I'm back in business.
Yesterday I mentioned there were no other symptoms. Later I noticed
that hyperlinks in Thunderbird emails did not work all of a sudden,
though they still worked in Outlook. This morning, after a couple
more PC re-boots, Thunderbird hyperlinks started working again.
Probably no connection, but when I went back to DXL Launcher, things
looked better - the Launcher config button now looked normal. But
most of the apps, on the Launcher config page, looked as if they had
never been installed.
When I tried to install DXKeeper, there was a continuus hourglass,
as if waiting for a response from me. And it was! When I held down
alt-tab I saw a window asking if I want to install DXK, but I
couldn't hit Yes cuz the window wouldn't cooperate and stay on the
screen when I released the ALT key.
Double checked that I had never set up a 2nd monitor...check
Then I remembered about the Reset button in Launcher Config - that
did the trick. Installed DXK, which is mostly the only DXL app I
use, and noted that my 175k qso's are there! The issue seems to be
solved.
I'll note that my comdlg32.ocx file still has a creation date in
2004.
Thanks Dave for DXL. While I'm not a heavy user, this was the 1st
issue I've had in many years. I'll probably never know what the
original cause was....
-Steve K8LX
On 05/19/25 5:47 PM, Dave AA6YQ wrote:
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+ AA6YQ comments below
The existing comdlg32.ocx file is dated 20 years ago, yet this is a recent W11 machine. There are no other symptoms (so far), only with dxlabs. I assume that that file is not installed during dxlabs installation, so reinstalling dxlabs will not help.
+ DXKeeper installs comdlg32.ocx, so you could try uninstalling and re-installing DXKeeper - but it's hard to see how that will cure the Launcher's problems.
Dave
