Vista File Locations

-[Dennis]-

Compiler: SX-Key v3.2.92
OS: Vista Business...yay

Is anyone else having issues with their files not appearing in the location you saved them?

When I run the SX-Key v3..2.92, I saved a file to this location:
C:\Program Files\Parallax Inc\SX-Key v3.2.92\Projects\SXB

Now in the program, I can manually open a file at that location and it appears in the list of files within that folder, however; when I manually go to that location through the Vista file explorer, the saved .SXB file isn't there. So, where is it? I've done a search for the file in Vista and it can't even find the file.

-Dennis

Steel

Despite ungrounded claims, I haven't ever had any problems with Vista. At SOME Point, people are going to have to stop blaming it.

What comes up when you do a search for "*.sxb"?

-[Dennis]-

I did a search for all SXB files (*.sxb) and the file was no where to be found.
I have extensions shown and hidden files visible in my folder settings.

The file continues to elude me.

Steel

What about the other .sxb files...do those show up?

-[Dennis]-

Other .sxb files show up in the search and the default .sxb files show up in the folder when I open it up. This is a new computer, fresh install of Vista, and the first time I started to use the SX-Key v3.2.92. I won't say Vista's the issue just because it's Vista and because of all of these other variables. I have a few friends who program with the SX and one of them has the v3.2.92 on an XP machine but has never experienced this problem.

So I'm wondering if it's a setting, a default permission that's set, or something else with the way Vista is initially configured.
Of course it might not be Vista at all as the v3.2.92 is still in beta and I only use it because I recently acquired the new mini-usb sx key.
Potentially it may just be the combination of this new version with Vista.

Steel, I appreciate the time you're taking to help me trouble shoot this issue.

Steel

Im wondering what would happen if you install the non-beta version of SX-key. I know this sounds like a run-around...but I guess that is the required nature of beta's.

It's no problem...I am also curious...There seem to be a lot of people who are really down on Vista, but for no proven reason. I haven't had any problems with it, so I am interested to see if this is a problem...

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So, unfortunately...it is probably important to get more idea of what is going on. I would recommend the following options:

-Try saving the SXB file to your desktop or a well-known directory to see if it shows up there. (sometimes paths can get confusing with users/program files/... stuff.)

-Try a release version of SX Key to see if it may actually be the beta version of SXKey that is the problem.

-Make sure that Windows is reading SXB files correctly:
-Make an .sxb file outside of the SX-Key environment, and see if both Vista and SXKey recognize it.
-Open up Notepad (all programs | accessories)
-Type something in the window such as "Hello World!"
-Select 'Save As'
-Choose a directory and Save the filename as "Test.sxb"
-Change the 'Save as type' to "All Files"

-Verify the file shows up where you saved it in explorer
-This shows that windows reads the .sxb file correctly
-Verify the file shows up in SX-Key
-Open up the file, and verify that the only text in the editor is "Hello World!"
-This verifies that SX-Key is reading .sxb files correctly

-[Dennis]-

I had the previous SX-Key Program installed but only long enough to realize that it doesn't work with the new mini-usb sx key.· I'll reinstall that and see if it has the same issues or not.

I have saved the .sxb file to the desktop and it shows up on the desktop.· I can access the file in windows file explorer and in the beta SX-Key

I opened notepad, wrote, "Hello World!", attempted to save the file as HW.sxb in projects/SXB folder and received the error that "I don't have permission to save in this location.· Contact the administrator to obtain permission."· Then it asks if I would like to save in the Dennis folder instead?· I said no, altered my permissions, and then it allowed it to save in the folder.· Now here's where things get funky.· The original file that I've been searching for still doesn't show up.· I tried resaving it to that directory but it still doesn't show up in the folder in Windows file explorer; however, I opened a new file in the SX-Key beta, wrote, "' Hello World!" and saved it as HW2.sxb and it appeared in the file explorer along with the other HW.sxb file I created.

So I renamed the file I've been trying to save to something else since when I go to save it, the original file name shows up in the SX-Key's save file folder.· After saving it, it shows up in the folder on Windows file explorer.· So it looks like the issue was a permission setting.· So my question is, where did all my original files get saved to?

Answer: Virtual Folders =\

"Virtual Folders

With Windows Vista, users are no longer compelled to work hard to keep files organised by placing them in specific folders, but instead can simply save files into a general file area and have them automatically appear in ‘Virtual Folders’ that collect files of a type of user defined specification together.

So, what are Virtual Folders? They are an extension to Windows XPs Saved Search feature. Now, very few people I know have ever used this feature, and even less people seem to have even heard of it. To see what I mean, start a search in XP and, when it’s completed, use the File menu to save the search criteria. The next time you want to do this search you can double click on this file, and then click search to repeat.

Ok, so now you get the idea of saved searches, living under My Documents, Virtual Folders extend this idea by creating a number of defined searches and allowing you to define your own. Where they are a massive improvement are in the way they are dynamically updated in the background while you work. No more waiting to find that picture file as any pictures are automatically added to the Pictures search. In addition to the standard Virtual Folders you can create your own in much the same way as you did with the saved search feature in Windows XP, again, these Virtual Folders have the benefit of dynamically updating as files are created and modified."

Read more about this here: http://www.microsoft.com/betaexperience/nlarchive/bexp2/issue_7/WindowsVistaSearch.aspx

So it looks like Vista's the culprit but it's not a bug, it's a "feature".· The quote I'd like to point out, though, is this, "users are no longer compelled to work hard to keep files organised by placing them in specific folders..."· I couldn't spell irony for my particular situation any better than that.· It may be a cool feature and perhaps I'll look into it more but I like to know where my files are at.

Lesson(s) Learned: when working in Vista, you may want to reconsider the default permissions.· I know they're set up for security reasons but security has that fine line to walk between security and convenience.

Thanks for all the help, Steel