window 7 with xp mode

good afternoon midknyte and train :D

installed 7 this morning on my old work pc with xp.

only 3 missing drivers after the intall: ethernet, one printer (i'll get a new driver later) and scanner (expected).

went to dell's site and dl their ethernet driver. installed with no problem. connected to internet, to other computers on the network and to the NAS attached.

intalled xp mode and virtual pc. set up xp mode for use. so far, so good.

installed qbasic. this is for 2 legacy systems and the reason for xp mode here.

basic run fine .... EXCEPT the folders it writes to are "read only" and i can't seem to change that. i go to properties and UNCHECK the "read only" box. only to have it checked the next time i open properties.

is there someplace else i need to go to make this folder read AND write?

thanks in advance

also, i just installed the "mising" printer driver from hp.

this is the printer that qbasic uses as output. it's connected by a parrallel port.

the driver software insisted it be connected by USB.

i remember somewhere in xp that i could assign a priniter to LPT1, 2, etc. does this exisst in 7 and if so where?

thanks.

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basic run fine .... EXCEPT the folders it writes to are "read only" and i can't seem to change that. i go to properties and UNCHECK the "read only" box. only to have it checked the next time i open properties.

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What folders are you talking about? Can you choose another folder?

c:\data\reqs
c:\data\ncr

these are the folders that the basic programs use.

i've tried moving them to c:\uers\terry\data\reqs ... etc ... but same problem

in fact, i cant change the basic programs to use this new path. i can't save the .bas files.

i get the "acces denied" message on save.

seem i can save it to the "my documents" folder but NOT to any other. basic will not understand a path with spaces.

so what i essentially need is a folder with a path conisting of names less than 8 character with no spaces that has read & write permissions. simple.

For example, place a copy of qbasic.exe on XP Mode's Desktop. Double-click it to start it. Press [Esc] to get rid of the splash screen. Type in:

print "Hello"

Press [Alt][F] then [A], type in:

hello.bas

as the filename and press [Enter]. You should now have a qbasic file named "hello.bas" on your (XP Mode) Desktop.

sorry but how does this help? i have a few folders with data files, basic programs and batch files that i need to use.

I was simply trying to show that:

1. QBASIC is able to save a file to a drive:\path with a space in it:
   
   
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   C:\Documents and Settings\XPMUser\Desktop\hello.bas

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2. and do it without any "access denied" errors.

(Keep in mind that the last version of QBasic, version 1.1, was released with MS-DOS 6.x(!) Microsoft quit shipping it after the 9x series of Windows. IOW, it's ancient).

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c:\data\reqs
c:\data\ncr

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This is in the XP mode VM, right? Are you sure they are read-only?
In Classic theme, folders have a gray check in the Read-only box. This is normal. They are not actually Read-only.
In Luna theme, it's a green box. Again, not actually Read-only.
For more info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549

Sorry, I'm not a qbasic guru. The last time I touched that was over 15 years ago. :p

ok. i tried to move and then copy/paste my folder onto the xp mode desktop but nothing copies or moves. any ideas why?

actually, i seem to be able to run the basic batch files in 7. but with those write errors.

i'm taking doc's advice and trying to move them all into the xp mode window but can't figure out how.

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Originally Posted by Midknyte

This is in the XP mode VM, right? Are you sure they are read-only?
In Classic theme, folders have a gray check in the Read-only box. This is normal. They are not actually Read-only.
In Luna theme, it's a green box. Again, not actually Read-only.
For more info: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326549

Sorry, I'm not a qbasic guru. The last time I touched that was over 15 years ago. :p

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yes, the read-only check box is solid colored. this seems not to be a qbasic problem but a folder/file permissions problem. i can get the programs to load and launch but they program fails the minute it tries to open a file for write.