Mastercook deluxe ver 9 crashes when click on new recipe

Hi there,
This is definitely a software problem. There is a fix for the issue you are seeing which can be downloaded here:
http://www.valusoftsupport.com/KBArticle.asp?kbid=6196

Go here on the Value Soft web site:
http://www.valusoftsupport.com/KBArticle.asp?kbid=6196

They have a patch to fix it, thankfully. I just spent about a half an hour with my brain exploding because I was having the same problem you're having! You have to download the patch, unzip it into the 'program' folder of the MasterCook folder, then launch MasterCook. If you don't get the patch unzipped into the right place, it doesn't work. Thankfully, if you put it in the wrong spot (as I did) you can just drag and drop it into the 'program' folder.

Not really a solution - just identification of the cause: Windows conflict...

http://www.valusoftsupport.com/KBArticle.asp?kbid=6193

why does mastercook 7 crash when I go to save a recipe in categories?

i think u are probably out of luck. this software looks like it came from the late 90s and will work with anything up to xp, but vista & win7 are a whole different ballgame. best solution, buy an old laptop with win98 or 2000 or xp super cheap on ebay, or beg one from a friend, and use ur software on it there in the kitchen. that's what i do with my old laptop. works great if u have room in the kitchen lol

also transfer ur fave recipes from 20,000 recipes to a recipe organizer program like mastercook, it's much much better for searching plus u can enter 1000s of new recipes from anywhere. u can get older versions of mastercook for $5 on ebay. version 8 works just great for me with winxp. (WARNING if ur interested in mastercook on ur NEW computer, get version 11, the older ones DON'T work w/Vista or win7.)

Are you getting any errors? If yes, kindly post it in here.

It seems that one of your files is corrupted in some way - and the software does not recognize it. If there is an export import option, you could possibly export from the old and import to the new? Hope this helps

Have you checked for a software patch update? If a patch does not fix the issue, you could print 1 category at a time, instead of the whole cookbook.

ValuSoft says that MasterCook 9.0 is only supported in Windows 98-XP. Specifically not Vista compatible. What's wrong with these people? I have Vista and didn't realize until tonight that some of MasterCook doesn't work right. So, buy XP.

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