I think the first thing I'd check is to make sure that the user account on the Vista machine has full read/modify permissions in whatever folder you're trying to save the file to. When I moved a lot of files and folders from a Win7 laptop to a Win8 machine, the Win8 laptop wouldn't let me save anything to the transferred folders until I went in and fixed the permissions--and never said anything. It just failed silently, as you're seeing now. Since Win 7 and 8 are updated versions of Vista, it wouldn't surprise me at all if it was a permissions problem.

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On 2/20/2013 3:28 PM, Davecenturytel wrote:

Hi I am having trouble with Chirp. I have chirp running a windows XP home desk top and it works great. I have it running on windows 7 Laptop and it works great. My son windows Vista Laptop and we are having trouble openning a file or saving it. When I have a file download from the UV5R I can enter anything that I want to. but I can not save that file. When I click "save as" it does nothing at all. If I close the program it opens a little window open and asks if I want to save, delete or cancel, I select save and nothing happens. I can also click open from the file drop down and nothing opens or happens. I think this Vista machine is the problem, what do you think

Did Vista have a compatibility mode? I don't remember because when I got out of the IT profession XP SP3 was the dominant operating system for desktop workstations. I never messed with Vista the next OS I had the guts to try was Win 7 which isn't too bad except for these usb to serial cables and the way Win 7 always wants to download the latest WHQL certified drivers that don't always work. So if Vista has compatibility mode try running Chirp in XP SP3 mode. If not then I don't know what else you can do.

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On Feb 20, 2013, at 4:28 PM, Davecenturytel DWB2808@centurytel.net wrote:

Hi I am having trouble with Chirp. I have chirp running a windows XP home desk top and it works great. I have it running on windows 7 Laptop and it works great. My son windows Vista Laptop and we are having trouble openning a file or saving it. When I have a file download from the UV5R I can enter anything that I want to. but I can not save that file. When I click "save as" it does nothing at all. If I close the program it opens a little window open and asks if I want to save, delete or cancel, I select save and nothing happens. I can also click open from the file drop down and nothing opens or happens. I think this Vista machine is the problem, what do you think Thanks Dave Barber _______________________________________________ chirp_users mailing list chirp_users@intrepid.danplanet.com http://intrepid.danplanet.com/mailman/listinfo/chirp_users

I on Vista, try running the program as administrator.

Marty kd8bj On 02/20/2013 03:28 PM, Davecenturytel wrote:

Hi I am having trouble with Chirp. I have chirp running a windows XP home desk top and it works great. I have it running on windows 7 Laptop and it works great. My son windows Vista Laptop and we are having trouble openning a file or saving it. When I have a file download from the UV5R I can enter anything that I want to. but I can not save that file. When I click "save as" it does nothing at all. If I close the program it opens a little window open and asks if I want to save, delete or cancel, I select save and nothing happens. I can also click open from the file drop down and nothing opens or happens. I think this Vista machine is the problem, what do you think Thanks Dave Barber

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