CD Code Data Retrieval

[Nutcase]

This should be fun... got some old CDs with some wierd software on it. It's basically Saab parts price list for February 2000. The software is produced by kodak and won't unsuprisingly install on Win 7. It seems to install ok on XP but then errors when you actually try and run it :(

It's also described as a "writable CD COLD system" whatever that means!

The error I'm getting is "the application software has not been setup properly or the system has not been rebooted since setup. Message ID 1058"

1058 according to the help file is likely to be:

"Your Fulpath= environment variable is missing"

There is a bat file with this in:

REM Set Environment Vars for KODAK DIGITAL SCIENCE Writable CD COLD SYSTEM
SET FULTEMP=C:\FULTEMP
SET FULPATH=D:\
SET FULSEARCH=C:\FULTEMP\VER2X
SET RTVCD=YES
EXIT


D:\ is the cd drive with the disc in.

Any thoughts? :)

[kaiowas]

I'd try setting the environment variables manually. Don't know how you'd do it in Win 7 although it shouldn't be hard to find out. In XP go to Start, then right click>properties on My Computer. Go to the advanced tab, click enviroment variables and add new system variables with the names and values taken from your bat file.

[Mark]

Hopefully you just type 'Environment' into the Win7 Control Panel search box and it points you in the right direction, but it's still pretty similar to the above if not. :)

PS - You could try 'Run As Administrator' on Win7 too. There's no way in hell that software is going to work with UAC. :)

[Blighter]

As a last resort you could set your PC date back a few years, it's surprising how that works on some badly coded apps :p

[Nutcase]

Win7 is a no go straight away - it's a 16bit app.

I've added the SET lines to both the user and system variables and no go :(

The ONLY info I've found about the program on the net is it saying it's Y2K compliant ;D but I'll try it :)

Thanks peeps.

[Mark]

Win7 32-bit would run it. You're right about 64-bit though - it's a non-starter.

[Garp]

If you're desperate, maybe whack a copy of VirtualBox (http://www.virtualbox.org/) on, grab hold of a Windows 95 CD, install it in a virtual machine and hopefully job's a good'un.

[LeperousDust]

Yeah garps got the right idea, and now days you can make things so seamless you won't even know you're in a VM! :)

[Nutcase]

Hmm, don't think I'm that bothered to get it working ;D Thanks though folks, was worth a try :)

[Mark]

Failing that, if the contents of the files you want are in a fairly standard format, just grabbing the data out of the files might work.