Re: Smarthome Manager Plus

[Art Todesco <actodesco@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 10/4/2014 4:13 PM, Pat wrote:
> On Sat, 04 Oct 2014 15:26:59 -0400, Art Todesco <actodesco@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> I've been using Smarthome Manager Plus and the 1132cu modules for years.
>> About 6 months ago, I started getting the following message in a small
>> window, after giving the download command:
>>    "SHUtils.dll missing - cannot download tree
>>    However, the instructions will be downloaded"
>> If I click on OK, it finishes and the download was successful. I looked
>> in the c:\program files (x86)\smarthome\smarthome manager directory and
>> there was a SHUtils1.dll file, but no SHUtils.dll file. So, I renamed
>> the file to eliminate the 1 character and tried again. It worked. The
>> next time I got the same message. This time both files were in the
>> smarthome manager directory. BTW, this is installed under W7 and it used
>> to always come up asking if I wanted smarthome to make changes to my
>> computer. A yes, and all was fine. Now I don't get that; it just opens,
>> but gives the error when trying to download. I know this program is not
>> directly compatible with W7, however, using the install features of W7,
>> which allow XP programs to run under W7, it said it was ok. And, as I
>> said, has worked perfectly for years. Any ideas? Thanks.
>
> Mine continues to work well under Windows 7 x64 with all the latest
> updates.  My dll has the 1 in it (ie, SHUtils1.dll).  It is dated
> 3/8/2004 1:51pm and its size is 451KB.  I never had any of the pop-ups
> you mention, but I run as an administrator and am not using UAC.  A
> while back, I figured out a lot of the 1132cu protocol and wrote my
> own code to perform a lot of the functions.  However, I never figured
> out how to download so I still use Smarthome Manager Plus for that. It
> only gets used a few times per year, but it always seems to work.
>
> Pat

Yup, mine is similar.  Only the time is different, 4:03PM. It always ran
perfectly, as I said, until a few months ago. And it still runs ok, I
just get the error/warning. I know there are few in this group still
listening, but maybe someone will have some ideas. I'll keep playing
with it.