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title = "Properly open Logfiles in RMS Express on Linux"
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aliases = '/posts/2022-11-01-winlink-on-linux-fix-invalid-handle-on-logfiles'
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summary = """Removes the error message in RMS Expert when trying to open
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Logfiles"""
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date = "2022-11-01T22:58:49+01:00"
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#lastmod = ""
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categories = ["amateur-radio"]
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tags = ["linux","winlink","windows","emulation","wine"]
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Do you use Winlink regularly? Did you ever looked into the logfiles directory?
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Most users won't need to look into the logfiles. Usually. But someone may be
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interested in them just out of curiosity or someone may have to look something
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up, maybe an abnormal behaviour of the program or why the recent update failed.
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## The Error
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Anyhow, you may end up opening this screen here and might not get what you wanted.
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At least when you use RMS Express with wine on a linux computer.
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Per default you may get this error message.
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## The solution
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You may have to register `.log` files to a program that opens up as default
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application. We do that with the Windows-Registry-Editor `regedit.exe`.
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{{< video "fix-winlink-reg" >}}
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There are two solutions that I have thought of.
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First, we declare `.log` files as text documents and handle them as normal `.txt`
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documents. We open these files with the built-in editor `notepad.exe`.
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As second solution, we create a new entry for `.log` files and declare them as
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`logfile`. We open these files with our native text-editor built into Gnome.
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### textfile approach (notepad.exe)
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Create a textfile with the ending `.reg` like `openlogs.reg`.
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```reg
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.log]
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@="txtfile"
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"Content Type"="text/plain"
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```
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After saving the file, import it into the windows registry like this:
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```console
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$ wine regedit openlogs.reg
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```
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This should work instantly.
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[Download](/files/winlink_openlogs.reg) this file.
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### logfile approach (native text-editor)
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Also create a textfile with the ending `.reg`, but fill it with these contents:
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```reg
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Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\.log]
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@="logfile"
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"Content Type"="text/plain"
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\logfile]
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@="Logfile Document"
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\logfile\shell]
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\logfile\shell\open]
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[HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\logfile\shell\open\command]
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@="\"winebrowser\" \"%1\""
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```
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Load this into the registry:
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```console
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$ wine regedit openlogs_native.reg
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```
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Also this should work instantly. Opening the logs should open your application
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on your linux computer that usually opens `.log` files. That is
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`gnome-text-editor` on my computer.
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[Download](/files/winlink_openlogs_native.reg) this file.
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## The end
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Have you ever clicked on the Log menu in VARA or VARA FM? Well, that works
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without those registry tweaks... I'm just saying :smile:
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