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I to have used this jewel forever. It will not install from a copy other than another floppy copy. I tried a dozen times no luck.
nospaam wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Bear.
06-Aug-07
Thanks for the reply, Bear.
Since the new laptop with Vista does not have an A: drive, I had to copy
all the install files to the laptop thru the LAN from my desktop. I
copied them into C:\Planner Setup. I'm trying to install into
C:\Planner. I'm installing as Admin and have tried in both '95 and'98
compatibility. In each case, during the install, I get the Install
Message "Could not open the file named 'C:\Disk1\Planner.ex_'". Disk1???
Where the heck does that come from? There's no Disk1 in the path. All of
the install files are in the C:\Planner Setup folder, and there are no
sub-folders. I have also tried installing form the Public folder. This
is very curious. Any more ideas? Thanks.
Paul
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Monday, August 06, 2007 1:58 PM
nospaam wrote:
Can I force installation of a daily planner?
I have been using Delrina Daily Planner for (Don't laugh) fifteen years
on seven different computers. It has worked with pre '95 Windows, Win 98
and even XP. I have not been able to install it into Vista. Is there any
way to workaround or force the install? I dread the idea of having to
hand copy all of the info to another program. The recurring
events/reminders and contact info are enormous. Planner files have the
extension '.DP'. Would greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks.
Paul
On Monday, August 06, 2007 2:26 PM
Cal Bear '66 wrote:
You could try to install in Compatibility mode.
You could try to install in Compatibility mode. Right click on the installation
file, Properties, Compatibility tab, and selecting from the drop down list. In
addition, you could also right click on the installation file and select "Run as
Administrator".
--
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"nospaam" <"pjruiz(nospaam)"@charter.net> wrote in message
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On Monday, August 06, 2007 5:56 PM
nospaam wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Bear.
Thanks for the reply, Bear.
Since the new laptop with Vista does not have an A: drive, I had to copy
all the install files to the laptop thru the LAN from my desktop. I
copied them into C:\Planner Setup. I'm trying to install into
C:\Planner. I'm installing as Admin and have tried in both '95 and'98
compatibility. In each case, during the install, I get the Install
Message "Could not open the file named 'C:\Disk1\Planner.ex_'". Disk1???
Where the heck does that come from? There's no Disk1 in the path. All of
the install files are in the C:\Planner Setup folder, and there are no
sub-folders. I have also tried installing form the Public folder. This
is very curious. Any more ideas? Thanks.
Paul
On Monday, August 06, 2007 6:16 PM
Cal Bear '66 wrote:
Re: Can I force installation of a daily planner?
The C:\ root directory is a rather strongly protected area with Vista.
Perhaps you would have better luck by copying the install files to a CD or
another drive, if available, and then installing to a folder under C:\Program
Files
--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
"nospaam" <"pjruiz(nospaam)"@charter.net> wrote in message
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On Monday, August 06, 2007 6:37 PM
John Barnes wrote:
Check the files in your Planner.setup. If there is a planner.
Check the files in your Planner.setup. If there is a planner.ex_ in the
files you need to have your setup files in a folder named Disk1, not Planner
setup
On Monday, August 06, 2007 6:43 PM
nospaam wrote:
I see the point about the root directory.
I see the point about the root directory. I only went there because I
could not install to Program Files without getting the Disk1 problem.
I will try a CD instead of the file transfer. Good idea!
On Monday, August 06, 2007 7:01 PM
Andrew McLaren wrote:
Hi Paul,The 16-bit Setup.
Hi Paul,
The 16-bit Setup.inf scripts often groups files accoridng to diskette, on
the assumption that software will always be installed from floppy (not a bad
assumption in 1994). The problem is probably not so much that you're
installing on Vista, as that you're installing on a machine which has no
floppy drive.
If you have the original Delrina Daily Planner floppies, create a directory
structure like this:
C:\
+----C:\DDPInst
+----Disk1
+----Disk2
+----Disk3
+--- etc
Copy the contents of floppy disk 1 into C:\DDPInst\Disk1, floppy disk 2 into
C:\DDPInst\Disk2, and so on.
If you don't have the floppy disks, just install the entire set of
installation files into each directory. Setup will just ignore the files it
doesn't want.
The run Setup from the C:\DDPInst\Disk1 subdirectory.
I'd recommend against using "C:\Planner Setup" as the name for the
installation directory - it's not causing the specific problem you're
seeing, but many older applications get easily confused by pathnames which
contain spaces. You might save yourself a further headache by starting with
the simplest, 8.3 naming conventions.
There will probably be a file with a name like setup.ini or setup.inf in the
installation files - this is the file which tells setup where to look for
each file it needs to install. It'll be a plain text file which you can open
in Notepad. I don't recommend you try to hack it at all; those early setup
files were very fragile constructions ... but reading it, may give you a
better understanding of how the Daily Planner setup is working.
I never used Delrina Daily Planner but I did install their WinFax Pro
product, back in the 1990s. I remember the company well.
Hope this helps, good luck with it!
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
On Saturday, December 08, 2007 12:16 PM
TommyD69 wrote:
Paul, I too use the Delrina Daily Planner.
Paul, I too use the Delrina Daily Planner. You are the first person I
have found that still has the install disks. My version has stopped
working (partially) and I have lost my disks. Like you, I have a huge
amount of information that I can't/won't move to another planner program
(as I don't think any new programs are as good as the Delrina Daily
Planner). Please contact me, as I would love to get copies of this
ancient program. Thanx in advance!!!!! Tom
--
TommyD69
On Friday, May 16, 2008 9:56 AM
David Bowling wrote:
Delrina Daily Planner
Paul,
I have also used Delrina Daily Planner for years on different systems. I just bought a new computer with Vista and transfered the Delrina files to it. As in previous transfers, several DLLs (Amaze.dll, etc) don't transfer and had to been transfered to the Delrina file manually. You will find out which dlls these are when you try to open Delrina. Mine now works just like before, but lost the Delrina icon in the suffle. Good luck and let me know if you are sucessful.
David
On Tuesday, January 05, 2010 1:10 AM
Bill Clarke wrote:
Delrina Planner
Just want to join the "out of date" Delrina Planner Group,
I've also used Delrina Planner for years and years. Just got a new PC with Window 7 and it doesn't work.
Looked at several "free" (for a while at least) similar current product. Not nearly as professional as Delrina's Planner!
Not clear to me how to transfer Amaze DLLs manually but I'll try to figure out what that means. More hints would be appreciated. Moving all the history and contact data would be a horrendous task!
Cheers,
Bill
On Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:34 AM
ANTHONY DELL wrote:
DELRINA/PLANNER
HI BILL
I ALSO USE DELRINA. I AM MISSING A FEW FILE THAT MAKE THE PROGRAM WORK ALMOST COMPLETELY. IT WORKS ABOUT 90%
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THE PROGRAM SO I CAN REPLACE THE MISSING FILE. IF THATS OK BY YOU.
THIS IS HOW I INSTALL MY VERISON.THE INSTALL FILE IS ONE OF THE MISSING FILES SO I MANUALLY MOVE THE FILES FROM MY CD TO THESE FOLDERS
IN C:\PROGRAM FILE\DELRINA (JUST CREATE THIS FOLD)
ALL .DP FILE
DELRINAD
DPNATIVE.IE
DPTEXT.IE
PLANNER.EXE
DPWINFAX.IE
IN WINDOW
ALL 10 DLL'S FILES. THE 10 DLL'S I MOVE INTO WINDOW ALL START WITH A'S
PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT AD142@AOL.COM LET ME KNOW HOW YOU MAKE OUT.
ANTHONY
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nospaam wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Bear.
06-Aug-07
Thanks for the reply, Bear.
Since the new laptop with Vista does not have an A: drive, I had to copy
all the install files to the laptop thru the LAN from my desktop. I
copied them into C:\Planner Setup. I'm trying to install into
C:\Planner. I'm installing as Admin and have tried in both '95 and'98
compatibility. In each case, during the install, I get the Install
Message "Could not open the file named 'C:\Disk1\Planner.ex_'". Disk1???
Where the heck does that come from? There's no Disk1 in the path. All of
the install files are in the C:\Planner Setup folder, and there are no
sub-folders. I have also tried installing form the Public folder. This
is very curious. Any more ideas? Thanks.
Paul
Previous Posts In This Thread:
On Monday, August 06, 2007 1:58 PM
nospaam wrote:
Can I force installation of a daily planner?
I have been using Delrina Daily Planner for (Don't laugh) fifteen years
on seven different computers. It has worked with pre '95 Windows, Win 98
and even XP. I have not been able to install it into Vista. Is there any
way to workaround or force the install? I dread the idea of having to
hand copy all of the info to another program. The recurring
events/reminders and contact info are enormous. Planner files have the
extension '.DP'. Would greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks.
Paul
On Monday, August 06, 2007 2:26 PM
Cal Bear '66 wrote:
You could try to install in Compatibility mode.
You could try to install in Compatibility mode. Right click on the installation
file, Properties, Compatibility tab, and selecting from the drop down list. In
addition, you could also right click on the installation file and select "Run as
Administrator".
--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
"nospaam" <"pjruiz(nospaam)"@charter.net> wrote in message
news:2jJti.20$bp4.8@newsfe06.lga...
On Monday, August 06, 2007 5:56 PM
nospaam wrote:
Thanks for the reply, Bear.
Thanks for the reply, Bear.
Since the new laptop with Vista does not have an A: drive, I had to copy
all the install files to the laptop thru the LAN from my desktop. I
copied them into C:\Planner Setup. I'm trying to install into
C:\Planner. I'm installing as Admin and have tried in both '95 and'98
compatibility. In each case, during the install, I get the Install
Message "Could not open the file named 'C:\Disk1\Planner.ex_'". Disk1???
Where the heck does that come from? There's no Disk1 in the path. All of
the install files are in the C:\Planner Setup folder, and there are no
sub-folders. I have also tried installing form the Public folder. This
is very curious. Any more ideas? Thanks.
Paul
On Monday, August 06, 2007 6:16 PM
Cal Bear '66 wrote:
Re: Can I force installation of a daily planner?
The C:\ root directory is a rather strongly protected area with Vista.
Perhaps you would have better luck by copying the install files to a CD or
another drive, if available, and then installing to a folder under C:\Program
Files
--
I Bleed Blue and Gold
GO BEARS!
"nospaam" <"pjruiz(nospaam)"@charter.net> wrote in message
news:GOMti.25$aB1.21@newsfe02.lga...
On Monday, August 06, 2007 6:37 PM
John Barnes wrote:
Check the files in your Planner.setup. If there is a planner.
Check the files in your Planner.setup. If there is a planner.ex_ in the
files you need to have your setup files in a folder named Disk1, not Planner
setup
On Monday, August 06, 2007 6:43 PM
nospaam wrote:
I see the point about the root directory.
I see the point about the root directory. I only went there because I
could not install to Program Files without getting the Disk1 problem.
I will try a CD instead of the file transfer. Good idea!
On Monday, August 06, 2007 7:01 PM
Andrew McLaren wrote:
Hi Paul,The 16-bit Setup.
Hi Paul,
The 16-bit Setup.inf scripts often groups files accoridng to diskette, on
the assumption that software will always be installed from floppy (not a bad
assumption in 1994). The problem is probably not so much that you're
installing on Vista, as that you're installing on a machine which has no
floppy drive.
If you have the original Delrina Daily Planner floppies, create a directory
structure like this:
C:\
+----C:\DDPInst
+----Disk1
+----Disk2
+----Disk3
+--- etc
Copy the contents of floppy disk 1 into C:\DDPInst\Disk1, floppy disk 2 into
C:\DDPInst\Disk2, and so on.
If you don't have the floppy disks, just install the entire set of
installation files into each directory. Setup will just ignore the files it
doesn't want.
The run Setup from the C:\DDPInst\Disk1 subdirectory.
I'd recommend against using "C:\Planner Setup" as the name for the
installation directory - it's not causing the specific problem you're
seeing, but many older applications get easily confused by pathnames which
contain spaces. You might save yourself a further headache by starting with
the simplest, 8.3 naming conventions.
There will probably be a file with a name like setup.ini or setup.inf in the
installation files - this is the file which tells setup where to look for
each file it needs to install. It'll be a plain text file which you can open
in Notepad. I don't recommend you try to hack it at all; those early setup
files were very fragile constructions ... but reading it, may give you a
better understanding of how the Daily Planner setup is working.
I never used Delrina Daily Planner but I did install their WinFax Pro
product, back in the 1990s. I remember the company well.
Hope this helps, good luck with it!
--
Andrew McLaren
amclar (at) optusnet dot com dot au
On Saturday, December 08, 2007 12:16 PM
TommyD69 wrote:
Paul, I too use the Delrina Daily Planner.
Paul, I too use the Delrina Daily Planner. You are the first person I
have found that still has the install disks. My version has stopped
working (partially) and I have lost my disks. Like you, I have a huge
amount of information that I can't/won't move to another planner program
(as I don't think any new programs are as good as the Delrina Daily
Planner). Please contact me, as I would love to get copies of this
ancient program. Thanx in advance!!!!! Tom
--
TommyD69
On Friday, May 16, 2008 9:56 AM
David Bowling wrote:
Delrina Daily Planner
Paul,
I have also used Delrina Daily Planner for years on different systems. I just bought a new computer with Vista and transfered the Delrina files to it. As in previous transfers, several DLLs (Amaze.dll, etc) don't transfer and had to been transfered to the Delrina file manually. You will find out which dlls these are when you try to open Delrina. Mine now works just like before, but lost the Delrina icon in the suffle. Good luck and let me know if you are sucessful.
David
On Tuesday, January 05, 2010 1:10 AM
Bill Clarke wrote:
Delrina Planner
Just want to join the "out of date" Delrina Planner Group,
I've also used Delrina Planner for years and years. Just got a new PC with Window 7 and it doesn't work.
Looked at several "free" (for a while at least) similar current product. Not nearly as professional as Delrina's Planner!
Not clear to me how to transfer Amaze DLLs manually but I'll try to figure out what that means. More hints would be appreciated. Moving all the history and contact data would be a horrendous task!
Cheers,
Bill
On Thursday, January 21, 2010 1:34 AM
ANTHONY DELL wrote:
DELRINA/PLANNER
HI BILL
I ALSO USE DELRINA. I AM MISSING A FEW FILE THAT MAKE THE PROGRAM WORK ALMOST COMPLETELY. IT WORKS ABOUT 90%
I WOULD LIKE TO GET A COPY OF THE PROGRAM SO I CAN REPLACE THE MISSING FILE. IF THATS OK BY YOU.
THIS IS HOW I INSTALL MY VERISON.THE INSTALL FILE IS ONE OF THE MISSING FILES SO I MANUALLY MOVE THE FILES FROM MY CD TO THESE FOLDERS
IN C:\PROGRAM FILE\DELRINA (JUST CREATE THIS FOLD)
ALL .DP FILE
DELRINAD
DPNATIVE.IE
DPTEXT.IE
PLANNER.EXE
DPWINFAX.IE
IN WINDOW
ALL 10 DLL'S FILES. THE 10 DLL'S I MOVE INTO WINDOW ALL START WITH A'S
PLEASE E-MAIL ME AT AD142@AOL.COM LET ME KNOW HOW YOU MAKE OUT.
ANTHONY
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