Vista, I'm nearing defeat.
I've killed the other thread to save bandwidth, but just to say that I'm totally flummoxed with the WP thing...near to slinging Vista or the Sony.
I've spent time on the basis of trying Vista and brushing up on my Windows knowledge, but now the loss of productive work is becoming serious.
Recaping, I mentioned that having got a Sony Laptop Centrino etc, machine, I found that I couldn't run Word Perfect, The aged software was blamed by one and all.
However, following the running of this old software on a new HP laptop -- by clicking on the EXE file and picking 'Run as Administrator.' It has worked perfectly. Never needing this procedure again, despite having removed and re-installed the WP (cos I thought I was returning the machine.) Could this be a clue? But anyway, it's totally robust.
On the Sony, I'm on my 5th re-install, having tried it in C: and now back to D: (One H#!! of a job deleting empty folders after a Coral un-install) I did not have the authority to delete them, so I formatted the drive**. Another clue? But if an Administrator doesn't have the clout, then who does?
Now, because of the way I got it going on the HP, this Authority thing just seems as though it might be relevant.
I've the same Vista, same updates* and similar spec, thought the Sony is an Intel based machine. Her indoors sitting beside me checking setting for setting as deep as we can venture into Vista. We have spent HOURS.
Everything looks the same, but WP will still not SAVE...just a confused 'Save As' menu with the wrong file setting. It just blinks when you Save, but stays put, having done nothing.
This is exactly what the HP did until I ran the exe file by 'Run as Administrator' It was just like a switch.
Compatibility mode does not have any effect.
As I've said...nay, screamed, I do not want to change WPs hundreds of thousands of words into a book. Now, the HP is proving that it is possible...just what could I have missed?
*Would an Update by MS change the 'Details' of the version etc.? Cos these show the same ver numbers on both machines.
**Don't what to cloud the issue, but this has got me going as well, When I put the original FF download into the newly formatted D: and unpacked it, it had my bookmarks on it! Not all of them, but just the few that were on that machine, and that machine alone. How the @$^k did that happen? This was the compact download file straight from FF and had been kept where it landed, in C: