Robert Leon

Hello all,

Story. Although never a member before, I had used e-sword for many years, on 3 different desktop computer systems. So several years ago, I got this great Alienware Aurora R4 Desktop System with Windows 7 Ulitmate, re-loaded E-Sword, worked fine. At some point, I went to install the latest version, 10.2, and while it appeared to install just fine, it simply would not start up. I got in touch with Rick Meyers, tried multiple things, actually got it working at one point for a couple days after deleting some registry files, but then it didn't work again. I tried everything. Settings, installation tricks, registry tricks, you name it, but no dice, so to speak.

Eventually, I downloaded ver. 10.4, tried everything, again, to make it work, but it just would not work. For some unknown reason, I finally just left the files and program in place, and the desktop icon I created, and every now and then, for no good reason of course, would double-click the icon just to be sure nothing was happening. Theophilus did work, so that's what I would use instead.

A couple of months ago, I double-clicked the icon, and it started up working fine, and has ever since!

No explanation is really possible. I do let Windows update device drivers automatically, the default setting, and the best I can come up with is some device driver got updated for some component that was interacting with E-Sword somehow, at some point, and now it works.

You tell me.

Amazing though. I always liked E-sword. Not I'll see about a few downloads, if I dare.

IHS,

Bob