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From: flipspam on 30 May 2006 23:41 Bizarre... I tried deleting the file and it deleted. Now Eudora opens just fine! No explanation. Thanks, Phil On Tue, 30 May 2006 23:25:15 -0400, flipspam(a)spamco.ca wrote: >I can't rename it, can't delete it and can't move it. Access is denied >in all cases. I have checked in Wintasks and see no reason to believe >Eudora is running in the backgreound and preventing me from changing >the file. > >Phil > >On Fri, 26 May 2006 10:53:03 GMT, Han <nobody(a)nospam.not> wrote: > >>Oops I forgot to add the last line: see below <grin>. >> >>Han <nobody(a)nospam.not> wrote in news:Xns97CF45BE0D103ikkezelf@ >>199.45.49.11: >> >>> flipspam(a)spamco.ca wrote in news:jtuc72diek1i3bak5uenr9hsev7o9avn6n@ >>> 4ax.com: >>> >>>> What would the best way to correct this problem. >>>> >>>> When I click the icon for Eudora I get the following error.. >>>> >>>> Could not open the file C:/program >>>> files/Qualcomm/Eudora/LinkHistory.dat for reading >>>> >>>> Cause: Access permission denied. File may be marked as read only or >>>> locked (13) >>>> >>>> I have set up a different Eudora directory to run and get new mail, >>>> however this leaves me unable to access the history. >>>> >>>> I have tried to remove the LinkHistory.dat file, but it is blocked >>>> from changes. How can I unblock it? >>>> >>>> What is the simplest way to retrieve my old emails? >>>> >>>> Thanks! >>>> >>>> Phil >>>> >>> It is a simple text file, despite the windows protected .dat extension. >>> You can open it with Notepad. Rightclick and choose open with. Ignore >>> the warnings and choose notepad as the program to open it with. >>> >>> You'll get something like: >>> 6 1148599120 6 >>> >>> http://ajpcell.physiology.org/cgi/content/abstract/00242.2006v1?ct >>> >>> >>> 1147946441 1147946441 1 40 >>> ---end >>> >>> http://blogs.pcworld.com/staffblog/archives/002094.html?tk=nl_wbxnws >>> >>> >>> 1148346727 1148346727 1 40 >>> ---end >>> >>> http://c.specials4geekmail.com/maaeNCwabqxSabr1vq6eaeQCLx/ >>> >>> >>> 1147552285 1147552285 1 40 >>> ---end >>> >>You can rename the file or delete it (with Eudora *NOT* running), and you >>should be all set.
From: flipspam on 7 Jun 2006 19:08 OK, everything was fine and then today I had the same problem. THis time I had no trouble deleting the LinkHistory file and running Eudora but is there a virus or another reason this file is corrupting in some way? TIA Phil On Sat, 27 May 2006 00:06:15 GMT, Katrina Knight <kknight(a)epix.net> wrote: >flipspam(a)spamco.ca wrote: >> When I click the icon for Eudora I get the following error.. > >> Could not open the file C:/program >> files/Qualcomm/Eudora/LinkHistory.dat for reading > >> Cause: Access permission denied. File may be marked as read only or >> locked (13) > >Assuming that the file isn't actually marked read only, the most common >reason for a problem of this type would be that you've recently used >Eudora when logged into Windows as a different user and the permissions >got messed up. The other common cause of errors of this sort is hard drive >corruption causing that particular file to be unopenable by Windows. The >fix for the latter is to run a disk-checking utility and let it fix >whatever problems it finds. (Making a backup of important files before >doing that is a good idea.) > >> I have tried to remove the LinkHistory.dat file, but it is blocked >> from changes. How can I unblock it? > >That fits with either permissions problems or corruption. > >> What is the simplest way to retrieve my old emails? > >You want to keep using your new data directory but have the old >mailboxes in it too? Just move the files to your new data directory. If >there are new mailboxes with the same names in the new location, you'll >have to either put the new mailboxes in a folder (make the folder in >Eudora before moving them) or give the files new, non-conflicting names >when you copy them. Each mailbox has two files - one mbx file and one toc >file. You need to copy both of them, and if you rename them, they need to >match each other.
From: Katrina Knight on 8 Jun 2006 12:27 flipspam(a)spamco.ca wrote: > OK, everything was fine and then today I had the same problem. THis > time I had no trouble deleting the LinkHistory file and running Eudora > but is there a virus or another reason this file is corrupting in some > way? That's hard to say. Corruption is generally caused by a problem with the hard drive. Problems of that sort can be cuased by anything from a crash occurring at an inopportune moment, corrupting whatever Windows is writing at the time to actual hard drive failure. Have you run a disk-checking utility lately? If not, I'd recommend doing so. As for a virus, it seems unlikely that you'd have problems with that particular file and nothing else if you were infected with a virus, but it is possible. Are you running good, updated AV software? If not, you should do something about that. If you are, running a full scan for viruses certainly wouldn't hurt. -- Katrina
From: flipspam on 20 Jun 2006 23:08
I have excellent AV if up-to-date Norton and Zone Alarm Pro meet that criteria. I also run 3 different spyware killers. Now I have a new problem. Every time I open Eudora it says the index of both the out box and trash need to be rebuilt. It rebuilds them and works, but this happens every time. Maybe I should delete Eudora and reinstall it! I'm just worried about old messages I need. Phil On Thu, 08 Jun 2006 16:27:54 GMT, Katrina Knight <kknight(a)epix.net> wrote: >flipspam(a)spamco.ca wrote: >> OK, everything was fine and then today I had the same problem. THis >> time I had no trouble deleting the LinkHistory file and running Eudora >> but is there a virus or another reason this file is corrupting in some >> way? > >That's hard to say. Corruption is generally caused by a problem with the >hard drive. Problems of that sort can be cuased by anything from a crash >occurring at an inopportune moment, corrupting whatever Windows is writing >at the time to actual hard drive failure. Have you run a disk-checking >utility lately? If not, I'd recommend doing so. As for a virus, it seems >unlikely that you'd have problems with that particular file and nothing >else if you were infected with a virus, but it is possible. Are you >running good, updated AV software? If not, you should do something about >that. If you are, running a full scan for viruses certainly wouldn't hurt. |