After installing Diamond Mind Baseball on to a computer running Windows Vista/Windows 7, some users may run into an "Unable to build database
indexes" message when attempting to install a league database or when restoring a database backup. The DMB functions that can result in this error are:
the Transfer > Install league database function, the Transfer > Create league
database function and the File > Restore function.
In most cases, the cause of this problem has been a failure to complete the instructions for installing DMB on a system running Windows Vista/Windows 7. These instructions are located on the version 9 patches webpage in the Windows Vista Compatibility notes and are also included with the installation CD for any purchase of DMB made after the release of the version 9c patch (July 2007).
To avoid this problem, be sure to follow these steps after installing DMB version 9c or the version 9c patch on a Windows Vista/Windows 7 system:
1. Open Windows Explorer or the Computer folder and navigate to the folder where Diamond Mind Baseball is installed, probably C:\dmb9.
2. From within the dmb9 folder, right-click on the baseball application file (with the green DMB logo).
3. Select Properties from the context menu.
4. Click on the Compatibility tab at the top of the Properties window. In the Privilege Level section, check the box next to Run this program as an administrator.
5. Click on the OK button to save the change and close the properties window.
Note: Make sure that Diamond Mind is closed while doing this.
Once this has been done, Diamond Mind with be run with administrator privileges every time you start it up and it is normal to see the following User Account Control (UAC) prompt each time.
Verify that the program name is baseball.exe, and then click Allow to allow DMB to run.
David
In most cases, the cause of this problem has been a failure to complete the instructions for installing DMB on a system running Windows Vista/Windows 7. These instructions are located on the version 9 patches webpage in the Windows Vista Compatibility notes and are also included with the installation CD for any purchase of DMB made after the release of the version 9c patch (July 2007).
To avoid this problem, be sure to follow these steps after installing DMB version 9c or the version 9c patch on a Windows Vista/Windows 7 system:
1. Open Windows Explorer or the Computer folder and navigate to the folder where Diamond Mind Baseball is installed, probably C:\dmb9.
2. From within the dmb9 folder, right-click on the baseball application file (with the green DMB logo).
3. Select Properties from the context menu.
4. Click on the Compatibility tab at the top of the Properties window. In the Privilege Level section, check the box next to Run this program as an administrator.
5. Click on the OK button to save the change and close the properties window.
Note: Make sure that Diamond Mind is closed while doing this.
Once this has been done, Diamond Mind with be run with administrator privileges every time you start it up and it is normal to see the following User Account Control (UAC) prompt each time.
Verify that the program name is baseball.exe, and then click Allow to allow DMB to run.
David
