UASD hides files?

[oklameatman]

I am trying to copy a system file (*.usd) I have programmed in the UASD software. I am attempting the copy through Windows Explorer, onto a jump-drive. The entire system configuration and data is 'there' when I view it through the UASD program. However, when I look for the file through Windows Explorer it is not present. Yes, I have confirmed the location of the files through the setup menu in the system editor. Note: this happened after I duplicated (copied) a system configuration through the UASD copy function, and then subsequently edited the system and saved under a new system name.

What am I missing? Anyone know why the file is not present in Windows Explorer?

[66dave]

go to controll panel
folder options
enable show hidden files

thats where it is in vista

[Jay911]

.USD files don't count as 'hidden and system files', or shouldn't.

I don't use UASD enough to remember, but is it possible you're looking at a different folder? I myself have had that issue specifically with things that are placed in the My Documents folder, because some installations save in C:\Documents and Settings\Default User\My Documents\{etc}, while others save in C:\Documents and Settings\Jay911\My Documents\{etc}, and so on.

[oklameatman]

Originally Posted by 66dave

go to controll panel
folder options
enable show hidden files

thats where it is in vista

Thanks, but no success there. Windows Explorer reveals the original files I created in UASD. I think the key is in the fact that this happened after I copied an existing system and then modified and named the system differently. The real kicker is that the newly created system file can be opened and edited in UASD. The UASD options shows me where the system file is located on the computer (I've verified this repeatedly). BUT I CAN'T FIND IT OUTSIDE OF UASD!!!! Frustrating!

[oklameatman]

By the way...all of the system files missing from Windows Explorer happen to be trunked systems. The files I can 'see' are all conventional systems. Weird!?!?

[Jay911]

Try searching from Explorer (using Search Companion, if you have that Live Search atrocity invading your PC) for all *.USD with a starting directory of C:\ and see if the machine can find it.

[oklameatman]

Yeah...tried that also. That is when I really got confused! The only .usd files that the search function finds are the files I can locate.

[DaveNF2G]

Explorer treats your own documents as two separate "places" on your hard drive, even though they only exist once. Also, Windows installers sometimes create "ghost" directories for data files for certain programs under My Documents. When the software itself offers the option of choosing storage directories, there can be as many as three different places in on your hard drive (displayed as four different places in Windows Explorer) where such files might reside.

[UPMan]

Maybe the name is not what you expect it to be. Try this: Make a slight change to one of the mystery systems and save it. Then go to the directory pointed to by UASD setup and sort that directory by date. The system you changed should be the one with the most recent edit time stamp.

[unitcharlie]

I found mine here... this was in addtition to all the other places Uniden hides files.... complete profiles, etc...
C:\Users\{YOUR USER NAME}\Documents\UASD_DataBase\BCD396T\UASD_systems

good luck.... I always plug in my jump drive and copy the final version of everything to it so I can find them more easily....

[oklameatman]

Unitcharlie wins the prize. You didn't have the exact correct answer, but yours was the closest. I finally found the files, but am still a bit confused. I think it may have something to do with the Windows Vista Home Premium on an hp computerand probably nothing to do with UASD.

This is the path in which UASD was telling me the system files were stored:
C:\Program Files\Uniden\Software\Databases\BCT15\Systems

This is where I actually found them:
C:\Users\{Name}\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Uniden\Software\Databases\BCT15\Systems

I don't now where the virtualstore route came into play. Again, the first path was described in the UASD setup options by me. How it diverted the new files to the new location is perplexing. But, I am easily perplexed. Thanks for everyone's input.

[oklameatman]

Originally Posted by oklameatman

Unitcharlie wins the prize. You didn't have the exact correct answer, but yours was the closest. I finally found the files, but am still a bit confused. I think it may have something to do with the Windows Vista Home Premium on an hp computerand probably nothing to do with UASD.

This is the path in which UASD was telling me the system files were stored:
C:\Program Files\Uniden\Software\Databases\BCT15\Systems

This is where I actually found them:
C:\Users\{Name}\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Uniden\Software\Databases\BCT15\Systems

I don't now where the virtualstore route came into play. Again, the first path was described in the UASD setup options by me. How it diverted the new files to the new location is perplexing. But, I am easily perplexed. Thanks for everyone's input.

My apologies DaveNF2G...your answer was perhaps just as accurate (or more so). thanks.

[unitcharlie]

Originally Posted by oklameatman

Unitcharlie wins the prize. You didn't have the exact correct answer, but yours was the closest. I finally found the files, but am still a bit confused. I think it may have something to do with the Windows Vista Home Premium on an hp computerand probably nothing to do with UASD.

This is the path in which UASD was telling me the system files were stored:
C:\Program Files\Uniden\Software\Databases\BCT15\Systems

This is where I actually found them:
C:\Users\{Name}\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Uniden\Software\Databases\BCT15\Systems

I don't now where the virtualstore route came into play. Again, the first path was described in the UASD setup options by me. How it diverted the new files to the new location is perplexing. But, I am easily perplexed. Thanks for everyone's input.

I was told, when I asked the same question on one of the forums, it has to do with automatic file extraction. I was complaining that one of the programs, butel's I believe, loading down my computer with all these files, many of which were not complete mirrors of the load in the scanner. These files had accumulated to the point that my XP computer turned into oatmeal until I cleaned it out. I have since found that running the programs (I use ARC396PRO and sometimes bcTool) from a jump drive and turning off the scanner saves a lot of space, heartache and time.....

[ddanz]

Originally Posted by oklameatman

Unitcharlie wins the prize. You didn't have the exact correct answer, but yours was the closest. I finally found the files, but am still a bit confused. I think it may have something to do with the Windows Vista Home Premium on an hp computerand probably nothing to do with UASD.

This is the path in which UASD was telling me the system files were stored:
C:\Program Files\Uniden\Software\Databases\BCT15\Systems

This is where I actually found them:
C:\Users\{Name}\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\Uniden\Software\Databases\BCT15\Systems

I don't now where the virtualstore route came into play. Again, the first path was described in the UASD setup options by me. How it diverted the new files to the new location is perplexing. But, I am easily perplexed. Thanks for everyone's input.

This is a Vista-ism; do not attempt to store data files in the Program Files directory (for security reasons, programs shouldn't be able to write to anything in the Program Files directory, it's for PROGRAMS.

Yeah, yeah, I know - plenty of lazy programmers setup their programs to do it, but Vista will disallow it.

Put your UASD file in your c:\Users\{Name}\Documents\ directory.