I had a bugger of a time getting PeerGuardian2 to work under Vista. SO, I figured I'd document my solution for others so they don't have to experience what I experienced. The biggest problem is that there are like twenty-thousand people out there that THINK they can show you how to use PG2, but most of the time they're completely wrong. That said, here's how I did it:
...the batch file is how you will launch PG2, not by any other means. That's it. It works like a champ.
- Uninstall any instances of PG and/or PG2 that you presently have installed.
- Make sure the "C:\Program Files\PeerGuardian2" directory is COMPLETELY empty.
- Download and install PG2-RC1 from PhoenixLabs.
- Go through the on-screen dialog
- Create a batch-file that includes the following:
del /Q "C:\Program Files\PeerGuardian2\cache.p2b"
del /Q "C:\Program Files\PeerGuardian2\history.db"
del /Q "C:\Program Files\PeerGuardian2\lists\*"
start "C:\Program Files\PeerGuardian2\pg2.exe"...the batch file is how you will launch PG2, not by any other means. That's it. It works like a champ.
