Running AIFILES from Icon in Appraise-It 3.0

If you are running Appraise-It and have a system crash, shut down windows improperly, or Appraise-It crashes, temporary files or recovered files are frequently left behind in Appraise-It’s temporary folder (TRAPRIV). Such crashes can also corrupt auxiliary files in Appraise-It’s TRA directory. These files can cause various errors, slow down your system, and impede Appraise-It’s performance. Running AIFILES will clean out these problem files. It also helps speed up Appraise-It if you close it every hour.

To Run AIFILES

1. Save your work.

2. Close Appraise-It.

3. Run AIFILES by double clicking on the icon you will create below. (WARNING! Be certain Appraise-It is closed on the computer before running AIFILES. It is not necessary to have Appraise-It closed on each workstation, just on the workstation where you are running AIFILES.)

4. Open Appraise-It.

To Create AIFILES

1. Open Notepad (Start-Programs- Accessories – Notepad)

a) Type:

attrib -r c:\trapriv\*.*

del c:\trapriv\*.jpg

del c:\trapriv\*.bmp

del c:\trapriv\*.wmf

del c:\trapriv\*.ssv

del c:\trapriv\*.sav

del c:\tra\*.aux

cls

b) Click file – save

c) For Save in select Desktop

d) For File Name type: AIFILES.BAT

e) For Save As Text select All Files

f) Click save.

g) Click file – Exit

2. Also, would also be a good practice to hit ctrl+S (the short cut for File – Save) every few minutes as you work. One reason for doing so is because AIFILES will delete recovered files anyway so you may wish to turn off AutoSave in Appraise-It. Another reason for doing so, is that File – Save is a genuine save. AutoSave and the recovered files it produces frequently causes problems in any Windows program, and it is not as reliable as a genuine save. This is the reason AIFILES was designed to deleted recovered files. To turn off AutoSave:

i) In Appraise-It

ii) Click Options – Auto-Save

(1) Set it to 0.

(2) Click OK