[Coco] DriveWire 4 Installation

[Rob Rosenbrock]

No, I didn’t run the installer. Out of habit, I unpacked the file to see if it would run on its own - and it works just fine. (I have my reasons…)

I’ll back up a bit:

I ran across the ‘starter kits’ and decided to try them out since I don’t have a drivewire cable for my CoCo3 yet.  Yesterday I installed both the Xroar and Vcc kits which led to having two copies of DriveWire in the Program Files folder: DriveWire4 4.3.3o and DriveWire 4.3.3p. I assumed that one would overwrite the other, but it didn't. Looking at what I did before, the program seemed to operate within its own folder, so there shouldn’t be any issues with multiple copies and I let it pass without removing one.

The first installation (4.3.3o) works if I run it as an administrator, but there are some issues. At the top of the window it shows that it is instance 2 and running on port 6800. It’s the only copy running, and VCC is configured to use port 65504. It works, though...

The second installation doesn't work at all. I still get the splash screen for a moment and then nothing.

I’m guessing that something did happen between these two installations. I’m inclined to uninstall it and try again.

I intend to install DriveWire on another computer located next to my CoCo3 instead. I also have a CoCoFPGA - and I think it just needs a basic serial cable - so I may be able to test over there instead.



> On Feb 9, 2023, at 12:38 AM, qbancoffee via Coco <coco at maltedmedia.com> wrote:
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> Hi Rob,
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> Glad to hear its working!
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> At the moment DriveWire4 looks for and saves its configuration in several xml files located in its working directory. Windows is more than likely stopping DriveWire from writing to "Program Files" since user programs generally shouldn't have write access to that location.
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> Have you tried using the installer? If you do, select the default install location or any other location that your account has write permissions in.
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> If you end up using the installer, it will create a launcher icon to make things a little easier.
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> One of the minimal changes I want to make to DriveWire 4 is to have it save its configuration in a user directory so that it can be installed in "Program Files".
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> Thanks,
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> Pedro
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> On 2/9/23 3:08 AM, Rob Rosenbrock via Coco wrote:
>> Having a rather strange issue with DriveWire 4… (Windows 7)
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>> I unzipped the files into my download folder which is located on drive D. It runs great!
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>> Decided to move it into the program files folder on drive C. Now I get the opening splash screen and then nothing.
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>> I have checked permissions for the folder - same as my other folders. Even rebooted. Still no luck.
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>> I can go back to the D drive, and even move the folder around. It still works.
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>> Why would it refuse to operate on the C drive?