Destination file write error

[Charles Dietz]

I am getting error 496 under some very strange circumstances. I recently
used a CD writer to transfer my PowerBasic folders from my desktop to my
laptop. Now, when I load any of my source files and run it I get this
error. There are no other programs running. I even unloaded all of the
programs from the Windows 98 SE list that is shown after Ctrl+Alt+Del,
except for 'explorer'. I have tried it dozens of times, and with many
source files, all with the same result. I get the same results even with a
small test case.

The only way that I have gotten them to compile on my laptop is by creating
a brand new folder and copying the files into it. Then it runs fine. I cannot
understand what is happening, unless transferring the files using CD's somehow
changed the structure of the files. But the files seem perfectly normal in
every other way.

I can't think of any way to send proof of this problem, but I thought that I
should at least mention it. Maybe someone out there has experienced this problem
themselves, or has some idea of what caused it.

[Troy King]

Typically when you copy files from a CD-ROM the files are marked read-only on the destination drive. Maybe that's it?


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Troy King
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[Charles Dietz]

Troy,

You nailed it. The EXE file must either be missing in the directory,
or must not be read-only. I had no idea that writing a CD wasn't a
straight copy procedure, but I bet that it was because I was writing
to a CD/R rather than a CD/RW disk.

Thank you, Troy. I learned something.

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