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Re: Xnews: Where is Score.ini ?

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Mar 12, 2021, 4:20:20 AM3/12/21
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On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 00:18:43 -0000 (UTC), Boris wrote:

> In the [Misc] section of my Xnews.ini file, I have KeptScore=8888, and
> ScoreFileLoadOpt=0.
>
> But where is the score.ini fine located?

In the main folder, same as xnews.exe.

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Mar 17, 2021, 10:30:02 AM3/17/21
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2021 19:08:57 -0000 (UTC), Boris wrote:

> Thanks for the reply.
>
> I have Xnews installed on two machines, and I've searched for score.ini on
> the entire drive of both machines.
>
> I, too, expected it to be in the same folder as the application, but
> noooooo...

Is Scoring enabled and it there actually a score file?

Special > Enable Scoring
Special > Edit Score File

It should be created automatically.

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Mar 23, 2021, 1:11:16 PM3/23/21
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On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 18:06:33 -0000 (UTC), Boris wrote:

> Scoring is enabled.
>
> Special>Edit Score File gives "No score file found. Create new?"
> Yes> presents Notepad with remarks stating how to create a score.ini.
>
> I did.
>
> https://postimg.cc/WFvn71fc
>
> All along, because I'd been scoring posts, I though there was a score.ini,
> but there wasn't. Either a glitch, or I didn't understand.

It must be somewhere and it's not a hidden file AFAIK. I thought it
might have something to do with the version you are using, but
change.txt doesn't say anything about scoring in later (test) versions.

<http://web.archive.org/web/20070511235128/http://xnews.newsguy.com/test/change.txt>

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Ammammata

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Mar 25, 2021, 5:57:21 AM3/25/21
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Il giorno Thu 18 Mar 2021 07:06:33p, *Boris* ha inviato su
news.software.readers il messaggio
news:XnsACF170FAC8B1Bn...@144.76.35.252. Vediamo cosa ha
scritto:

> Scoring is enabled.
>
> Special>Edit Score File gives "No score file found. Create new?"
> Yes> presents Notepad with remarks stating how to create a score.ini.
>
> I did.
>
> https://postimg.cc/WFvn71fc
>
> All along, because I'd been scoring posts, I though there was a
> score.ini, but there wasn't. Either a glitch, or I didn't understand.
>
>

https://i.imgur.com/cFV3a0e.png

since xnews is in program files folder, check if you have WRITE rights



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