Can't reopen eMatter book

[Emile van Sebille]

Thanks Tim.  After seeing these two posts, I figured I
might as well test my copy, and it crashed.  I hadn't
opened it since I printed and bindered it.  Guess it's
not so rare a problem.

Emile van Sebille
emile at fenx.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Tim Peters <tim_one at email.msn.com>
To: Anders Eriksson <ame at swipnet.se>; <python-list at python.org>
Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2000 7:15 PM
Subject: RE: Can't reopen eMatter book


>
> Here's what I got from Fatbrain support.  Worth a try, anyway:
>
>     Step 1. go to start -> run and type in regedit
>     Step 2. when it opens, look through the tree of directories
>             to get to my computer -> hkey_current_user -> software ->
>             fatbrain.com
>     Step 3. delete the fatbrain folder
>     Step 4. run the ematter registration client again (it will
>             ask you for a license key again)
>
> Step 0 is missing:  editing the registry is fraught with dangers, so
proceed
> with extreme care.  It's easy to get sloppy the twelfth time you need
to do
> it, so never skip step 0 <wink>.
>
> Step 2 should not say "my computer -> ".  The rest is correct.
>
> To accomplish Step 3, click once on the "Fatbrain.com" folder in the
left
> pane, to select it.  Then do Edit -> Delete (or hit your "delete"
key).
> Click OK on the confirmation box that pops up, first making sure that
> Fatbrain.com is indeed the item selected.
>
> Step 3.5 is missing:  close regedit.  You never want to keep regedit
open
> any longer than necessary.
>
> Step 4:  "run the ematter registration client again" is something that
> happens automatically when you simply try to open the eMatter book
again.
>
> Step 5 is missing:  Enjoy!  It's a great book.  Never close it or
reboot
> your computer, lest you need to go thru this again <wink>.
>
> it's-not-/f's-fault-but-we-should-be-mad-at-him-anyway-ly
>     y'rs  - tim
>
>
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