Subject Re: File not found: sysinfo.cc
From Charles <***drgraham@midmichiro.com**>
Date Mon, 14 Mar 2022 19:49:04 -0400
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

Ken,

Thanks, I got it working fine. I finally found the bin file with your help and deleted the references to the sysinfo.cc file.

Charles

en Mayer Wrote:

> On 3/7/2022 1:33 PM, Charles wrote:
> > I upgraded my computer to Wiindows 11, and since, I get a popup saying that the sysinfo.cc is not found when I start dBase. I have it on the computer, but where is dBase looking for it? I put it in the ...bin folder and the ...startup folder but I continue to get the error. Where is dBase looking for it?
>
> Lee has part of it, but if this is happening when dBASE *starts*, then
> you need to remove the reference to it in the PLUS.INI file.
>
> In the Command Window of dBASE, type:
>
> ? _app.iniFile
>
> You should get a path to the Plus.ini file. Copy that into memory by
> running the mouse through it, or whatever. You need to find *that* file.
> One way to do this is to leave dBASE open, and open Notepad (or WordPad
> or any external editor -- one not in dBASE), then do a File | Open, and
> navigate to the path that appears in your Command Window output pane --
> open the Plus.ini file in that editor. Once you have the file open,
> close dBASE. This is important.
>
> Do a search for "sysinfo.cc".
>
> Find the line and delete it from Plus.ini. Then save the Plus.ini file.
> Restart dBASE. The odds are VERY good that you won't see the error.
>
> Some explanations:
>
> The reason you do this from outside dBASE is that all that information
> is loaded INTO dBASE. If you change it and then close dBASE it gets
> rewritten back to the Plus.ini file, so any changes were to no avail.
>
> The most likely reason that file is in the startup code for dBASE is
> that you probably double-clicked it. .CC files don't open in the Source
> Code Editor when you double-click them. For whatever reason, dBASE
> decides to put them into the startup part of the Plus.ini file (one that
> loads any .CC files when dBASE starts). The moral of the story -- don't
> double-click .CC files. Period.
>
> Ken
>
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