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Changing the directory for Q&A
Dec 1st, 2004 at 3:53pm
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Recently got a new laptop and had it installed with partition magic so I could be slowly weaned away from Q&A. A friend installed Q&A on the newly partitoned drive (C). The problem is that my old computer was setup as:
C:\QA\Data

The new computer was setup as:
C:\QA4\Data

Now when I copy my databases to the new computer the programming cant function because it is looking for
C:\QA\Data and my new computer is setup as QA4.
Always hated and feared MS-DOS. How do I change the directory(?) from C:\QA4\  to C:\QA\

Peter
  
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Re: Changing the directory for Q&A
Reply #1 - Dec 1st, 2004 at 5:30pm
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Use Windows Explore.
Highlight the folder QA4.
Right click on the folder.
Left click on Rename
Change name to QA, press Enter.
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In future, make sure that path is not included in programming statements or macros.  Set default path to whatever you want on that machine.  Then when Q&A calls for path, just press SH-F4 to delete the line, press Enter, and the default path will appear.

Set the default path from the Q&A Main Menu.
Select Utilities, Set Global Options.  On the second line, enter the path you want as default. 

You could do that now, (change the default from C:\QA\ to C:\QA4\), vs. renaming the folder.  But you may have some failures if programming or macros have "hard-coded"   paths.  Right now, renaming the folder sounds like the safest option.
  



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