Disappeared files

[CreloX]

Hi all

So this one beats me ...
One of my programs is called Reference Manager and is used to make
databases. For every new database, the programs makes two new files.
And here is the problem, the files do exist, you can use them, you can
see them in the browser window if you open them in the program itself,
there are shortcuts in my recently used files pointing to the
destination of where the files should be, but the actual files
themselves are no where to be found with windows explorer. They are no
hidden files, I've checked and I'm administrator of my machine (running
Windows Vista Home Premium). I need back-ups of these files but that's
rather hard if I can't even locate them.

Anybody any ideas of what might be going on or am I looking past the
obvious?

TIA
CreloX

 

[Richard Urban]

The information may be stored within a container file that is created and
used by the program. In that case it will only be visible to that program.

Check the programs documentation to verify this.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)

 

[CreloX]

The information may be stored within a container file that is created
and used by the program. In that case it will only be visible to that
program.

Check the programs documentation to verify this.

The thing is, it didn't used to do that with Windows XP. Why would it do
so in Vista if it is the exact same program build years before Vista?

 

[Peter Foldes]

Now you know the issue. You said it yourself. LOL

 

[dean-dean]

When you're in C:\Program Files\Your Program (or possibly a subfolder of
that path), do you see a button in the taskbar of Windows Explorer called
"Compatibility Files"? Clicking on that should take you to a folder under
C:\Users\(Your Name)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files, where your
database files should be. Vista's UAC tries to disallow programs from
writing user files to the C:\Program Files subdirectories.

 

[CreloX]

When you're in C:\Program Files\Your Program (or possibly a subfolder of
that path), do you see a button in the taskbar of Windows Explorer
called "Compatibility Files"? Clicking on that should take you to a
folder under C:\Users\(Your Name)\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program
Files, where your database files should be. Vista's UAC tries to
disallow programs from writing user files to the C:\Program Files
subdirectories.

That was indeed the problem.
Thanks

CreloX

 

[Richard Urban]

You're welcome friend.

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Regards,

Richard Urban
Microsoft MVP Windows Shell/User
(For email, remove the obvious from my address)