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#1 railguy

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Posted 02 September 2020 - 04:28 PM

I've used Archibald for years to edit .s files. Unfortunately, my desktop computer took a complete digger two weeks ago--a failed motherboard and CPU. I wound up getting a new computer and I'm now re-installing all the various utility programs, etc. on it. Fortunately, all my data files were intact. I was able to download and reinstall Archibald, but when I try to open an MSTS .s file with it, I get an "ILLEGAL DATA" error. With my new computer, I simply copied over my MSTS folder--I no longer use the MSTS program, so I didn't bother to reinstall it. I also have installed the latest version of .netFRAMEWORK. I dug around the web looking for a solution for the Archibald issue, but I've found nothing helpful. I was using it on my old machine that I had upgraded to Windows 10, and my new computer is Windows 10. I'd be grateful for any possible solutions or suggestions that anyone might have. Thanks.

#2 jared2982

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Posted 02 September 2020 - 04:45 PM

I don’t know for sure but it could be that Archibald uses some file or registry entry created by the MSTS install process. I have not used that program for years so it is just a guess. If you are able I’d try installing MSTS and see if that fixes it.

#3 R H Steele

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Posted 02 September 2020 - 06:39 PM

I just set up a new laptop ( my first one ) --- Win10, installed Archibald and the other TK_Utils into a non-protected directory that has all my OR stuff...no problems whatsoever, try re-installing the whole package again. MSTS is not installed, did not even check about any net frameworks installed.

This is from the instructions:

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Only requirement is that you have 'Microsoft .Net Framework v1.1' or later,

so I think any net framework is sufficient.

#4 railguy

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Posted 02 September 2020 - 08:00 PM

I re-downloaded and re-installed TK Utils. I checked--I have the same NET Framework files in my new computer as was on my old one (I have an image of the old drive). I still get the error. I don't where to look next. Weird.