- Sounds like the db is corrupt beyond repair, will GSAK allow you to go to the "file" tab, go to restore, and browse to the backup folder and restore a previous backup of your data? Bikergrady -----Original Message----- From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jen Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 6:28 PM To: geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GSAK Help - GSAK will not let me do anything at all. As soon as all those menus go through. It shuts down, or just keeps going through a loop, restarting GSAK again. Thanks Jen ----- Original Message ----- From: "Grady Harris" <bikergrady_55@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 6:21 PM Subject: [GeoStL] Re: GSAK Help > - > On the top menu bar is "database" tab. click it and go down to > repair/defrag, click it and hopefully it will repair the db. > > Bikergrady > > -----Original Message----- > From: geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:geocaching-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Jen > Sent: Monday, December 12, 2005 6:16 PM > To: Geocaching@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [GeoStL] GSAK Help > > > - > GSAK has went haywire on my computer. I have sent an email to the > programmer numerous times and have had no reply. > Here is what it is doing. > > When I go to start up GSAK I get a message that says: > GSAK has detected the last termination was abnormal. Database files will > now be reindexed. If you still have problems after this reindex, please > select the Database=>Repair Defrag option. (I haven't a clue what this > means) > > So I click on proceed > > The another error menu comes up saying > > Invalid Variant Type Conversion. > > My options on this error window is Restart, OK, and details. > > If I click on restart it just goes though all of this over again. > Clicking > on OK sends an email message to the programmer. > > GSAK will not work. > > Please help if you can. > > Thanks > Jen > > > Until one loves an animal, part of one's soul remains unawakened. > Anatole France > > -- Attached file included as plaintext by Ecartis -- > -- Desc: "AVG certification" > > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. > Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 12/9/2005 > > **************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > the > Subject field > > > > > **************************************** > Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com > Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching > Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html > **************************************** > To unsubscribe from this list: > send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in > the Subject field > > > > > -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.344 / Virus Database: 267.13.13/197 - Release Date: 12/9/2005 **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field **************************************** Our WebPage! Http://WWW.GeoStL.com Mail List Info. //www.freelists.org/list/geocaching Mail List FAQ's: //www.freelists.org/help/questions.html **************************************** To unsubscribe from this list: send an email to geocaching-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field