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Hello, I have a problem where trying to load a PBEM file, the SC application dies without any feedback whatsoever. Any help that you can provide would be helpful.

Thanks,

Reade

Version. SC 1.06

Platform: Win XP professional

Problem: When entering password for Axis, the application dies and just *poof* disappears without any messages. No event viewer details/logs

File: ReadeVSKen-002.sav (available on request)

Tests:

1. Loaded up file. When prompted for password, entered password and application dies.

2. Loaded file. When prompted for password, entered wrong passwords. I get a failed login. When finally enter valid password, app fails.

3. Created test of new PBEM game and tested cycling through turns. All works well.

4. Reapplied patch 1.06 and re-ran test 1. with same results.

5. Overwrote file in PBEM directory and tested from received email. Same results.

Is this an application error, invalid (garbled) file, etc?

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Ken might not have entered a password on his first turn, and if so he will not be prompted for one after that.

Just for everyone else in case they encounter a similar issue, the problem was that the PBEM file was set to 'read-only'. My guess is that this was caused by either e-mail program as they may be automatically doing this to protect users from potentially malicious files. In this case I suggest zipping the PBEM files before sending as it usually eliminates 99% of these problems.

Hubert

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