Jack,
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? The "fix" was so simple, and these are the ones that can cause a lot of aggravation, and the most problems. It's like having one line off in some programming code, that will mess everything up.
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? In looking at the debug log (as it was crashing instantly when I tried to load it), it said it could not find the "D-Rats Shared" folder, but it was on the desktop.
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? I looked at the path, and it hit me...the "username" under C:\Users\username (usually only 5 characters) was DIFFERENT. Next, I took a look at the configuration file from the D-Rats setup on the Windows 10 32-bit machine, and sure enough...that was the issue!!
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? So, I copied and pasted the d-rats.config file from the Windows 10 32-bit system onto the Windows 11 64-bit system...went into Windows Notepad, and CHANGED the username...saved it to where it needed to go (under \AppData\Roaming\D-Rats\D-Rats-EV)...then clicked on the D-Rats icon, and it came right up!!
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? I went into the Mode Overview file (available at the hyperlink off of my QRZ bio), and added that tidbit of info. So, I've got D-Rats 0.39 working on the Windows 11 setup.
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? On a related note, Xfinity has been having lots of networking and internet issues in the neighborhood lately, and I couldn't get the router to initialize. So, I did a reset on it, but it would NOT find all the devices on the LAN. I looked at the setup on my Google Nest doorbell camera, and I had "one extra letter" in the name of the network. So, I reset the router again (where you have to insert a pen into this "hole" in the back of the router, and hold it for 15 seconds, until it resets), and had to go through the browser to redo all the settings. As a side note, be sure to CHANGE the default name and password on your router, or someone can get into your system!! I have a VERY LONG password, comprised of numbers, letters, and symbols. While that's a bear on initial connect, it keeps hackers out. Once I got that set, the Network map "found everything" it needed to.
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? A friend of the family, assisting with the paralegal and other stuff after my younger brother's suicide over 10 weeks ago, got me a new Windows 11 Pro Desktop computer, with 16 GB of RAM, and 1 TB of hard drive space...I've never had a computer this good!!
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? The good thing is that the speed is much faster, so if the SharkRF OpenSpot 4 Pro resets or the app barfs and locks during a net, I can do the classic 3-finger-salute of CTRL-ALT-DEL (although many folks would like to give Microsoft the middle finger salute (hi hi)), and the task manager comes right up, where I can stop the SharkRF app via "end task", then reload it, and get back on to the reflector, in 15 seconds!! Now, if I could just keep power and internet
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? The bad thing is that it's an "office" computer, and NOT designed for "gaming". I had purchased Auran Trainz Simulator, and the CPU got to running real hot, even though I had set the graphics resolution to LOW. So, I wasted my money on that.
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? Now, if I could just keep power and internet during my ham radio nets.
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Daryl, N5VLZ
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Daryl Stout