error, can't find linkhistory.tmp

[Bruce Ludwig]

I migrated to a new machine with windows 7. Everything worked fine, but now a error message window keeps popping up every 30 seconds or so telling me it can't find the linkhistory.tmp file. Access denied.
It seems that this happened last time I upgraded machines and I got around it, but can't recall what I did.
Any suggestions?

[jhmeyers]

What are the full "Data" and "Application" paths
shown by "Help" > "About Eudora" (above the row of buttons)?

[Bruce Ludwig]

Both are C:\Program Files(x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora,
But the error message says it's looking in the Users directory.
Thanks
Bruce

[jhmeyers]

Originally Posted by Bruce Ludwig

Both [Data and Application] are in C:\Program Files(x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora

It is invalid to store any variable data
in the system program file folders,
starting with Windows Vista and continuing in Windows 7
(although this actually has been a Microsoft application standard since Windows 2000)

Trying to do it anyway often results in symptoms like yours,
which occur because Windows refuses to store any data in those folders,
when applications run under normal security settings,
performing an invisible "folder virtualization" instead
(i.e. old data remains where it was, new data goes elsewhere)

[Bruce Ludwig]

It worked on Vista. What's the fix? Install Eudora program in a different directory?

[jhmeyers]

The programs are in the right place, but the user data is not
(unless "64" doesn't care about protecting 32-bit programs,
but I would make the data separate now, even for "good luck" in future :)

http://groups.google.com/group/comp....227a1d5d33a003
http://groups.google.com/group/comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows/browse_thread/thread/d7227a1d5d33a003