Help - our system (fp) just went down

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Y'all catch dis heeyah?  Richard Hane been jivin' 'bout like:
> We are running fpodbc (1.0.14) on a Windows 2003 network, 15 users.
> 
> As of noon today we are not able to log in to any filePro application.  A copy 
> of a sample batch file is listed below.
> 
> @echo off
> rem This File created by install shield on 8-25-2004
> set PATH=C:\WINDOWS\COMMAND
> set PFDSK=V
> set PFDATA=V:
> set PFPROG=V:
> set PFDIR=
> set PFLMHOST=server2007
> set PFMENU=V:\fp\menus\rick
> set PFGLOB=
> set PFCONFIG=
> rem set pfprinter=newpdf
> set pfprinter=rick
> set PATH=%pfprog%;%PFPROG%\fp;%path%
> echo stuff > fp$$$$$$.bat
> del fp$$*.bat>NUL
> %pfprog%\fp\p todo
> pause
> 

> This has been working for over 10 years with out a problem.  Now we are
> getting Access denied erros.  I reset the servers and now when I run a fp
> batch file like the one above, it says that it can not find p.exe in the
> path supplied.  I don't see how the file would be missing.  There is no
> p.exe in the fpodbc\fp directory.  I did find some p.exe in other folders
> with a 1998 date but those are from an older install.
>
> Also can someone tell me what the fplm_service does.  It is running.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.  I now how many users who can not work.

If the file is actually missing, maybe your disk got corrupted.  Tried a
scandisk?  

fplm_service is the license manager.

Replacing p.exe sounds like the most expedient fix.  The question of why it
went walkies in the first place is another matter entirely--and one I'd be
greatly concerned by.

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