THE NXT Software does what many
Windows programs do and creates a
variety of "My" folders or other
profile-based data storage points
that are often lost by users.
This frequently happens if a
computer crashes, a profile is
deleted, or if you simply
logon as someone else. In addition,
NXT software has it's own set of 'folders'
etc. which makes the entire file
management effort a nightmare and
backups impossible.
Why is this a problem?
When you program in NXT the
programs store various relationships
between elements, particularly
MyBlocks, as Windows paths like
this: "C:\ Documents and
Settings\John Doe\My Documents\My
Pictures" However, you do not
have access to these stored paths so
if you do a complex program, and
then try to open it from a back up
on another computer, all the paths
are wrong and the program fails you
you have to painstakingly re-link
everything.
Move the files from one computer
to another, open in a different user
account, and everything breaks and
even attempts to re-link file often
doesn't work.
Most of our programs never
recovered.
