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WHERE DID MY FEDTERM LOGS GO?

by Hazed

A few weeks ago I bought a new computer. My old one had been getting slower and slooooweeer and was really painful to use, so it was time to upgrade. I purchased a smart new HP laptop, copied over all my data, installed my old programs, plugged in all my bits and pieces, and was ready to go in just a few days.

Then I had to get used to a new operating system: Windows 7. I'd been using XP for years and years so wasn't looking forward to learning something new.

As it happens, the transition wasn't too traumatic. The only thing that has been causing me hassle is Microsoft's new User Access Control. This is a security measure designed to prevent unauthorized programs from doing things to your computer. It's one of those things that sounds good at the design stage but in practical terms it just doesn't work right.

For one thing, it stops programs from writing data files into the Program Files folder. This means that old programs that were written before these new security measures were in place may not work as they are supposed to.

Old programs like FedTerm.

FedTerm wants to store data such as its logs, and the init file that contains your logon details, in the same folder as the program file. But Windows 7 doesn't want it to. So it fools FedTerm into thinking it has got its own way, but meanwhile diverts those data files to another part of the computer.

And, being Microsoft, it doesn't tell you it is doing that, or make it easy to find the files!

So, if you want to find your FedTerm logs, you will have to hunt around a bit. On my computer they are put here:

Users\Fi\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\FedTerm\logs\

On yours they will be in a similar place but with your user name instead of mine, obviously.

If you don't want the FedTerm data files to be hived off into an obscure corner of your computer then the solution is to install FedTerm outside of the program files folder - for example, put it directly onto the C: drive, or in a folder called ibgames. Then the data files will stay happily in the program folder itself and you won't have to hunt for them.

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