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  • Kevin Hunter 2/10/2011

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    I've recently downloaded and installed LEAP for use in a class. I made the mistake of changing the default Area and Work data directories for LEAP and now I can't start LEAP to even change them back.

    The symptoms: I can start it up, and pick one of "Freedonia" or "New Freedonia". As soon as I do, LEAP continues loading for a second before Windows XP closes it with the "LEAP has encountered a problem and needs to close" dialog box. The "Click here" link gives me this information:

    AppName: leap.exe
    AppVer: 2008.0.0.94
    ModName: kernel32.dll
    ModVer: 5.1.2600.5781
    Offset: 00012afb

    I click close on that, and a final debug window pops up with

    "Exception EDBEngineError in module Leap.exe at 003CCD9E. Invalid file name."

    I've tried uninstalling the version I downloaded a week ago, and installing the new 2008.0.0.94 version, but it still crashes. Does anyone have any suggestions of how I can get back to a working state?

    If it's pertinent, I changed the directory paths to point to a network drive.

    Thanks,

    Kevin
  • Tory Clark 2/10/2011
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    Hi Kevin,

    I don’t believe LEAP currently supports using network drives as you are describing.

    I suggest you reset settings so LEAP goes back to default folders. You can do this as follows:

    • Close LEAP
    • Start: Run Regedit
    • Find folder: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Stockholm Environment Institute\LEAP
    • Delete it.
    • Rerun LEAP

    After this your default folders should be found at the paths below.

    LEAP Areas: C:\Users\*Your Username*\My Documents\LEAP Areas
    Work: C:\Users\*Your Username*\My Documents\LEAP Areas\_Work
    LEAP Settings: C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Application Data\LEAP Settings

    Please let me know if you have any further issues.

    Tory

  • Kevin Hunter 2/10/2011
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    Sweet! That does the trick. Thank you.

    As an aside, I'm surprised by the not-supported comment. I haven't worked with Windows heavily in about 6 years, but I recall being able to treat all paths uniformly via their UNC. It's been awhile though, so details aren't fresh.

    Anyhoo, it's working now, so thanks again!
  • Tory Clark 2/10/2011
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    Glad to hear that the issue was resolved.

    And on the issue of supporting network paths, I think the shortcoming is not from Windows, but rather from the Borland Database Engine (BDE) that LEAP uses.

    Best,

    Tory