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Portable alternative for Cathy (cataloging freeware) that runs on Win7 64 bit?

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zzynx:
@DerekHal
Are you using the latest version (ver 2.28.3)?
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Yes, I am.
Under the top menu, you should have three tabs: Search | Directory | Catalog.
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I know I should have that. But that's exactly my problem. And why I can't use Cathy.

@MerleOne
Hey, do you launch Cathy from Windows 7 from the icon on the Desktop or using a launcher like RecentX ?
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I launch Cathy with a launcher (Executor). But double-clicking it in Windows Explorer or starting it via a link on the desktop doesn't help.
It only runs fine on my Win7x64 when I launch it from the Desktop icon.
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That is strange. How did you create that desktop icon then? I did via drag and drop and holding the Ctrl-Shft keys.
If you don't start it via your desktop icon what do you see then?
Does it start or not? If it does, does it look like my screenshot?

Thanks to everyone so far trying to help me!

Curt:
Cathy runs fine on my 64-bits Win 7.

Maybe you should delete both the folder and the shortcut,
and begin all over from a different location?

MerleOne:

@MerleOne
I launch Cathy with a launcher (Executor). But double-clicking it in Windows Explorer or starting it via a link on the desktop doesn't help.

It only runs fine on my Win7x64 when I launch it from the Desktop icon.
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That is strange. How did you create that desktop icon then? I did via drag and drop and holding the Ctrl-Shft keys.
If you don't start it via your desktop icon what do you see then?
Does it start or not? If it does, does it look like my screenshot?

-zzynx (October 13, 2012, 01:15 PM)
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Hi.  I have installed Cathy on a data disk, D:, in D:\Tools\, then I right-clicked on Cathy.exe and chose send to DEsktop (create a shortcut to the desktop).  When I launch it with RecentX, the existing catalogs are not found, because  the current directory is not Cathy.exe's, but RecentX's.  And no, it's not like your screen capture.

zzynx:
Maybe you should delete both the folder and the shortcut,
and begin all over from a different location?
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Done that. No success.

Hi.  I have installed Cathy on a data disk, D:, in D:\Tools\, then I right-clicked on Cathy.exe and chose send to DEsktop (create a shortcut to the desktop).
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Tried that. No success.
I also tried, right-click and "Run as Administrator". No success.

Cathy always starts up without any tabs.
This drives me crazy...

ewemoa:
Have you tried making a new user account and testing from there?


For reference, the following is what I get when I start the application (2.28.3) up for the first time using Windows 7 Professional 64-bit:

Portable alternative for Cathy (cataloging freeware) that runs on Win7 64 bit?

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