screwcutting

Hi Bill,
Thanks for finding the link to the Lathegears (LGV1.2.exe) I have had a quick play with it and it looks very good. The only slight problem I found was that when installed in the default location (Program Files (x86)) it would not let me save the .ini file containing the data I had entered under "generic lathe" for my lathe. I copied all the files it had installed to a directory (Folder) that was about 3 levels down from the root of the C: drive and it then allowed me to save the changes. I am using Windows 7 so it is probably a protection thing about the Program Files (x86) directory.

The OP seems to have lost interest in the subject but it has made me and others aware of the program "Lathegears"

Thanks again.
Les.

Hey Les,

That issue has been bugging me too, Windows Vista, I think its similar to Windows 7.

Do you have to copy an entire directory or just a few files ?

If you do this sort of thing with any program do you have to somehow tell the computer to look in the new directory or does it simply just find the files wherever they are ?

I dont know much about computers

Bill

Hi Bill,
The original install just installed these files straight into the Program Files(x86) directory. (Without creating a subdirectory which is normally done.)

Hercus Model A - Imperial Thread.lat
Hercus Model A - Metric Thread.lat
Hercus Model A.lat
LatheGears.exe
Nuttal.lat
Toreb (Swedish).lat

I just copied them into a directory I created under a directory where I keep stuff relating to my lathe. (A Chester DB-10G)

I then just double clicked on "LatheGears.exe" (The one in the directory I created as the link from the desktop would have gone to the one in Program Files(x86) This then worked OK and let me save the setting I had entered.
I would suggest that before you install the program you create a directory to install it to. I would avoid any of the directories that Windows wants you to put things in. (Such as My documents.) Then tell the install program to install it into the directory you have just created.
This is the full path to where I put it.

C:\My_Files\DB-10G_Lathe\Screwcutting_calc\LGV1

I put most things below My_Files (A directory I created directly on the C: drive.) For Backing up I just copy the "My_Files" directory to another disk drive.

I hope this works for you using Vista.

Les.

Edited By Les Jones 1 on 11/09/2016 14:39:29

Hi Bill,
I tried doing a clean install of LatheGears into the directory
C:\My_Files\DB-10G_Lathe\Screwcutting_calc\LGV1
I found thet it does not take any notice of the directory where yo tell it to install to. It just installs it in
Program Files(x86)
The only way I can get round the problem is by moving (Or copying.) the files to another directory.

Les.