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#1 OFFLINE   n4aof

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Posted 06 June 2009 - 01:06 AM

I heard good things about Recuva so I downloaded it from the website. THe download and installation all worked as expected. But when I run Recuva either from the start menu or from the desktop icon, I get a splash screen that lasts about 2/10 of a second then it disappears and nothing else happens.

I thought something might have been wrong with the download so I uninstalled Recuva, then downloaded a fresh copy using the alternate download site, Again the download and installation all appeared to go normally, but again, when I tried to run the program all I get is the initial splash screen for a fraction of a second.

The splash screen that pops up seems to have one or two buttons at the bottom but I can't be sure because the box is only visible for a fraction of a second.

I tried disabling my antivirus program but that didn't make any difference, still all I get is the initial screen for a fraction of a second.

The computer is running Windows XP Media Center with 1.5GB RAM.

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Posted 06 June 2009 - 04:52 AM

What happens if you try a different browser n4aof?
CCLEANER, RECUVA, DEFRAGGLER AND SPECCY DOCUMENTATION CAN BE FOUND HERE

http://www.piriform.com/docs

#3 OFFLINE   Metatron

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Posted 06 June 2009 - 09:14 AM

right click on the short-cut
choose properties
switch to compatibility tab

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hope this helps ;)

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Posted 06 June 2009 - 12:59 PM

View Posthazelnut, on Jun 6 2009, 04:52 AM, said:

What happens if you try a different browser n4aof?

Recuva is a program, it doesn't run in a browser!

#5 OFFLINE   n4aof

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Posted 06 June 2009 - 01:01 PM

View PostMetatron, on Jun 6 2009, 09:14 AM, said:

right click on the short-cut
choose properties
switch to compatibility tab
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hope this helps ;)

My compatibility tab doesn't look quite like that, but fortunately the check boxes are in the same place so it wasn't hard to figure it out.
That fixed it.

Thanks

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Posted 06 June 2009 - 03:34 PM

View Postn4aof, on Jun 6 2009, 01:59 PM, said:

Recuva is a program, it doesn't run in a browser!

Not what I meant.

I was thinking the download and install may have been corrupted in some way so my thinking was to try a different browser. (Bear in mind it was before 6am this morning that I had that thought!)

Anyway metatron sorted it out, even though you didn't know the language :)
CCLEANER, RECUVA, DEFRAGGLER AND SPECCY DOCUMENTATION CAN BE FOUND HERE

http://www.piriform.com/docs