[BaseCamp] seemingly continuous loop

[Maura]

Hi Joe,
I regret that I cannot assist you. I had a few successful experiences with
JaVaWa, and was an enthusiastic supporter, that is , until JaWaVa caused me
to lose everything. All gone. Fortunately, I had a pretty recent backup on
another computer, so did not lose THAT  much. My advice on using this
program is do a FULL backup before using it. Do not go near it otherwise. I
did not have the specific problem you are talking about , but your sharing
it leads me to think that JaVaWa is like a bad boyfriend/girlfriend - has
its good points, had some fun with it, but not worth the heartache it may
cause.

Maura

On Tue, Jan 27, 2015 at 10:27 AM, saddle sore <ironbutter at gmail.com> wrote:

> I successfully used JaVaWa a few years ago to transfer my BaseCamp stuff
> from one old desktop to a laptop for traveling.  That laptop runs XP and
> for Saturday's webinar I wanted to get to the most current version of BC.
> So I used JaVaWa again to transfer my BC stuff from that laptop to a new
> laptop we have running Windows 8.1.
>
> If you've used JaVaWa before, I need some help.
>
> The maps have transferred over.  I went to
> http://www8.garmin.com/support/download_details.jsp?id=4435 to get and
> download BaseCamp.  It installed.  I created a desktop shortcut icon so
> that all I need to do is click and open BC.  Unfortunately, it is not
> working that way.
>
> First issue, none of my files came over via JaVaWa.  I'm pretty certain
> years ago when I used JaVaWa it brought everything over using the backup
> option.  None of my waypoints, routes or other data is seen.
>
> Second issue, every time I click on the desktop icon to open BC, it goes
> through the complete install wizard AGAIN -- thus my continuous loop
> issue.  If I elect not to go through the wizard, it just doesn't do
> anything.  When I go through the wizard completely, at the end it asks if I
> want to launch BC.   If I unclick that box and exit the wizard, I'm left
> staring at my desktop screen.  I then have to go back through the process
> again.  If I elected to leave the box clicked, BC will launch but none of
> my collection is there.
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Joe Y
> western PA
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