Astro25 CPS will not run on XP Pro

[Fuel4300]

Since I have had no luck with getting Astro25 CPS to communicate with any radios while running Windows 7 (see other threads in this sub-forum) I decided to dust off my copy of XP Pro and do a dual boot.

The CPS installs on XP with no complaints as you would expect however when I run it I get "The system cannot find the specified file" then the CPS welcome screen, then the same error message again, then a crash. Oddly enough the tuner runs fine.

I tried uninstalling and reinstalling the CPS with no luck. I tried versions 13.00.01, 13, and 9 - all giving the same error.

I have seen this once before when trying to start the CPS after install but before doing a restart but the restart fixed it. Not this time.

I checked out all of the program folders for the CPS and as far I can tell everything appears to be in the right place.

Any ideas?

[Einstein]

Try doing a file search for anything related to the ASTRO software, sometimes there is still files remaining on the system after an un-install. Delete those and then re-boot.

[Fuel4300]

I deleted all of the left over files from the de-install, cleaned the registry, gave it a restart, installed CPS, restarted, and still no luck.

I even went so far as to reformat that partition, reinstall windows, install important updates, restart, install CPS, restart, and nothing....

[Mfire39]

That error you are getting is because the CPS can't see a com port. Plug in a USB programming cable, or a USB to serial adapter and then try launching the CPS.. The error should go away.


-Marc

[Fuel4300]

I plugged in a radio on a usb cable, let windows install the drivers, and CPS started with no problems!

Thanks a ton!

[Mfire39]

Not a problem... Glad to hear it's up and running.


-Marc

[Fuel4300]

It would be nice if the error message actually said something meaningful like 'No Com Port Detected'. At least that would have pointed me in the right direction instead of 'cannot find specified file' which basically means nothing.

[Tom in D.C.]

I take it that what this means is that even if your machine has a serial port then Windows 7 does not/cannot see it?

Regards,

[escomm]

Windows 7 should see a standard com port just fine, assuming it's got proper drivers and all that.

[Fuel4300]

Just to be clear, in my case, this computer is a laptop with no serial port.

My guess is since this was a fresh install of Windows never having seen a programming cable or USB-serial adapter, the CPS failed to see a com port because Windows had not yet 'created' one.

[escomm]

Correct, and it still happens to my serial-port-less desktop unless I have a radio plugged in before starting the CPS.