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  • 8 │ Auto-install New External Programs

    From Plt@VERT/MEGABBS to All on Tue Mar 10 16:00:58 2026
    Hello

    I install Tradewars using 8 │ Auto-install New External Programs and I have to remove it. When I run 8 │ Auto-install New External Programs again the program is no longer available. Is there a way to fix it please?

    Thanks
    Phil

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  • From Digital Man@VERT to Plt on Sun Mar 15 18:00:46 2026
    Re: 8 │ Auto-install New External Programs
    By: Plt to All on Tue Mar 10 2026 04:00 pm

    Hello

    I install Tradewars using 8 ³ Auto-install New External Programs and I have to remove it. When I run 8 ³ Auto-install New External Programs again the program is no longer available. Is there a way to fix it please?

    The number "8" in that context is a dynamic menu option - it's not going to be the same for everyone else as it is for you and your BBS.

    Anyway, if your configuration (i.e. SCFG->External Programs->Online Programs) does not contain a program with an internal code of "TW2", then the auto-installation script will provide you with the "Trade Wars 2 - 500 Sectors" option again. Double-check your configuration for another "TW2" program and either change the internal code or remove it.
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  • From Plt@VERT/MEGABBS to Digital Man on Mon Mar 16 05:42:03 2026
    Re: 8 � Auto-install New External Programs
    By: Plt to All on Tue Mar 10 2026 04:00 pm

    The number "8" in that context is a dynamic menu option - it's not going to be the same for everyone else as it is for you and your BBS.

    Anyway, if your configuration (i.e. SCFG->External Programs->Online Programs) does not contain a program with an internal code of "TW2", then the auto-installation script will provide you with the "Trade Wars 2 - 500 Sectors" option again. Double-check your configuration for another "TW2" program and either change the internal code or remove it.
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    Its working now. Ty

    Phil

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  • From Gamgee@VERT/PALANTIR to Plt on Mon Mar 16 11:04:22 2026
    Plt wrote to Digital Man <=-

    The number "8" in that context is a dynamic menu option - it's not going to be the same for everyone else as it is for you and your BBS.

    Anyway, if your configuration (i.e. SCFG->External Programs->Online
    Programs)
    does not contain a program with an internal code of "TW2", then the auto-installation script will provide you with the "Trade Wars 2 - 500 Sectors" option again. Double-check your configuration for another "TW2" program and either change the internal code or remove it.

    Its working now. Ty

    Whatever you do, don't tell anybody what you did wrong originally, and
    then what you did to fix it.

    That might help somebody else in the future, and you wouldn't want to do
    that or anything.

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  • From Nightfox to Gamgee on Mon Mar 16 15:42:06 2026
    Re: Re: 8 | Auto-install New External Programs
    By: Gamgee to Plt on Mon Mar 16 2026 11:04 am

    Whatever you do, don't tell anybody what you did wrong originally, and then what you did to fix it.

    That might help somebody else in the future, and you wouldn't want to do that or anything.

    What? That's crazy talk. I mean, who even does that? That's the kind of thing that is so revolutionary, it would blow peoples' minds, and I don't the world is ready for this yet.

    Nightfox