Lost information

[Srobo]

I can not find the RID or any of the other files for UniTrunker anywhere on my computer. I had about 1000 radios ID'd and now they are gone. When I started the program this evening it did not have the system name at the top so I downloaded it from RR. It erased everything. I have done this in the past without the same results. What changed this time? Here is what is in the folder.

 

[Srobo]

I just restarted the program to get started renaming everything and all the information was back again. My question now is where is it saved at? I searched my hard drive for the files but came up with nothing. Where is it at?

 

[br0adband]

First tip:

Back up that data, like, yesterday. In several places. Zip up the data files and email them to yourself. Put them on a floppy if necessary, or a USB stick, an external drive, email them to friends, relatives, etc. Create multiple email accounts just for simple data storage if necessary, but...

Back that data up pronto.

I almost lost all the work I've been doing the past two weeks or so with Unitrunker, which is several hundred TGs so far, some systems, and tons of color coding all done by hand on top of all the unique radio IDs too for the SNACC system here in Las Vegas.

Now I have a tiny batch script that makes 5 copies of the folder and Zips the content when I run the batch file. I then email 3 copies to 3 different email accounts I have, stash 1 copy on a USB stick I keep plugged in, and then FTP one copy to my website hosting.

After all the work I'm putting into this effort, I'd be peeved beyond reason if I did something stupid and lost it.

As for why you're having the issues you're having, I can't say, but I'd guess it's because you're using Vista and Vista doesn't actually let you have access to stuff in the Program Files directory. It's actually usually junction points - similar to symbolic links in UNIX/Linux systems - that "points" to where the files actually are. Explorer will say one thing, but that's just letting you see the pointers, not the actual files.

Sometimes Vista just forgets where stuff is till the pointer tables are refreshed. Go figure...

From that picture it looks like most of your Unitrunker system files (not the data files you're worried about) appear to be associated with Adobe Reader (or perhaps Acrobat itself). Wonder why that is.

 

[SCPD]

To avoid whatever weirdness Vista is trying to do, make a small change to the Uniform.cfg file. It's there in the screenshot. Open the file in Notepad and locate the line that reads "path=". Create a new folder somewhere convenient to you, copy all of the Unitrunker data files (but not the program files) to that folder. Set the "Path=" line to read something like "Path=C:\path\to\Unitrunker\data\files". Save the modified CFG file. The next time you run Unitrunker - it will load it's settings from the CFG file (from the program files folder) and know to look in the path specified for the data files.

 

[Srobo]

Thanks! I'll make the changes tonight when I get home.

 

[brandon]

Click on the button in the Vista toolbar that says "Compatibility Files". That's probably where they're hiding.

As others said, backup the data. I use program called Mozy Backup (free for 2GB of data) that backs up your data. It can also backup the files with UniTrunker running, so you never miss a beat. Good luck.

 

[MattSR]

Or you could use NTbackup.exe that comes with windows.