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Subject: Re: Need WinQuake-Google Earth Assistance
From: Larry Cochrane lcochrane@..............
Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 17:39:27 -0800


Gary,

I am using Windows 7 64 bit Ultimate, should behave the same as Pro, and the Google 
Earth feature works just fine. I have my Windows 7 system setup so my user account 
has Admin privileges, I disabled User Account Control (UAC) and I run WinQuake in a 
directory other then "Program Files" (c:\src\wq\). Maybe uninstalling WQ and 
installing it in a different directory will fix the problem.

Regards,
Larry Cochrane
Redwood City, PSN

On 1/12/2011 3:05 PM, Gary Lindgren wrote:
> Brett,
>
> It would seem that there is nothing I can do about this situation. But why do you
> suppose that this Google Earth feature does work for some Windows 7 users. I have
> Windows 7 Pro and 64 bit, could that be part of the issue.
>
> Gary
>
> *From:*psnlist-request@.............. [mailto:psnlist-request@............... *On
> Behalf Of *Brett Nordgren
> *Sent:* Wednesday, January 12, 2011 10:55 AM
> *To:* psnlist@..............
> *Subject:* Re: Need WinQuake-Google Earth Assistance
>
> Larry,
>
> The missing .kml file sounds like that Windows 7 feature, User Account Control Data
> Redirection.
>
> http://windowsteamblog.com/windows/b/developers/archive/2009/08/04/user-account-control-data-redirection.aspx
>
> Windows7 doesn't want any data to be stored in the 'Program Files' application's root
> directories. If an application tries to store something there, Windows 7 redirects it
> to another User specific directory and provides some form of redirection that is
> supposed to make the application think it's still located in 'Program Files/WinSDR/'
> for example. But, if you browse that directory, you won't see any data. Sounds
> exactly like what Gary's describing. To see the files you will likely find them
> somewhere like 'C:\Users\/Username/\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program
> Files(x86)\WinSDR\' courtesy of Windows7.
>
> Brett
>
> At 03:48 AM 1/12/2011, you wrote:
>
> Sounds like a directory or file permission problem. This is how this feature works.
> When the user uses either the Display/Modify / GoogleEarth / Station or Event menu
> items WinQuake should create a file called GoogleEarth.kml. This file should be
> located in the WinQuake root directory. WinQuake then makes a system call to open
> GoogleEarth with the first parameter being the full directory and file name to the
> kml file.
>
> So WinQuake needs to be able to create the file and GoogleEarth must be able to read
> the file in the WinQuake root directory. The first thing to check is to see if
> WinQuake is creating the GoogleEarth.kml file. If the file is there try double
> clicking on the file. This should open GoogleEarth and then zoom to either the
> station or event location.
>
> Regards,
> Larry Cochrane
> Webtronics
>
> On 1/10/2011 1:45 PM, Gary Lindgren wrote:
>
> Last week I heard about the use of Google Earth in WinQuake. I have Windows 7 Pro and
> my home network is a local domain. I downloaded the latest copy of WinQuake and the
> installed the latest copy of Google Earth. I also selected them to run As
> Administrator. My event files are stored in my Documents folder. Everything works
> okay except when I select Google Earth to go to the quake site. Google Earth opens
> and just shows the center of USA. The Go to item is blank. All the needed information
> is in WinQuake for the quake. Ted was so kind to offer trying one of my event files
> and it worked okay on his system. Any ideas to solve my problem.
>
> Gary
>
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