Error ! The igor file does not display the plotted graphs
TRK
Fri, 09/15/2017 - 02:01 pm
Somehow my igor file does not display the graphs, but it has all the waves and the data folders under the root folder. I tried to see if the graphs were hidden but in the option Show, All Graphs, under the Windows menu is not active. In the command window, it displays the following error
Error 183 during MoveFile.
While renaming "Igor Preferences.ipr.igrT0" as "Igor Preferences.ipr.igr", an error occurred:
Windows OS error of an unknown nature. (Windows OS error code: 0)
Since I have nearly a hundred of graphs carefully plotted, I am wondering if there is any quick way to display those graphs before I start to work from the very beginning again.
Thank you.
Tika
Try:
start Igor up without an experiment
Hold down the shift key and choose Help->Show Igor Preferences Folder
Locate the Igor Preferences files there and move them all to your deskitop.
Restart Igor, and try opening your experiments again.
--Jim Prouty
Software Engineer, WaveMetrics, Inc.
September 15, 2017 at 02:35 pm - Permalink
TRK
Hi Jim!
There are two files named, Igor Preferences and Igor Preferences.ipr.igr under the folder. I moved them to desktop and restarted my computer, opened the Igor and the experiment, but it did not work.
September 15, 2017 at 03:27 pm - Permalink
This sounds like interference from your virus scanner.
Igor uses a "safe save" technique that is designed to make sure that the new contents are successfully written to disk before the old contents are deleted. This technique works as follows:
1. Write the new data to a temporary file named ".pxpT0" ("Igor Preferences.ipr.igrT0" in your case). If an error occurs during this step, the save operation is stopped and Igor displays an error message.
2. Delete the original file, ".pxp".
3. Rename the temporary file with the original name. That is, rename ".pxpT0" as ".pxp".
Problems with safe save are usually caused by virus scanners or similar software that open the file after step 1 or after step 2, thereby preventing Igor from completing the save. This problem is explained in this Microsoft document: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/316609. Igor uses the retry mechanism recommended in the document.
If possible tell your virus scanning software to ignore .pxp files (.igr and .igrT0 files in your case) or to ignore file operations from Igor altogether.
A quick way to determine if your virus scanner is the problem is to disable it altogether and run a test. Then re-enable it and, if possible, tell it to ignore Igor files.
September 15, 2017 at 03:46 pm - Permalink
TRK
Hi !
Can you explain a little more on first point-Write the new data to a temporary file named ".pxpT0". Do you mean to say to write the program in the new file and save it as "Igor Preferences.ipr.igrT0"
Also I guess it is not the virus problem because I can open other experiment files (.pxp) with all the graphs.
Thank you.
September 15, 2017 at 04:06 pm - Permalink