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rick.ca:
--- Quote ---I cannot find a pvdconf.ini, or indeed ANY .ini files associated with PVD.
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It will be in your Application Data folder, something like: C:\Users\{user}\AppData\Roaming\Personal Video Database. As Ivek indicated, the [DataBase] section of that file will tell you the database loaded last and others recently (if any).
Did you try clearing the filters and examining the 'invisible' records?
jrb1021@gmail.com:
I tried clearing all filters, with no response. I can only see one database file in pvdconf.ini (attached).
I reopened the program and the previous old file came up. I re-entered the approximately 150 missing movies (for the second time in 24 hours), and resaved that file both on the C drive as default and on a CD-RW as backup. I hope I now have everything entered. Things appear to be working now, but the whereabouts of the data remains a mystery, and I am left wondering how long before this happens again (though at least this time, I will know to backup each time I use the program, much like Quicken).
Prior to your note this morning, btw, a computer search for pvdconf.ini repeatedly showed "no file found".
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Ivek23:
Try also by searching for the file "MOVIES.PVD" to see, how many of these files are on your computer.
jrb1021@gmail.com:
It looks like there are 7 now. The first two appear to be identical in name and size. The "moviesbu0112" is the backup, on a thumb drive. Should I delete the next four? (360 bytes, and 3.70kb x 3) The "old" files wont open anyway with any software I have--should they also be deleted? I don't know what the "internet explorer files" are or how they were created? Delete as well?
Thanks for your help.
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Ivek23:
--- Quote from: jrb1021@gmail.com on January 14, 2013, 06:46:56 pm ---It looks like there are 7 now. The first two appear to be identical in name and size. The "moviesbu0112" is the backup, on a thumb drive. Should I delete the next four? (360 bytes, and 3.70kb x 3) The "old" files wont open anyway with any software I have--should they also be deleted? I don't know what the "internet explorer files" are or how they were created? Delete as well?
Thanks for your help.
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If you have any of found files has not been deleted, they are not delete.
Both movies.pvd.old file move each in a new folder and remove it .old extension, and you'll see what is the size of an individual file.
If the small size is probably empty, otherwise it is stored in the specified data.
Then open this file with PVD, and you'll see what's in them.
--- Quote from: Ivek23 on January 13, 2013, 09:48:44 am ---According database will be this may help:
1.) Before you save it, rename it, it may be less of a problem that you lose.
2.) Save it to another location.
3.) Then it would be a really good thing you do at this location also has a copy of this database, for example, if there is something wrong, you can still restore at least partial information or almost all the information that you have stored.
Last verified true because I have some experience with similar problems as described above. I have several times in the same way lost my movies database (example: ALL MYMOVIES), with a copy of such a database is able to return back already existing database (example: ALL MYMOVIES 1).
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