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tzonkov:
I am brand spanking new to C::B so take it easy.

I just installed (from binaries) the Nightly Build (Aug 11) on my XP Pro system. I don't have any of teh standard compilers installed on this system. I went and created a new empty project using the wizard but I am stuck adding files to it. I am trying to do it recursively since there are many files in many directories. The problem I see id the following:

After I select the directory to add recursively from C::B gives me a dialog box "Multiple Selection" which is empty. I assume I should see a list of all the files under the directory I selected.

Am I missing something? I hope there is a solution to this, from the site this looks like a realy decent and fast IDE.

[edit] I have also tried a couple of older nightly builds as well as RC2. All seem to run into the same problem. I am assuming it's a problem with my XP "configuration" since nobody else is complaining. I am open to ideas. Is there some XP service that needs to be running for this to work?[/edit]

Alex

tzonkov:
OK. I tried it on another XP machine, and it works just fine.

Anyone out there know which XP services needs to be running for the recursive file add to work?

Thanks

Pecan:

--- Quote from: tzonkov on August 12, 2006, 07:28:46 pm ---OK. I tried it on another XP machine, and it works just fine.

Anyone out there know which XP services needs to be running for the recursive file add to work?

Thanks

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Isn't that a msvcrt.dll function to enumerate the files in a directory. I.e., findfirst, findnext functions?

Check that dll. Has another dll replaced it? Has a policy been set that disallows directory or file enumeration? Is the directory or files marked hidden. Are .cpp .h files  owned by another process? Are they hidden by a policy?

Do any other programs on your system have the problem?

Just guessing....

tzonkov:
Ok I went and got a fresh build from our IT department today to see if it fixes this problem.  Basically it's the closes thing to re-installing windows for me since this is a work laptop.

I still do not see the file list get populated. I checked msvcrt.dll and it is on this system. I have not seen similar problems with any other applications. This is getting to be very frustrating.

Any other ideas?

Thanks.

Pecan:

--- Quote from: tzonkov on August 15, 2006, 04:08:32 am ---I still do not see the file list get populated.
Any other ideas?

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Have you tried clicking on "Wildcard Select" in the Multiple Select dialoge to see if the file type is set correctly?

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