Karen's Replicator Problem - Please Help

Before making a nightly incremental image backup, I usually run several Replicator jobs to copy critical files to another drive. Last night I ran Replicator and all the jobs were gone. I ignored it, made the incremental backup and shutdown.

Today I've managed to restore the jobs.txt file stored on another drive, and Replicator is working normally - almost. For some reason, it will not display the Replicator-log.txt file. Replicator displays the location and size of the file, but when I click View from within Replicator, it displays a blank log. Viewing the Replicator-log.txt file with Notepad shows the file and its data are there.

Here are the things I've tried:

Reboot - didn't help
Uninstall/Reinstall - didn't help
Uninstall/delete Replicator registry entries/Reinstall - didn't help
Restored a backup of the hard drive dated prior to the problem - didn't help

So, can anyone offer any other suggestions on how to get Replicator to display its log file??

Thanks for any and all help.

 

I would manually RENAME its LOG file just in case there are some strange not-viewable characters in that LOG file name, then try again. if it works, you have other problems with that system (That fle name should be normal after your copy).

 

Hi TheRollbackFrog! Did as you suggested and renamed Replicator-log.txt to Replicator-log.1txt and then ran Replicator. You fixed the problem! I looked at the bare log and it seems as if it's a layout template or something.

Here's what was in the log that was renamed:

{\rtf1\ansi\deff0{\fonttbl{\f0\fnil\fcharset0 Arial;}{\f1\fnil\fcharset0 MS Sans Serif;}}
{\colortbl ;\red255\green0\blue0;\red0\green128\blue0;\red0\green0\blue255;}
\viewkind4\uc1\pard\lang1033\f0\fs20


Not sure what that is, but whatever it is, you fixed it!!! Thank you!

 

Yes, it is a great little app and hasn't ever failed for me either. Was sad to hear Karen passed away.

 

Ohhh dear,

~ sorry for getting off topic ~

Karen ..... great memories
For those who don't remember her, here is that old thread from April 2011:
"Karen Kenworthy passed away"
https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=297978

Rest in Peace Karen