Out of no where when shutting down DXkeeper and it does its backup
I am getting an error  "backup aborted"  and opening the config panel
error is "path too long, try shorter name"
I have not altered the name ever but can see the "name "
is quite long.   How to repair the backup "name" please.
Or where to look for info.
Thanks  73 Merv

+ AA6YQ comments below

Out of no where when shutting down DXkeeper and it does its backup I am getting an error "backup aborted" and opening the config panel error is "path too long, try shorter name"
I have not altered the name ever but can see the "name "
is quite long. How to repair the backup "name" please.

+ On the Log tab of DXKeeper's Configuration window, what pathname is shown in the "Log file" panel?

73,

Dave, AA6YQ

C:\DXLab\DXKeeper\Backups\K9FDWI_2022-04-10_22-11-31_2022-04-11_00-25-12_2022-04-14_18-47-23_2022-04-21_01-43-58_2022-04-30_01-26-53_2022-04-30_19-53-02_2022-05-26_01-08-28_2022-09-04_01-30-12_2022-09-28_20-02-02_2022-11-07_18-31-12_2022-11-08_14-55-57.mdb

+ AA6YQ comments below

C:\DXLab\DXKeeper\Backups\K9FDWI_2022-04-10_22-11-31_2022-04-11_00-25-12_2022-04-14_18-47-23_2022-04-21_01-43-58_2022-04-30_01-26-53_2022-04-30_19-53-02_2022-05-26_01-08-28_2022-09-04_01-30-12_2022-09-28_20-02-02_2022-11-07_18-31-12_2022-11-08_14-55-57.mdb

+ Your DXKeeper pathname is a record of each of the times you evidently found it necessary to recover from a backup file.

+ I suggest that you do the following:

1. terminate DXKeeper, SpotCollector, and DXView, if any of them are running


2. using Windows Explorer,

2a. navigate to the folder

C:\DXLab\DXKeeper\Databases

2b. if there's a file named K9FDWI.mdb in this folder, rename it to K9FDWI_YYYY-MM-DD.mdb where YYYY-MM-DD represent the date that this file was last modified (as shown in Windows Explorer)


3. using Windows Explorer,

3a. navigate to the folder

C:\DXLab\DXKeeper\Backups

3b. make a copy of the file

K9FDWI_2022-04-10_22-11-31_2022-04-11_00-25-12_2022-04-14_18-47-23_2022-04-21_01-43-58_2022-04-30_01-26-53_2022-04-30_19-53-02_2022-05-26_01-08-28_2022-09-04_01-30-12_2022-09-28_20-02-02_2022-11-07_18-31-12_2022-11-08_14-55-57.mdb

and name this copy

K9FDWI.mdb


3c. move K9FDWI.mdb to the folder

C:\DXLab\DXKeeper\Databases


4. start DXKeeper, open the Configuration window's Log tab, and click the the "Log file" panel's Select button. In the "Select existing log..." window that appears, navigate to DXKeeper's Databases folder, and double-click the entry for

K9FDWI.mdb

+ DXKeeper will now maintain your log file in

C:\DXLab\DXKeeper\Databases\K9FDWI.mdb

+ Be sure that this file is being backed up by your "full system backup" application.

+ If in the future you find it necessary to Recover your log from a Backup file, after verifying that the recovered log is correct, repeat the procedure above so that you log is stored in

C:\DXLab\DXKeeper\Databases\K9FDWI.mdb

+ rather than in

C:\DXLab\DXKeeper\Backups

+ with an increasingly lengthy name.

73,

Dave, AA6YQ