I have a v 6.0 app. that has been running fine for 3 years which installs on
the user's local drive. It sets no default folder or path and only accesses
our Oracle server through ODBC to do reporting.

We are now getting new machines for our users that have Intel's
hyperthreading technology and now, after a fresh install, the app.
is issuing an "invalid path or filename" error consistently. If I choose to
ignore it, I get a memory error. The app. never fires up.

The command line contains a -c directive for the config file.

I also have a copy of the .exe on a server. If I point my user's icon
to the server, voila, it runs fine.

Does anyone have any experience with this, or any solutions?

TIA,
Marc Miller

RE: invalid path and hyperthreading by Leemi

Leemi
Tue Sep 21 15:41:29 CDT 2004

Hi Marc:

The first thing I would do is check the validity of the PATH environment
variable. See this article:
163801 PRB: "Error Locating Config File-Bad Path?" in Visual FoxPro
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=163801

If that does not help, I would download Filemon from www.sysinternals.com
and perform a trace after trying to start the exe. The Filemon should show
you the file that it cannot find.

Thanks

I hope this helps.

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>I have a v 6.0 app. that has been running fine for 3 years which installs
on
>the user's local drive. It sets no default folder or path and only
accesses
>our Oracle server through ODBC to do reporting.

>We are now getting new machines for our users that have Intel's
>hyperthreading technology and now, after a fresh install, the app.
>is issuing an "invalid path or filename" error consistently. If I choose
to
>ignore it, I get a memory error. The app. never fires up.

>The command line contains a -c directive for the config file.

>I also have a copy of the .exe on a server. If I point my user's icon
>to the server, voila, it runs fine.

>Does anyone have any experience with this, or any solutions?

>TIA,
>Marc Miller



Re: invalid path and hyperthreading by John

John
Wed Sep 22 20:46:50 CDT 2004

Marc Miller wrote:

> I have a v 6.0 app. that has been running fine for 3 years which installs
> on
> the user's local drive. It sets no default folder or path and only
> accesses our Oracle server through ODBC to do reporting.
>
> We are now getting new machines for our users that have Intel's
> hyperthreading technology and now, after a fresh install, the app.
> is issuing an "invalid path or filename" error consistently. If I choose
> to
> ignore it, I get a memory error. The app. never fires up.
>
> The command line contains a -c directive for the config file.
>
> I also have a copy of the .exe on a server. If I point my user's icon
> to the server, voila, it runs fine.
>
> Does anyone have any experience with this, or any solutions?
>
> TIA,
> Marc Miller
Post the config file - that were the error is. Or just review what you have
in the config file.
John