think that'll protein to you.

Vista has screwed up so many people in companies all over trying to
upgrade and use existing software. Even new software coming out does not
perform on it worth a shit.

In any case, The performance of Vista has really took a nose dive on
software that does run on it. .NET programs have become yet another large
crutch for windows and putting Vista on top of that really places the
icing on the cake.

You need to strip down Vista as much as possible.

--
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"

"Jamie" <jamie_ka1lpa_not_valid_after_ka1lpa_@charter.net> wrote in message
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Rodo wrote:


I couldn't find the setting for the folder library in Protel so I'm tring
to change the permission but ... there are sooooo many of them is ...
annoying. So far I've changed the Protel security settings inside Program
Files and no luck. The folder is set to read-only. I changed that but it
keeps defaulting to read-only.... ARGH! ... as I said .... annoying. I'll
let you know what happens later.

Thanks


You need to be in Admin mode and turn off the UAC "User Access control"
There are couple of other things that can be done in the reg but I don't
think that'll protein to you.

Vista has screwed up so many people in companies all over trying to
upgrade and use existing software. Even new software coming out does not
perform on it worth a shit.

In any case, The performance of Vista has really took a nose dive on
software that does run on it. .NET programs have become yet another large
crutch for windows and putting Vista on top of that really places the
icing on the cake.

You need to strip down Vista as much as possible.

--
"I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy"


Let's see, control panel, user accounts , clear check box, restart, wait for
reboot .... run Protel, add library and .... ARGH!... Nope, that didn't
work either.

Thanks


really, Maybe you're over looking something because i know it works.

I couldn't find the setting for the folder library in Protel so I'm tring to
change the permission but ... there are sooooo many of them is ... annoying.
So far I've changed the Protel security settings inside Program Files and no
luck. The folder is set to read-only. I changed that but it keeps defaulting
to read-only.... ARGH! ... as I said .... annoying. I'll let you know what
happens later.