Running program from flash drive means lock.exe doesn't work

March 28, 2008

I have an Adata USB flashdrive running a p2p program that also stores

downloaded files on it. I left it running for a few hours. When I came

back, it was no longer running the program. All the data is secure so

I have to run lock.exe, together with a password to access it. But

when i run lock.exe from the installation disk, it says "No Flash

device attached!". When i run lock.exe fro the flash device, it says

"This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut

down". So now I can't even access the program and data that was in the

security area. Does anyone have an idea as to what has happened

because it looks as if I'll have to reformat it, which seems pointless

if the same problem is going to occur.

Regards,

Larry.

March 29, 2008

Re: Running program from flash drive means lock.exe doesn't work

Are you sure it is not a USB problem? Can you try the drive on another

PC?

March 29, 2008

Re: Running program from flash drive means lock.exe doesn't work

"blackhead" <larryharson@softhome.net> wrote in message

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| I have an Adata USB flashdrive running a p2p program that also stores

| downloaded files on it. I left it running for a few hours. When I came

| back, it was no longer running the program. All the data is secure so

| I have to run lock.exe, together with a password to access it. But

| when i run lock.exe from the installation disk, it says "No Flash

| device attached!". When i run lock.exe fro the flash device, it says

| "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut

| down". So now I can't even access the program and data that was in the

| security area. Does anyone have an idea as to what has happened

| because it looks as if I'll have to reformat it, which seems pointless

| if the same problem is going to occur.

|

| Regards,

| Larry.

What programs, by name, are we discussing?

Did you ensure that the device was not set or allowed to suspend when the

computer went to standby/suspend mode?

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March 29, 2008

Re: Running program from flash drive means lock.exe doesn't work

Try re-installing the W98SE drivers for the device. The message about no

device installed indicates there might be a driver problem.

Get a fresh copy of LOCK.EXE from the driver disk. The error message when

you run it from the device suggests it might be corrupted.

Re-boot the PC without the flashdrive connected and then plug it in - is it

detected? Does the FORMAT program see the device?

If the P2P program stopped running there may have been a fault or a power

failure that corrupted the file system on the device. In that case the only

option might be to do a new FORMAT and re-create your secure area. Since

you don't know how the original problem occurred you can't tell whether that

is a long-term solution or not.

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Jeff Richards

MS MVP (Windows - Shell/User)

"blackhead" <larryharson@softhome.net> wrote in message

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>I have an Adata USB flashdrive running a p2p program that also stores

> downloaded files on it. I left it running for a few hours. When I came

> back, it was no longer running the program. All the data is secure so

> I have to run lock.exe, together with a password to access it. But

> when i run lock.exe from the installation disk, it says "No Flash

> device attached!". When i run lock.exe fro the flash device, it says

> "This program has performed an illegal operation and will be shut

> down". So now I can't even access the program and data that was in the

> security area. Does anyone have an idea as to what has happened

> because it looks as if I'll have to reformat it, which seems pointless

> if the same problem is going to occur.

>

> Regards,

> Larry.

March 29, 2008

Re: Running program from flash drive means lock.exe doesn't work

On 28 Mar, 17:47, blackhead <larryhar...@softhome.net> wrote:

> I have an Adata USB flashdrive running a p2p program that also stores