v1.9b problems on XP

I'm trying to run v1.9b on XP - it doesn't.
Do I have to upgrade? or is there a patch.
Thanks,
Mark

[Craig]

There have been a couple of minor releases that upgrade 1.9, but this particular issue wasn't completely handled until 2.0.

The problem is that the Windows directory isn't writable in Windows XP, and that's where BC 1 normally stores the beyond32.ini. Here's the workaround we have in the 1.9f Readme.txt:


By default, nonadministrative users of Windows 2000 do not have permission to write to the system directory where Beyond Compare stores BEYOND32.INI (typically C:\WinNT). Because of this, preferences and settings may not be saved after Beyond Compare is closed.

One way to fix the problem is to get read/write permission to the C:\WinNT folder. (A lot of people do this anyway, to solve problems with software that follows Microsoft's older recommendations.)

Or, you can create a text file called Beyond32.net in the 1.9e install directory and enter this text:

[Settings]
ConfigPath=ExePath

If you would rather store Beyond Compare's settings in a location other than the install directory, use this format instead:

[Settings]
ConfigPath=xxx

where xxx is the directory where you would like the settings stored, eg. C:\Home.



The text is a little out-dated, but it applies to all BC 1 releases, running in Windows 2000, XP, or 2003 Server.