Subj : YTMAINT Error...
To   : Mike Powell
From : Martin Kazmaier
Date : Sat Aug 16 2025 19:58:00


* In a message originally to MARTIN KAZMAIER, Mike Powell said:

 > > I checked ytconfig and didn't see ANY paths.

 > There *may* not be any unless you have YTMAINT generating a high scores
 > bulletin.

I am, but it's in the current directory

 > >  MP> Also, make sure that the BAT file that is running YTMAINT is
 > switching to
 > >  MP> the directory that the game resides in before it runs.  Mine looks
 > like
 > >  MP> this:

 > > E: cd \DOORS\YT YTMAINT

 > > Mine is similar cd \ele\doors\dosdoors ytmaint

 > Are all of your dos doors in the \ele\doors\dosdoors directory?

 > Do you have only one YT game running?

 > I used to keep all my doors in one directory but eventually ran into
 > issues after I added a few doors. Now they are all kept in separate
 > directories just in case two games happen to use the same file name.

 > I saw in a follow-up message that you tried running YTMAINT manually and
 > it still gave you the error. With YT, I do know that there are
 > instances where a value (like a user's score or the Xanor's score)
 > will grow too large and YTMAINT will stop working. That *does*
 > require a game reset to fix it. I do not remember the error message
 > it gives, though, but I don't think it is an error regarding
 > path or file violation errors.

 > If you have run out of options to fix it, a reset or reinstall might be
 > the only options left unfortunately.

 > Mike

Turns out I had a temp directory under the yt subdir.  It didn't like that
:(.  After deleting that,  it started working again.  I put a temp directory
with the same files as the main directory as a backup.

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