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Kjell Thornes 
Spain
Local time: 09:20
 Member (2005)
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Wordfast Classic was working fine, but now it suddenly won't open. When I try to start translating, the TM window pops up, then another window on top of that giving me an error message that says "TMname.txt should be closed". It gives me no other option than to click "accept", and then Wordfast closes. It doesn't give me the opportunity to choose a different TM. The file in question is not open, and renaming/moving it has no effect.
What do I do?
I suppose Wordfast looks for that file when opening and finds some sort of error. Is there a way to keep Wordfast form looking for that file? Some sort of configuration file I can edit?
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Dominique Pivard
Finland
Local time: 10:20
Finnish to French
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1) make sure you don't have your TM in a Dropbox folder (or equivalent)
2) add your TM to the exclusion list of your antivirus (there is no need
to check a Wf TM since it' just a text file and can't catch viruses)
3) use Unlocker (http://www.emptyloop.com/unlocker/) to unlock your TM,
and also to see what program or process locked it in the first place
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Kjell Thornes
Spain
Local time: 09:20
Member (2005)
English to Norwegian
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Things worked fine the next day. The reboot probably fixed it. I suspect the problem might be that the file in question is located on an external disc and that there was a problem opening it after hibernation. Anyway, thanks for the tips. The Dropbox theory was good - I never work on files in Dropbox after similar problems with another program. That Unlocker program looks useful.
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Kjell Thornes
Spain
Local time: 09:20
Member (2005)
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Well, this happened again, and this time the problem won't go away on its own. The unlocker program does not fix it. Any ideas?
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Dominique Pivard
Finland
Local time: 10:20
Finnish to French
| | Details about your setup | Feb 24 |
Please state versions of OS, Office and Wordfast. Where do you store your TM: on a local internal drive (C:), on a local external drive, on a network drive, on a USB stick etc.?
Even if Unlocker doesn't fix your problem, doesn't it provide clues about programs or processes that may access your TM file?
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Kjell Thornes
Spain
Local time: 09:20
Member (2005)
English to Norwegian
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Windows 7 64 bit
Windows Office 2010
Wordfast Classic Version 5.91i
TM on local external drive (USB connection)
Unlocker gives me no valuable info as far as I can see
[Edited at 2012-02-24 17:39 GMT]
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Dominique Pivard
Finland
Local time: 10:20
Finnish to French
| | Avoid external drives | Feb 24 |
Kjell Thornes wrote:
TM on local external drive (USB connection)
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That is an important clue: I have seen reports of people with a similar problem when using a USB memory stick for storing their TM. Although an external drive may be a convenient solution for you, it is a removable drive and this probably has consequences on the way Wordfast sees it and treats it. So if I were you, I would copy the TM to the fixed internal drive in your computer (C:) and keep it there when translating in Wordfast. You can then copy it back to the external drive once you have finished translating, for instance if you need to move to another computer.
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Kjell Thornes
Spain
Local time: 09:20
Member (2005)
English to Norwegian
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TOPIC STARTER | | Moved TM to C: --- same problem | Feb 28 |
I moved my TM folder to C:
Got the same problem.
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