* Create Individual Shortcut error

[BillH]

When running the Create Individual Shortcut plugin I get the following error:

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This is with version 1.0 of the plugin. I checked in the store and this is the most current version being offered there as well.

Thanks,
Bill

[tatewise]

That plugin seems to have got a confused status.
There are several variants of V1.0 with different Dates and the one in the Plugin Store is not the one you are running, because its line 72 is different.
I have still got the FH V7.0 beta installed alongside FH V6.2.7 and that confuses the Plugin when it interrogates the Windows Registry to find the installed FH program fh.exe path.

So I am not sure what to suggest without a more detailed investigation.

[ColeValleyGirl]

Try downloading the version in the store -- the code is actually version 2 and has been updated for FH7; the error is in the description which still says version 1

[tatewise]

Beware if you still have FH V7.0 beta installed.
Even when run from FH V6.2.7 the shortcut launches FH V7.0 beta on your FH V6.2.7 Projects and converts them if not careful.

BTW: The Updated date is also wrong. Should be V2.0 Updated 30 Mar 2020

[BillH]

I can download and install the version from the store. I only have 6.2.7 installed at this point. I uninstalled the beta.

But first I have a question. Why doesn't the old version that I have continue to run with 6.2.7? Nothing has changed in my installation of 6.2.7.

Bill

[BillH]

OK... I downloaded the version 2 from the store. I get a similar error. Looks like only the line number is different.

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Bill

[tatewise]

I suspect it is due to Windows Registry leftovers from FH V7.0 beta.

Can you run the attached Plugin and check the message box FH installation path.
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[BillH]

Mike,

This is all I got.

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Bill

[tatewise]

As I thought.
That is being obtained from the Windows Registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\FH.exe\
which on my PC is C:\Program Files (x86)\Family Historian 7 beta\Program\fh.exe
but on your PC, FH V7.0 beta has been uninstalled, so it is empty.
It does not get restored to its previous value of C:\Program Files (x86)\Family Historian\Program\fh.exe
which is where FH V6 is installed.

I think the only solution is to re-install the FH V6.2.7 latest free download to reset that Windows Registry key.

[BillH]

I re-installed the latest update file for 6.2.7 and still get the same error. I looked in the registry and I don't have a key with the name HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths\FH.exe\.

Bill

[tatewise]

I'm not sure what else to suggest.
This is my Windows Registry key:

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Are you comfortable creating that key with the FH V6 path?

Alternatively, try this attached Plugin that bypasses the Windows Registry key and hard codes the path as:
C:\Program Files (x86)\Family Historian\Program\fh.exe
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[BillH]

Mike,

I will try to create that key manually.

What I don't understand is how I got into this situation. All I did was use Control Panel to uninstall the beta. I did not manually delete this key from the Registry.

Has anyone else uninstalled the beta and run into the same problem?

Bill

[tatewise]

It is probably only this Plugin that reads that Registry key, because it needs the fh.exe path for the Shortcut.

Only beta testers who have uninstalled FH V7 beta and NOT installed FH V7 will be in your situation, so that is very few.

[BillH]

I added the registry key and the plugin worked fine.

Wouldn't most people uninstall the beta after installing FH 7 over FH 6.2.7? Seems like they would run into the same problem. Of course FH 7 has the functionality to remember the last person that had focus so this plugin isn't really necessary, but is the registry key missing for them also?

Bill

[tatewise]

Yes, it seems likely the scenario you describe would suffer the same problem.
Maybe Calico Pie are the only ones who could definitively answer the question.

[E Wilcock]

I down loaded the one you just posted on this thread and it gave me an error message Mike.
I havent used that plug in before. Was just exploring and curious.

[tatewise]

I'm not surprised Evelyn as that is an FH V6 plugin not updated for FH V7.

Notice that BillH is still using FH V6.2.7.

Everyone must keep their wits about them these days to make sure the scripts used are compatible with FH Version.

[E Wilcock]

Mike, that is very odd. It is now working for me.
It launches the project in which the chosen person appears, and in which I set the plug in.
I didnt know this plug in existed till I read this thread.
But I am going to remove it as I can see with my incompetence, I may get one project open twice. I will keep the single fh & button on my desk top.
I am sorry to have been a nuisance.