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3.148. Why are my Jobs or estimates disappearing?

I went to edit a job I had done previously but it is no longer in the open list what happened?

There are several possibilities:

1. The job or estimate has been overlooked. Click the Open icon from EstiMate's main screen and click on any one of the headers at the top to sort the records differently. Many times a record can be found by sorting the list in a different way.

2. The job or estimate was archived by mistake. Click Archives > Explorer > All Customers to locate the missing job or estimate. Click on New Job or New Estimate to create a new one based on the archived record and that will bring the details back into the open list, however the entry will now have a new number.

3. The job or estimate was printed but not saved. After printing the job or estimate do not press the cancel button, press the 'save' button instead.

Technical Issues:

NOTE: Be sure the procedural issues above are not occuring before looking into the technical aspects of this problem listed below.

Disclaimer: The information outlined below is being provided as suggestion only. EstiMate Software Corp., its employees and affiliates are not responsible for consequences actual or consequential resulting from your ability or inability to use or implement the information. The information below outlines procedures involving the Windows operating system and other software programs from vendors other than EstiMate Software Corp. EstiMate Software Corp. assumes no liability whatsoever as to any adverse effects or outcomes you may experience as a result of implementing these instructions.

1. Windows is running out of cache or cannot write to the hard drive fast enough.

Windows 2000 and XP Platforms only:

Consider disabling opportunistic locking.

Microsoft article number 296264 located at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=http://support.microsoft.com:80/support/kb/articles/Q296/2/64.ASP&NoWebContent=1#appliesto

has the details on this process.

2. Disable write caching on the drive itself. This will bypass the cache and all records will be written directly to the hard drive.

Windows 95,98,ME,2000,Xp.

http://www.nexus.edu.au/bookmark/disable.doc links to info on this process and is one of the simpler articles to read and understand.


EstiMate does not have the capability to delete jobs or estimates on its own.