XP Problems Persist...

[Sarah Reichelt]

> I'm running 2.7 on OS X.  He's running 2.7 (trial version) on XP.  I
> created a simple little demo stack on messages and the message path (and,
> yes, Richard, I did require that they take a look at yours!).  Runs fine
> on my Mac.  Copied the file to his thumb drive.  He double-clicks the file
> and it launches 2.7.  Good.  But it doesn't open the file.  Not only does
> it not open the clicked file, when you try opening it from the File ->
> Open menu, it either does nothing or it throws up an error message that
> the file cannot be read.
>
> The file retains its icon and association with the parent app... only the
> parent app can't open the file.

Along the same lines as Andre's suggestion, I always zip files before
transfer. This seems to give a much more reliable copy of the file.

Cheers,
Sarah