Unable to replace file with newer version

I just tried it. Same result. The file disappears from the directory as
you would expect. But once I copy the new file into the directory and
then run it, the login page shows it’s the old version.

I just tried something else with strange results.
I’m in the right folder with the new file copied there.
If I run it the login page shows it’s the old file.
If I change the file name by one letter then run it all is fine with
the new login page.
If I change the file name back to the right name it becomes the old
file.
I can change the name back and forth and the login page changes
old/new/old/new.

I’m not working with a short cut or anything. I am working with a
simple Access MDE file. I’ve been working with computers since the days
of DOS version 1 so I’m not a dufus when it comes to computers.

This one has me baffled.


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Can you delete the folder itself or do you have other files in it?

"Samkent" <Samkent.3zaggd RemoveThis @no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> I just tried it. Same result. The file disappears from the directory as
> you would expect. But once I copy the new file into the directory and
> then run it, the login page shows it's the old version.
>
> I just tried something else with strange results.
> I'm in the right folder with the new file copied there.
> If I run it the login page shows it's the old file.
> If I change the file name by one letter then run it all is fine with
> the new login page.
> If I change the file name back to the right name it becomes the old
> file.
> I can change the name back and forth and the login page changes
> old/new/old/new.
>
> I'm not working with a short cut or anything. I am working with a
> simple Access MDE file. I've been working with computers since the days
> of DOS version 1 so I'm not a dufus when it comes to computers.
>
> This one has me baffled.
>
>
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> Samkent
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>

I could do that as there are only 5 files total. But I would have to
recreate it to make things work smooth for the boss.
It’s weird all I have to do is change the name by 1 letter and it
becomes the new file. Change it back to the name it needs to be and it’s
the old file.


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Use the Shredder that is included with the freeware "filemenu tools".

http://www.lopesoft.com/en/fmtools/info.html

> "Samkent" <Samkent.3z9x0c RemoveThis @no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>>
>> I have an Access database I have to replace in a folder under program
>> files.
>>
>> I can delete the file. I can copy the new version to the folder. But
>> when I open the file it's the old version.
>>
>> I have tried copy and paste. I have tried delete and then a reboot but
>> the old version comes back after I copy and paste (or drag) the new
>> version into the correct folder. I have tried delete then empty recycle
>> bin and it still comes back when I put the new version in the correct
>> folder.
>>
>> Any Ideas???
>>
>> I can run the new version from the desktop
>>
>>
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>> Samkent
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>>

Hi, Samkent.

Have you tried the good old Dir command with the /x switch?

Dir /x should insert an addition column in the listing, showing the SFN
(Short File Name, also known as the 8.3 filename) for each file and folder
whose LFN is not also a "legal" SFN. Do it for the directory/directories
that hold each of the problem files.

This often discloses some strange and unexpected characters in filenames!

Let us know what you see.

RC
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San Marcos, TX
rc.RemoveThis@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Samkent" <Samkent.3zaggd.RemoveThis@no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> I just tried it. Same result. The file disappears from the directory as
> you would expect. But once I copy the new file into the directory and
> then run it, the login page shows it’s the old version.
>
> I just tried something else with strange results.
> I’m in the right folder with the new file copied there.
> If I run it the login page shows it’s the old file.
> If I change the file name by one letter then run it all is fine with
> the new login page.
> If I change the file name back to the right name it becomes the old
> file.
> I can change the name back and forth and the login page changes
> old/new/old/new.
>
> I’m not working with a short cut or anything. I am working with a
> simple Access MDE file. I’ve been working with computers since the days
> of DOS version 1 so I’m not a dufus when it comes to computers.
>
> This one has me baffled.
>
>
> --
> Samkent

I got it.

Compatibility Files

Do a search for it. The old version was stored in a totally different
folder under the users name. Not the normal Program files directory but
a virtual Program files directory.

If you ‘explore’ your way to a dir, look next to the ‘burn’ option on
the bar.
You will see’ Compatability files’.
Click it and it will whisk you away to the other dir under the users
name.

That will sure mess with your mind after a long days work.


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Hi, Samkent.

> Compatibility Files

I'm glad you found it - because I have no idea what you're talking about.


Maybe it's because I'm running Win7. Or maybe it's because I haven't
actually used Access in years, although I do have a couple of very old
databases that I can read and update with the Tech Preview version of Office
2010. But my Windows Explorer window shows nothing next to the "burn"
option but "Share with" (on the left) and "New folder" (on the right).

And a search in Help and Support for "Compatibility Files" gets me a dozen
links, none apparently related to you question.

Can you tell us, click by click, how you get to that Explorer window that
shows the "Compatibility files" button?

Or maybe it's time to just close this thread, since your problem is solved.

RC
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San Marcos, TX
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Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

"Samkent" <Samkent.3zbt42 RemoveThis @no-mx.forums.vistaheads.com> wrote in message
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>
> I got it.
>
> Compatibility Files
>
> Do a search for it. The old version was stored in a totally different
> folder under the users name. Not the normal Program files directory but
> a virtual Program files directory.
>
> If you ‘explore’ your way to a dir, look next to the ‘burn’ option on
> the bar.
> You will see’ Compatability files’.
> Click it and it will whisk you away to the other dir under the users
> name.
>
> That will sure mess with your mind after a long days work.
>
>
> --
> Samkent

Not all folders have ‘compatibility files’.

Navigate yourself to

Users\sam\appdata\local\virtualstore\program files\

Remember the name to one of the folders there. Then navigate the
“normal” way.
C:\program files\xxxxxx

When you get there an extra button ‘compatibility files’ should pop up
next to “burn”.

If you click it you will be whisked to
Users\sam\appdata\local\virtualstore\program files\xxxxx
and the button will disappear.

For some reason Access was using the compatibility version not what
‘looked’ like was in the folder.

Remember this when you can’t find that file you know you copied. It
might just be under ‘users’.


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Hi, Samkent.

Well, it must be time for me to drop out of this thread because I don't see
the windows you are describing.

I've told you that I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate x64. Which specific
Windows version are you using?

Good luck!

RC
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San Marcos, TX
rc.DeleteThis@grandecom.net
Microsoft Windows MVP
Windows Live Mail 2009 (14.0.8089.0726) in Win7 Ultimate x64

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> Not all folders have ‘compatibility files’.
>
> Navigate yourself to
>
> Users\sam\appdata\local\virtualstore\program files\
>
> Remember the name to one of the folders there. Then navigate the
> “normal” way.
> C:\program files\xxxxxx
>
> When you get there an extra button ‘compatibility files’ should pop up
> next to “burn”.
>
> If you click it you will be whisked to
> Users\sam\appdata\local\virtualstore\program files\xxxxx
> and the button will disappear.
>
> For some reason Access was using the compatibility version not what
> ‘looked’ like was in the folder.
>
> Remember this when you can’t find that file you know you copied. It
> might just be under ‘users’.
>
>
> --
> Samkent

Vista 32bit


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