[Equest-users] eQuest in Vista - [SPAM-CRB] Email found in subject

[Karen Walkerman]

Thanks for that suggestion!  I also found that if you run eQuest as if on
Windows XP, it saves all files in the appropriate folder.

--
Karen

On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 4:52 PM, Jason Schaeffer <Jason.Schaeffer at crbusa.com>
wrote:

>  Karen,
>
>
>
> I had this problem too.  By default, Vista tries to protect the Program
> Files folder and its subfolders from having one user making changes that
> will affect all other users.  So when eQuest tries to write a file to
>
>
>
> C:\Program Files\eQUEST 3-6\Projects
>
>
>
> the file system actually stores the file in
>
>
>
> C:\Users\username\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\eQUEST
> 3-6\Projects .
>
>  (where "username" is the name of the user who is running the eQuest
> session)
>
>
>
> Windows Explorer can only see the files where they actually live, but older
> applications will be provided a file list by Vista that combines the
> contents of the two folders.
>
>
>
> I hope this helps.
>
>
>
> Jason Schaeffer
>
> CRB Consulting Engineers
>
>
>
> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Karen Walkerman
> *Sent:* Monday, June 09, 2008 12:16 PM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] eQuest in Vista - [SPAM-CRB] Email found in
> subject
>
>
>
> Hello All,
>
> I have just bought a new computer and am running eQuest in Vista.  I have
> followed the instructions posted to run eQuest as if in Windows 2000.
>
> However, I'm running into an issue that is problematic:  When I use the
> regular explorer view to view my project files, any new documents created by
> eQuest are not shown in the windows explorer.  This means that I cannot open
> .inp files, .pd2 files or hourly report files.  When I'm in eQuest and open
> a file, eQuest can see everything just fine.  Any thoughts on how to remedy
> this?  I do need to view these file types!
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
> --
> Karen
>
> On Mon, Jun 9, 2008 at 10:28 AM, Steve Mignogna <smignogna at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> Kevin-
>
> I would highly recommend doing all geometry in the wizard.  If not you
> will need to create each space/zone by hand which will be incredibly
> tedious and unnecessary.  If you are worried about the clutter of
> schedules, materials, etc... i would recommend deleting them in the
> input text file.
>
> Good luck.
>
> --
> Steve Mignogna
> Atelier Ten
>
>
> On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 2:32 PM, Kevin Kyte <kkyte at robsonwoese.com> wrote:
> > Starting a new project in detailed data edit.  The 2-D Geometry screen is
> > nice and empty with a toolbar with shape mode, 2-D floor plan mode, zoom,
> > pan, and open CAD drawing file.  Every time I try to open a CAD drawing
> file
> > nothing shows up on the screen.  I cannot figure out what I am doing
> wrong.
> > Does it need to be a dxf or dwg file?  I am trying dwg and no good.
>  Grayed
> > out are create new floor, create new space, and create new shape.  Are
> these
> > buttons functional?
> >
> >
> >
> > I currently import CAD files through the wizards. This is wonderful, but
> the
> > changeover to DD also brings heaps of unwanted clutter, not just the
> traced
> > floors and spaces.  Do CAD files need to be saved to a certain file type
> in
> > order to import them to DD 2-D Geometry?
> >
> >
> >
> > Kevin Kyte, LEED AP
> >
> > RobsonWoese, Inc.
> >
> > (T) 716-636-1800
> >
> > (F) 716-636-1856
> >
> > http://robsonwoese.com
> >
> >
> >
>
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