[NGraham]

For all the years I have been using NV, I have used enter at Books, and there before me was a list of all my subdirectories. I would arrow to the one I wanted, hit enter, and the selected book would open.

Now when I used enter at Books, I am faced with a list of my drives. If I select the c drive, it gives me a list of all the programs on the c drive, one of which is NV. If I arrow to NV and hit Enter, I get an error message: Cannot find books in c:NV

I know the books are there, but they are not in the Books shell.

If instead of Books, I select Make Books and /C (contract), all my books are listed, but they are listed as Templates! If I select one of the books, a window opens at the bottom: New Books Directory which wants the name of the new books. c:NV whatever. If I use the name of one of my original books, it says “no template files in c:NV whatever.

So – somehow – my books are no longer listed under Books but under Templates. I know they are still in c:NV because I have successfully opened them using DOS. However, I can’t use backup or restore or reorganize etc. That’s my problem.

Thank you for taking the time to help me.

[NGraham]

I did as you suggested. When I press Enter on NV, the error message reads “no books found at c:NV”

The books have “migrated” from Books to Make Books and present themselves as templates.

[NGraham]

Martin –

I decided to be brave, got out the floppy disks, got out the manuals, and did a “partial install” of the templates as outlined in the book.

Hooray! I have templates again.

Maybe just knowing you are there gave me the courage.

Thanks
Nancy

[NGraham]

I did as you suggested. At the bottom of the screen (after selecting TPL) I have “New Books Directory” c:nv. I hit enter and the message reads: No template files found in c:nvtpl

Next suggestion please? If the tpl files are missing, can I copy them from the floppy disk to my hard drive?

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