[Simh] 3.8-2 rc2 Windows XP disk access issue

[Mark Benson]

On 17 Mar 2012, at 15:34, Timothe Litt wrote:

> Sounds like M$ "system restore".  It monitors files by type (extension) so
> you can undo bad drivers/patches.  Turns out that many typical choices for
> emulator disk images get monitored - which means XP chases its tail tracking
> changes.  It's a losing proposition.  
> 
> Try changing the file type on your emulated disks - to something it doesn't
> monitor.  There are lots of file types that will get you in trouble.  Try
> something like .vax-disk-image (e.g. dua0.vax-disk-image).
> 
> See
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa378870(v=vs.85).as
> px for the list (don't edit %windir%\system32\restore\Filelist.xml - just
> stay away from all listed file types.)
> 
> I think the most common bad choice made by people in the DEC community is
> .DSK...

That's the ticket, thanks. I changed the filename to 'vax3900_system.disk' and
it immediately stopped the issue dead. 

Thanks for the help folks, issue noted for future reference!

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