This post is a more than a bit late to help most of the users’ problem posts from almost 5 years ago, but they might help Sidekick 98 users who still want to install and run that software on a Win7, WinXP or Win2K system.
The Setup stall, the Open stall and Save Data problem are items I covered...
If you encounter data save problems after installing Sidekick 98 in the Win7 location C:\Program Files (x86)\Starfish\Sidekick 98, uninstall it and reinstall it at C:\Starfish\Sidekick 98 (in the root of C:)
Test it after the install by creating an entry on one of the tabs, saving, closing the...
Some programs interfere with the opening of older software. The Lync that DougSilver found as the program that was preventing Sidekick 98 from opening is probably only one of many that will do this, even to a 32-bit program such as Sidekick 98 that is properly installed.
Other programs, such as...
After getting repeated error messages when making backups using Backup & Restore I started just saving the userdata folder in the Sidekick folder as my backup. To restore my data to a new install I just copy its contents to the userdata folder in the new install and say Yes to overwrite files.
I have a download of Sidekick 95 (English) and its patch along with the Sidekick 95 manual, the Envoy viewer required for viewing it, and some notes on it. The total size is about 6.48M and I will send it when I get an address.
ebob2k@cyberservices.com
Because the basic templates that come with Sidekick 98 do not have enough fields I created 3 custom templates (Personal, Business & Web) each with the maximum 30 fields. I copy the Cardfile templates to the userdata folder & rename them as necessary.
There are times when I'd like to have more...
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