On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 3:40:44 AM UTC-8, Thibaud Taudin Chabot wrote:

Yesterday my pc upgraded to Win10.
When I try to start Eudora I get the message:
"The directory specified in the commandline
Files
doesn't exist or is not writable

When I click on OK I get the following message:
"Cannot start Eudora the first time with attachments.
Please start Eudora by double clicking the Eudora icon or by the
command line".

Eudora is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora
The datafile is in F:\EudoraData

Double clicking on the eudora.exe in C:\Program Files
(x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora gives the same result.
I have the latest paid version.

What is wrong and how to correct it?

I simply edited the command line in the icon that I click to start Eudora to include the path to the data files and it worked a treat. My Eudora broke this morning after a Windows 11 update. Adding the data path to the icon fixed it quickly and easily.

*** I know, I'm still using Eudora 7 in 2023 because it works just fine and I love that mail folders and email contents are stored independently of each other ***

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On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 12:12:28 PM UTC-4, Helen Bradley wrote:

On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 3:40:44 AM UTC-8, Thibaud Taudin Chabot wrote:

Yesterday my pc upgraded to Win10.
When I try to start Eudora I get the message:
"The directory specified in the commandline
Files
doesn't exist or is not writable

When I click on OK I get the following message:
"Cannot start Eudora the first time with attachments.
Please start Eudora by double clicking the Eudora icon or by the
command line".

Eudora is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora
The datafile is in F:\EudoraData

Double clicking on the eudora.exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora gives the same result.
I have the latest paid version.

What is wrong and how to correct it?

I simply edited the command line in the icon that I click to start Eudora to include the path to the data files and it worked a treat. My Eudora broke this morning after a Windows 11 update. Adding the data path to the icon fixed it quickly and easily.

*** I know, I'm still using Eudora 7 in 2023 because it works just fine and I love that mail folders and email contents are stored independently of each other ***

Maybe you could give an example of the command line so others can see the syntax?

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Rick C.

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On Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:23:21 -0800 (PST), "gnuarm.del...@gmail.com" <gnuarm.deletethisbit@gmail.com> wrote:

On Monday, February 27, 2023 at 12:12:28?PM UTC-4, Helen Bradley wrote:

On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 3:40:44?AM UTC-8, Thibaud Taudin Chabot wrote:

Yesterday my pc upgraded to Win10.
When I try to start Eudora I get the message:
"The directory specified in the commandline
Files
doesn't exist or is not writable

When I click on OK I get the following message:
"Cannot start Eudora the first time with attachments.
Please start Eudora by double clicking the Eudora icon or by the
command line".

Eudora is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora
The datafile is in F:\EudoraData

Double clicking on the eudora.exe in C:\Program Files
(x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora gives the same result.
I have the latest paid version.

What is wrong and how to correct it?

I simply edited the command line in the icon that I click to start Eudora to include the path to the data files and it worked a treat. My Eudora broke this morning after a Windows 11 update. Adding the data path to the icon fixed it quickly and easily.

*** I know, I'm still using Eudora 7 in 2023 because it works just fine and I love that mail folders and email contents are stored independently of each other ***

Maybe you could give an example of the command line so others can see the syntax?

In my case in the shortcut properties:

Where Eudora is & where the data is.
Target: D:\Eudora\Eudora.exe "E:\work\Eudora"

Start in:
D:\Eudora

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On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 12:12:28 AM UTC+8, Helen Bradley wrote:

On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 3:40:44 AM UTC-8, Thibaud Taudin Chabot wrote:

Yesterday my pc upgraded to Win10.
When I try to start Eudora I get the message:
"The directory specified in the commandline
Files
doesn't exist or is not writable

When I click on OK I get the following message:
"Cannot start Eudora the first time with attachments.
Please start Eudora by double clicking the Eudora icon or by the
command line".

Eudora is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora
The datafile is in F:\EudoraData

Double clicking on the eudora.exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora gives the same result.
I have the latest paid version.

What is wrong and how to correct it?

I simply edited the command line in the icon that I click to start Eudora to include the path to the data files and it worked a treat. My Eudora broke this morning after a Windows 11 update. Adding the data path to the icon fixed it quickly and easily.

*** I know, I'm still using Eudora 7 in 2023 because it works just fine and I love that mail folders and email contents are stored independently of each other ***

Hi Helen, Windows 10 is blocking me from running the installer for Eudora 7; could I ask when you actually installed it and did you get around the blocking? Thanks very much.

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On Saturday, May 13, 2023 at 10:05:09 AM UTC-4, Alwyn Adkins wrote:

On Tuesday, February 28, 2023 at 12:12:28 AM UTC+8, Helen Bradley wrote:

On Sunday, December 27, 2015 at 3:40:44 AM UTC-8, Thibaud Taudin Chabot wrote:

Yesterday my pc upgraded to Win10.
When I try to start Eudora I get the message:
"The directory specified in the commandline
Files
doesn't exist or is not writable

When I click on OK I get the following message:
"Cannot start Eudora the first time with attachments.
Please start Eudora by double clicking the Eudora icon or by the
command line".

Eudora is in C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora
The datafile is in F:\EudoraData

Double clicking on the eudora.exe in C:\Program Files (x86)\Qualcomm\Eudora gives the same result.
I have the latest paid version.

What is wrong and how to correct it?

I simply edited the command line in the icon that I click to start Eudora to include the path to the data files and it worked a treat. My Eudora broke this morning after a Windows 11 update. Adding the data path to the icon fixed it quickly and

easily.

*** I know, I'm still using Eudora 7 in 2023 because it works just fine and I love that mail folders and email contents are stored independently of each other ***

Hi Helen, Windows 10 is blocking me from running the installer for Eudora 7; could I ask when you actually installed it and did you get around the blocking? Thanks very much.

Can you explain what you see when you try to install Eudora under Windows 10? Saying it is "blocked" without any details is not much to go on. Please provide as much detail as possible.

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Rick C.

+ Get 1,000 miles of free Supercharging
+ Tesla referral code - https://ts.la/richard11209

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