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Hi Alan
I have uninstalled and re-installed yet again, and for some reason it has
worked this time. I just wanted to thank you for your time and patience in
trying to help me. I actually did learn something too!
Thanks again for your kind assistance, and keep up the good work!
Kind regards.
"Alan Edwards" wrote:
> Hi Trish,
>
> There is something I am missing or we are talking a different
> language.
> You still have me puzzled as to why you are concerned with
> associations. Why do you need to have it unassociated?
> It won't affect what POSH does with it. It shouldn't matter to POSH
> what application you have posh.db associated with.
> I imagine it only wants the file in the right place.
>
> If you want the unassociated symbol, then just delete the association
> as suggested, but I don't see that is necessary as I cannot see that
> it will achieve anything.
>
> The .db file is probably is not meant to open in Windows by either
> double-clicking or right-clicking so why are you trying?
>
> You mention an error when starting the program. Can you concentrate on
> that instead? What is the exact error?
>
> ....Alan
>
> --
> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
>
http://dts-l.org/index.html
>
> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Trish"
> <Trish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
>
> >Hi Alan, I only tried to open it through Windows once I encounted the error
> >message with starting the program. Usually I just open POSH and everything
> >is there. I am using Winzip, but, because posh.db was associated with excel
> >before (my error), it keeps defaulting to that, and I seem unable to change
> >it. I did try to change it to Sybase Inc Product file simply because I
> >clicked on "other" and this is the file that was associated with POSH (the
> >program). It seems happy to accept that too, but it dosen't open with the
> >program. I seem to have created a mess, haven't I!? I even uninstalled and
> >reinstalled POSH, and any reference to them in "Recent" files. I am not
> >sure what you call the symbol (like the excel X) that signifies no
> >association, but that is what I am trying to achieve. Sorry to be a pain -
> >your help and suggestions are much appreciated.
> >Cheers.
> >
> >"Alan Edwards" wrote:
> >
> >> Trish,
> >>
> >> I am not familiar with any software called POSH but it is likely that
> >> it should know how to open a .db file. Quite often, applications can
> >> open their own files and they need no association in Windows to do it.
> >> When the program was running correctly, did you ever try to open a .db
> >> file from Windows? If not, why are you trying to do it now?
> >>
> >> I don't follow why you have to have an association to extract a file.
> >> What program do you use for .zip files?
> >> I use Winzip and I have no trouble extracting an unassociated file.
> >>
> >> ....Alan
> >>
> >> --
> >> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> >>
http://dts-l.org/index.html
> >>
> >> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Trish"
> >> <Trish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> >Hi Alan - I did as you suggested and got rid of the .db stuff. However,
> >> >every time I try to extract the zip file, it gives me the same thing. I
> >> >right clicked on the file, and then Open With and had two options (1) excel,
> >> >and (2) Sybase Inc Product file, which I think it something to do with the
> >> >program I am running (an investment property software called POSH). When I
> >> >try to open POSH, it cannot connect to the database. The message is:
> >> >"Cannot conenct to Database. SQL STATE=08001. [Sybase][ODBC Driver] Unable
> >> >to connect to database server: unable to start specific database". I am
> >> >somewhat baffled, as I was using the program successfully until a month ago,
> >> >when I had to remove it from my pc because of some pc problems. Before
> >> >doing so, I zipped the posh.db file and saved it to disk, so that I could
> >> >readily use it again once I reinstalled the POSH program. As I said, there
> >> >are months of work involved in the database file, so ANY suggestion would be
> >> >most welcome and highly appreciated. I still don't seem to be able to have
> >> >"no" file associations when I extract that file. Thanks. Trish
> >> >
> >> >"Alan Edwards" wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> There is no original file association for .db files in Win ME.
> >> >>
> >> >> If you want to remove the wrong association, then remove it in
> >> >> Explorer-Tools-Folder Options-File Types or use Regedit
> >> >> (Start-Run-Regedit) and delete the key HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.DB
> >> >>
> >> >> ....Alan
> >> >>
> >> >> --
> >> >> Alan Edwards, MS MVP W95/98 Systems
> >> >>
http://dts-l.org/index.html
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >> >> In microsoft.public.windowsme.general, "Trish"
> >> >> <Trish@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> >>
> >> >> >Hi, I tried to open a .db file in an application I am using. The system
> >> >> >asked me what application I wanted to attach to this. As it was a .db file,
> >> >> >I chose Excel. This is wrong, and now I cannot undo it!! It is looking
> >> >> >for Sybase ODBC driver and every time I try to change the file from excel to
> >> >> >this, I run into the same brick wall. I have a backup of the .db file as a
> >> >> >zip file, and every time I try to extract it, it seems to find the old one
> >> >> >and it comes up as excel. I am quite frustrated by this and hope it is
> >> >> >something that can be easily remedied, as so much work went into producing
> >> >> >this data!! Help!! Thanks in advance.
> >> >>
> >> >>
> >>
> >>
>
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