Cathy Question

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bigpallooka

I am currently using Cathy as a disk catalogueing utility for numerous
cd/dvd and hard drives. I have a very frustrating problem that involves the
database not loading at random intervals and I can't figure out how to
manually do it. The only solution seems to be a reboot of the system which
is very frustrating. Any suggestions??
Regards
Dave
 
I am currently using Cathy as a disk catalogueing utility for numerous
cd/dvd and hard drives. I have a very frustrating problem that
involves the database not loading at random intervals and I can't
figure out how to manually do it. The only solution seems to be a
reboot of the system which is very frustrating. Any suggestions??
Regards
Dave
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No solution to your question, but I've been using Cathy for about 4 years,
currently with an equal mix of about 300 CDs & DVDs, plus hard drives,
without a single problem. Ever. I probably use it a few times a day.
 
No solution to your question, but I've been using Cathy for about 4
years, currently with an equal mix of about 300 CDs & DVDs, plus hard
drives, without a single problem. Ever. I probably use it a few times
a day.
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I guess I'll just have to reinstall but I'd love to back-up the database
first if I could only work out how!
 
I guess I'll just have to reinstall but I'd love to back-up the
database first if I could only work out how!
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The databases are in the directory you installed Cathy to. Also, Cathy
takes backups; perhaps you have a corrupt file.

You could rename them all to something Cathy doesn't recognise, then
one-by-one naming them back and seeing if Cathy loads them ok.
 
The databases are in the directory you installed Cathy to. Also, Cathy
takes backups; perhaps you have a corrupt file.

You could rename them all to something Cathy doesn't recognise, then
one-by-one naming them back and seeing if Cathy loads them ok.
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I can't find anything in the directory except the cathy.exe. What would
the default name or extension be? I could do a search then.
Regards
Dave
 
bigpallooka said:
I can't find anything in the directory except the cathy.exe. What would
the default name or extension be? I could do a search then.
Regards
Dave
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Cathy's database extension is .caf. I don't know why you cannot see it, but
perhaps this extension is hidden due to your folder options? I notice I also
have a .bak file (backup?) in the same folder as Cathy lives.

Hope this helps

Tony(UK)
 
"bigpallooka"

Cathy's database extension is .caf. I don't know why you cannot see
it, but perhaps this extension is hidden due to your folder options? I
notice I also have a .bak file (backup?) in the same folder as Cathy
lives.

Hope this helps

Tony(UK)
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Ta Tony.
Found mine in a search in Documents and settings.
Can at least back them up now!
Regards
Dave
 
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