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David Daduč at 19:40, 7 April 2021

2021-04-07T19:40:13Z

David Daduč: David Daduč moved page Browse action dead in Wordfast Pro 5 to Browse action dead in Wordfast Pro

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David Daduč moved page Browse action dead in Wordfast Pro 5 to Browse action dead in Wordfast Pro

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[[Category:Wordfast Pro 5]]

==The problem==
An icon that triggers the ''File-Save'' or ''File-Open'' dialogue, which lets you browse for a file or folder, dies in [[Wordfast Pro 5]] for '''Windows'''. When you click the icon (or use the corresponding keyboard shortcut), nothing happens. Most typically, this can happens with these features:
* Import Package
* Add Files
* Save
* Save As
* Save File As Translated
But it can happen with other features that let you select, open or save a file or folder.

==The cause==
It happens in Windows when the default path for the dialogue gets preceded with '''\\?\''' in Wordfast Pro settings. My understanding is that this happens after you browse to a file that uses a very long path name.<ref>It appears Windows consider a path name long when the name of all the folders in the path plus the file name exceed 260 characters.</ref>

==The solution==
To fix this, close Wordfast Pro 5, then go to the following folder on your computer:

: C:\Users\''your_user_name''\WordfastPro <ref>The path typically starts with C:\ but it may be D:\ or any other drive letter, depending how your hard drive is set up. The folder called ''your_user_name'' shows your Windows user name, so the path on my system is ''C:\Users\David\WordfastPro''.</ref>

There should be two files, called '''''application.settings''''' and '''''application.settings.sfc'''''.

===Fix first settings file===
Open '''''application.settings''''' in a text editor (typically NotePad) and search for '''\\?\'''. If, say, the ''Save File As Translated'' icon is dead in Wordfast Pro 5, you should find a line like this:

<saveTranslatedFileDirPath>\\?\C:\Users\David\Jobs\PS\1422\corrected</saveTranslatedFileDirPath>

Delete everything between the opening and closing tags on that line. After your intervention, the above line would read:

<saveTranslatedFileDirPath></saveTranslatedFileDirPath>

Save and close the file in your text editor.

===Fix second settings file===
Open '''''application.settings.sfc''''' file in your text editor as well. Repeat the same procedure to fix the bad line as with the first file.

Finally, open Wordfast Pro 5. The icon should work normally again.

==References==
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-[[Category:Wordfast Pro 5]]
+Here is some help if an icon in [[Wordfast Pro]] for Windows becomes unresponsive for you.
 ==The problem==
-An icon that triggers the ''File-Save'' or ''File-Open'' dialogue, which lets you browse for a file or folder, dies in [[Wordfast Pro 5]] for '''Windows'''. When you click the icon (or use the corresponding keyboard shortcut), nothing happens. Most typically, this can happens with these features:
+An icon that triggers the ''File-Save'' or ''File-Open'' dialogue, which lets you browse for a file or folder, dies in Wordfast Pro for '''Windows'''. When you click the icon (or use the corresponding keyboard shortcut), nothing happens. Most typically, this can happens with these features:
 * Import Package
 * Add Files
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 ==The solution==
-To fix this, close Wordfast Pro 5, then go to the following folder on your computer:
+To fix this, close Wordfast Pro, then go to the following folder on your computer:
 : C:\Users\''your_user_name''\WordfastPro <ref>The path typically starts with C:\ but it may be D:\ or any other drive letter, depending how your hard drive is set up. The folder called ''your_user_name'' shows your Windows user name, so the path on my system is ''C:\Users\David\WordfastPro''.</ref>
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 ===Fix first settings file===
-Open '''''application.settings''''' in a text editor (typically NotePad) and search for '''\\?\'''. If, say, the ''Save File As Translated'' icon is dead in Wordfast Pro 5, you should find a line like this:
+Open '''''application.settings''''' in a text editor (typically NotePad) and search for '''\\?\'''. If, say, the ''Save File As Translated'' icon is dead in Wordfast Pro, you should find a line like this:
   <saveTranslatedFileDirPath>\\?\C:\Users\David\Jobs\PS\1422\corrected</saveTranslatedFileDirPath>
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 Open '''''application.settings.sfc''''' file in your text editor as well. Repeat the same procedure to fix the bad line as with the first file.
-Finally, open Wordfast Pro 5. The icon should work normally again.
+Finally, open Wordfast Pro. The icon should work normally again.
 ==References==
 <references/>

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