Grabit and Vista

[gtxl1200]

Ok is this just me or everyone. When I was using Grabit in winxp you click on nzb file and it would download the files pertaining to the nzb file and put them in a folder usually name the folder from what ever group the file was coming out of. well now Since I have installed Vista and click on NZb file grabit downloads it but it doesnt put it anywhere that I can find it doesnt create the folder. I have tried a couple of different files still same result. The real head scratcher is I do a search in Vista and it cant even find the files that I downloaded. So what the heck. I have looked in every file and folder on my hard drive and cant find them anyone else with Vista having this problem or at least know where vista is putting the files?

[fugazi26]

Thats because Vista is not giving grabit admin rights so therefore it can not create a folder. Run Grabit as admin (should be under compatibility tab) and it will then be able to do everything it should be. No clue as to where they are now though.

[gtxl1200]

Well that didnt seem to work either. But thanks for the respond I guess I will keep screwing around with it. Or look for a program similer to grabit that works in vista.

and hey I did learn something after several clicks here and their I now know how to set compatibility with older programs.

[webe123]

Vista sucks...this is just another reason for me to stay away from it. I will use xp until I am forced to change by way of obsolete software.

It does seem that vista may not have even let you download the files...or if it did...they were hidden.

This is what makes me stay away from that program!

[dutchmaster420]

Im using grabit with vista ulimate 64bit and its working great

check the cache folder in grabit

[Evil Fish]

i have vista home premium and it works perfectly. check the setting for where it's supposed to save the files. maybe you don't have a folder specified, or one that doesn't exist.

[kayvanblue]

i was just gonnna ask the same question! what a small world!!!!!!
i have the same problem, i managed to find the files though in a folder "Archive" but they are bunch of plane files they are not even show up as par or rar when i right click on them to open any of them with winrar i got this message "file is damaged or missing"
i m going to save all the those files on a usb drive and open them on my other computer with xp pro!

[TorrenTy]

i have test vista also , everything you did on xp is in principle able to do on vista . in your case you have to be admin or run the dll with admin privileges sothat it work probably .

[ezzzy]

grabit works on vista here

[ihagens]

[quote=kayvanblue;1909206]i have the same problem, i managed to find the files though in a folder "Archive" but they are bunch of plane files they are not even show up as par or rar when i right click on them to open any of them with winrar i got this message "file is damaged or missing"[quote]

where can i find this map? i would like to download the 20G of useles files :)

[crepitus]

With UAC switched on, writes to Program Files\Grabit are redirected to:

C:\Users\<UserName>\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files\GrabIt\Download\

So you can rescue your missing downloads from there.

Then go into Grabit and change the save locations so that future downloads go somewhere sensible.

[accat13]

Ok is this just me or everyone. When I was using Grabit in winxp you click on nzb file and it would download the files pertaining to the nzb file and put them in a folder usually name the folder from what ever group the file was coming out of. well now Since I have installed Vista and click on NZb file grabit downloads it but it doesnt put it anywhere that I can find it doesnt create the folder. I have tried a couple of different files still same result. The real head scratcher is I do a search in Vista and it cant even find the files that I downloaded. So what the heck. I have looked in every file and folder on my hard drive and cant find them anyone else with Vista having this problem or at least know where vista is putting the files?

I have had a similar problem with xp and grabit in the past.The solution for me was to just update the grouplist(odd but it helped)...The files that were in the cache although complete were not decoded.I had to download a manual decoder(grabit usually does this for you) Just did a quick search and this post discusses the issue http://filesharingtalk.com/vb3/f-newsgroups-79/t-hellllllllllllpppppp-136993/?highlight=decode

[gtxl1200]

Ok fellas I did get it to work. I did give it the admin. Privledges. and rebooted. Everything works like it is supposed to now. Now just to save a headache any program I install now I just go through those steps to save myself the hassle I have never hated a OS as much as I hate VISTA this is an annoying piece of crap.