that sounds indeed odd.
especially as it didn't happen under win98
Do you have full acces to the files you want to edit ?

Sounds vaguely similar to the issue I've posted before (Topic 12883). On XP, do you see all three dates on those files when you check properties in Explorer? If not, use some tool that can force the valid date (I use FAR manager for this).

[quote="Qbix"]that sounds indeed odd.
especially as it didn't happen under win98
Do you have full acces to the files you want to edit ?[/quote]

Yes, I have full access.

It was very consistent before. Now, it is no longer happening.

I am wondering if drive space has anything to do with it. I have about 65 GB free on the drive in question. How does DOSBox deal with modern (read as "much higher capacity") massive hard drives?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

[quote="vasyl"]Sounds vaguely similar to the issue I've posted before ([url]Topic 12883[/url]). On XP, do you see all three dates on those files when you check properties in Explorer? If not, use some tool that can force the valid date (I use FAR manager for this).[/quote]

404. (The forum software says that that topic does not exist.)

No. Why would I see a date other than last modified?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

> How does DOSBox deal with modern (read as "much higher capacity") massive hard drives?

The reported free disk size is ~100mb by default, drive capacity is no
problem as long as the disk is not completely full.

> 404. (The forum software says that that topic does not exist.)

That topic is not publicly avaliable, vasyl posted it just for reference.

Does it happen with all files? Like create a new text file with wordpad
or so, and try to open it.

> It was very consistent before. Now, it is no longer happening.

So is it fully working now or what???

I see, that topic is in "beta testing" section. Anyway, when you check file properties in Windows Explorer you get three dates -- Created, Modified, and Accessed. Check if all dates show. If you have blank created date, that may be a sign of this problem. The bug goes quite deep in Windows API. It has already been reported to MS but there is no resolution yet.

wd wrote:

> How does DOSBox deal with modern (read as "much higher capacity") massive hard drives? […]
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> How does DOSBox deal with modern (read as "much higher capacity") massive hard drives?

The reported free disk size is ~100mb by default, drive capacity is no
problem as long as the disk is not completely full.

> 404. (The forum software says that that topic does not exist.)

That topic is not publicly avaliable, vasyl posted it just for reference.

For reference by whom? Since I could not access it, it is not reference for me.

wd wrote:

Does it happen with all files? Like create a new text file with wordpad
or so, and try to open it.

It did with text files.

wd wrote:

> It was very consistent before. Now, it is no longer happening.

So is it fully working now or what???

Who knows? It was very consistent. The habit of starting WordStar with the filename is hard to break, so I ended up trying it later. I noted it worked. Now, it is consistently working. I have installed some software on my system since the problem started.

If it is not connected with free disk space, I do not know what it could be. Can anybody else suggest other things to check?

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko

> For reference by whom?

Those who can access the private forum.

> Since I could not access it, it is not reference for me.

Right.

> Can anybody else suggest other things to check?

As vasyl said, it might be caused by non-present time/date information.
You can check that if you got some file that doesn't work and enable all
time/date related tabs in the windows explorer. Some archivers are known
to misbehave that way. That's why i asked if it happens with all files
(old ones AND newly created text/whatever files).

Gene Wirchenko. I have just editted your last post because some tags appeared funny.

Gene Wirchenko wrote:

For reference by whom? Since I could not access it, it is not reference for me. […]
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wd wrote:

> How does DOSBox deal with modern (read as "much higher capacity") massive hard drives? […]
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> How does DOSBox deal with modern (read as "much higher capacity") massive hard drives?

The reported free disk size is ~100mb by default, drive capacity is no
problem as long as the disk is not completely full.

> 404. (The forum software says that that topic does not exist.)

That topic is not publicly avaliable, vasyl posted it just for reference.

For reference by whom? Since I could not access it, it is not reference for me.

wd wrote:

Does it happen with all files? Like create a new text file with wordpad
or so, and try to open it.

It did with text files.

wd wrote:

> It was very consistent before. Now, it is no longer happening.

So is it fully working now or what???

Who knows? It was very consistent. The habit of starting WordStar with the filename is hard to break, so I ended up trying it later. I noted it worked. Now, it is consistently working. I have installed some software on my system since the problem started.

If it is not connected with free disk space, I do not know what it could be. Can anybody else suggest other things to check?

And now, it is inconsistent. Grrr! I am giving up on it for now. Clues are still welcome.

Sincerely,

Gene Wirchenko