Windows Vista operating considerations

Parts&Vendors runs great on Windows Vista.
There are a couple of Windows settings that may need to be addressed:

[Full permissions required in program folder]

Parts&Vendors needs to have full READ/WRITE/DELETE capabilities in its own program folder and subfolders. (The default is C:\Program Files\PV6... or \PV5, \PV4, \PV3 for older versions).

If, upon closing P&V, you get an error message that says: "COMPACT LOCAL --- Database already exists," your Windows profile (Windows login name) does not have full permissions for that folder. This will prevent P&V from saving its local settings and preferences, and MUST be fixed for proper program operation.

To remedy this, log into Windows as Administrator, and set the permissions for all Windows users to that folder (and any subfolders) for FULL permissions. When you log back into Windows under your operating profile name, closing P&V should not produce the error message.

[This may not be needed]

Also, to obtain the full permissions above, it may or may not help to turn off the User Account Control. This is that annoying confirmation prompt for system changes that pops up all too often. Our Parts&Vendors installation on Windows Vista Ultimate works fine with this on or off, but at least one P&V user found it necessary to turn this off to suppress the above error message.

To do this, open Control Panel | User Accounts. Notice that there is a link for "Turn User Account Control on or off." Click on that to change the setting.

[Help file]

Vista doesn't include the traditional WinHelp32 program to open our Help file.  Here's a converted Help file that will open on Vista. The conversion lost the hyperlinks, but does have the contents outline plus full text search capability (4megs).  After downloading, right click on the file, choose Properties and click the Unblock button.

OR--(even better) Upon attempting to open the Help menu in the program, you can follow the instructions to download and install the WinHelp32 program from Microsoft's site. After jumping through some Genuine Windows validation hoops, it installs the help application and Help from P&V's menu works normally.

Many users prefer the Video Tour over the Help file anyway. http://www.trilogydesign.com/videotour/index.htm.

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