SciTE saves to an alternate reality?? - Vista issue

[Michael Goffioul]

Is it possible that somehow the created files are hidden?
(Check the folder options and enable viewing of hidden files).

Michael.


On Tue, Mar 24, 2009 at 3:07 AM, dflo404 <dflo404 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> I used GNU Octave on an XP laptop for a few months in a college Programming
> class with no problems.
>
> However, I recently got a new laptop, which runs Vista 32-bit, and I am
> experiencing a rather bizarre problem.
>
> In plain terms, when I write a code with the SciTE application, it
> essentially saves the file in an alternate reality.
>
> For example, I have a folder called es115 where I store all my files for my
> class.  It's location is C:\Program Files\Octave\es115.  I will write some
> code in SciTE, then save in that exact same location.  However, when I go to
> that folder via windows explorer, it does not appear there.  Though, when I
> go to SciTE and open a file, it shows that it is in that folder.  It is
> almost as if SciTE is saving the file to some sort of alternative reality on
> my computer :-O
>
> If I try to load the file through Octave, it will not find it.  And yes, I
> have my directory set to that folder.  I follow the exact same procedure as
> I did on my XP computer.
>
> The only way I can use the code in Octave is if I save the file to my
> desktop from SciTE, then manually drag the file to the es115 folder via
> windows explorer.
>
> I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling, and I've even tried an older
> version of Octave (I've tried 3.0.3 and 3.0.1).  I'm fairly good with
> computers, but I've never seen anything as strange as this.  Perhaps this is
> cake to fix for you guys, so could anyone give me any advice?
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
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