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Subject: Re: vfp8r.dll not found on my PC?
Author: Chet Gardiner
Posted: 2005/10/31 15:56:18
 
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Somehow the URL got scrambled

http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,3491,00.asp

is what it should be...

Chet Gardiner wrote:

> I don't have the problem, I been using PowerDesk for years.
>
> http://www.pcworld.com/downloads/file_description/0,fid,3491,00.asp*
> *
> It's the first piece of software I install after installing a new OS!
>
> The link is to a free version with only a nag screen that displays
> when you end powerdesk. I leave it on all the time (put it in my
> startup folder) and never had to see the nag. I bought the "full"
> version years ago to reward them for great software.
>
> Chet
>
>
> Mike Stewart wrote:
>
>>> Date: Mon, 31 Oct 2005 00:16:30 +0000
>>> From: Gary Sutherland <gary /AT/ HarrowdenIT .D.OT co.uk>
>>> Subject: Re: vfp8r.dll not found on my PC?
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> By default the Windows search facility (XP and above at least)
>>> automatically exclude certain file types in the interests of
>>> providing a
>>> faster search. There is a registry setting that you can change that
>>> essentially turns this off.
>>>
>>
>>
>> More accurately, it only searches files with certain extensions.
>> Hopefully the design genius that came up with that one has "moved on
>> to pursue other opportunities". The fix is in this KB article:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;309173.
>>
>> Or use "find" from the command line.
>>
>> --
>> Mike Stewart
>>
>>
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