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OS/2, eCS & ArcaOS - Technical => Applications => Topic started by: Lars on August 23, 2024, 08:13:35 am

Title: Cannot create archive
Post by: Lars on August 23, 2024, 08:13:35 am
Whenever I boot up, I get the error message that no new archive can be created.
Does anybody know how to fix this error ? I had this in the past but I cannot remember what I did to make that error go away.
Title: Re: Cannot create archive
Post by: Tom on August 23, 2024, 12:35:33 pm
Right-click on an empty place of the Desktop, and choose Properties --> Archives tab --> uncheck "Archive Desktop".
Standard it is checked, and 3 generations of archives are kept.

Could it be that you are are running out of free space for a new archive that is larger in size than the one about to be replaced?
Title: Re: Cannot create archive
Post by: Lars on August 23, 2024, 04:43:27 pm
I don't have a space problem. However, unchecking and rechecking "Archive Desktop" might do. I'll give it a try.
Title: Re: Cannot create archive
Post by: Dave Yeo on August 23, 2024, 04:51:27 pm
When it happened here, I increased the number of archives from 3 to 4 and it started working. I think I also had to delete a bad archive as well but I don't remember clearly.
Title: Re: Cannot create archive
Post by: Lars on August 23, 2024, 07:15:34 pm
Turning it off and back on again did the trick. Thanks !
Title: Re: Cannot create archive
Post by: Steven Levine on August 24, 2024, 09:10:20 pm
Good to hear that toggling the enable was sufficient.

FTR, if all else fails, there's \os2\arcinst.exe. This rebuilds the \os2\archives directory tree and is what the installer uses to initialize \os2\archives the first time.

I find it useful to run archinst a couple of time a year to ensure that the Original Archive (i.e. 0) is in sync with the modifications that have been applied to the files named in \os2\archives\*.key.
Title: Re: Cannot create archive
Post by: Tom on August 25, 2024, 12:48:02 am
FTR, if all else fails, there's \os2\archinst.exe.

Isn't it \os2\arcinst.exe ? (without the 'h')
Title: Re: Cannot create archive
Post by: Steven Levine on August 25, 2024, 02:26:08 am
Yes. Thanks for seeing it.