Hi
I've a new laptop and one of the first actions was to install Sidekick 98.
It went well but I hadn't realised that McAfee Antivirus was installed on a 30 day trial.
McAfee put both the sidekick.exe and the patch exe into quarantine.
I could view them in quarantine and there was a simple...
Whilst I must be the last person to have SKW2, this was because I had a 32 bit OS.
Windows 11 works only on 64 bit. So SKW2 is dead. Sidekick 98 lives on.
Hi Rich
Edinburgh is my home town and my surname is Macfarlane.
I live in Gibraltar but if you have any problems with Edinburgh I might be able to help on macfarlane_james@hotmail.com
Hi Bob H
Sorry to hear this.
You can buy a cd from James33 but I think it now needs Jim to see your thread.
You could try sending your address to we2at@hotmail.com and I´ll provide a zip.
Hi Bob H,
Look for IanMcKean´s thread in this forum dated 24 Jan 13.
There is a link to Dropbox for a Sidekick download provided by HenryW on 2 Mar 13. Read the instructions he gives.
Hi
The problem I had with Help Explorer 3 was a simple one.
On the top bar "Change View" gives you Contents on the left and your selection on the right. You can the select in the Contents titles.
Hi Rich,
Some years ago I contacted the creator of Sidekick (Philippe Kahn)with your sentiments. I also looked for the code but think it disappeared in Motorola. I agree with you that there is nothing better.
Happy New Year to you too.
Hi,
Nice to see SIDEKICK:HLP turn up with a download link. There´s a little problem here in that Microsoft stopped the help (HLP) files access starting with Vista. I believe if you can copy WinHlp32.exe in Windows XP to Windows10 you can get HLP to work in Windows10.
I have an app HelpExplorer 3...
Hi dannymullan,
I think you will have fixed MFC30.DLL by now as a corrupted version affects Windows, not just Sidekick. It is normally found in C:\windows\system32 and it is not enough just to replace it as it connects with registry changes. So if you still have the problem try Google with...
Hi Storrar,
Could be you have a read only file.
Backup your Userdata (especially Numbers.SKWrite)
Try changing the name of the card file with Save Memo File As TEST.
Do your edits.
Save.
If this works rename TEST.
Hi,
I can add that on using the free upgrade from Windows 7 to Windows 10, Sidekick 98 was also automatically included (with a new “installed” date in the Control Panel) and works well.
It would be good to say it all went smoothly but an age old problem turned up: Sidekick 98 would stick when I...
Hi,
I guess this is no big deal but I did not expect Sidekick to respond on the touchscreen. I have a 10 inch tablet with Windows 8.1.
As a one-liner, I would say Sidekick on a touchscreen works as well as Word and Excel, giving the same improvements and limitations of use.
TOUCHSCREEN...
Hi Scotchegg
XP Mode may have been discontinued by Microsoft but there are other virtual machines. Take a look at
Link
Another suggestion is: why not use SK98 directly on Windows 8.1? I used SK99 a long time ago and remember the differences being internet scheduling using emails and also a...
Last year, I set up a webpage for a Sidekick 98 download. One feedback I had was that on a Notebook, HenryW´s zip did not work but the webpage zip did. Recently, username Monterey has used this forum to say he cannot load Sidekick to his ASUS Notebook.
I have tried HenryW´s zip on my Notebook...
Hi Jim,
You beat me to it- I missed out this line which happens to be the answer!
With Sidekick 98 you can rename SDB or SKCard and it will open.
With SKW2 it will not open if you rename the SKcard to SDB.
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