A. The WINS service creates a number of log files, J50.log or J50.chk, in the %systemroot%\system32\WINS directory. This is normal.
If these files are being created in other directories then it may cause a problem and stop the WINS service from starting. The log files can be created in different directories from one of the following reasons:
- JETPACK.EXE is being run from the wrong directory. Perform running
JETPACK you should always set the default directory to be
%systemroot%\system32\WINS. If you don't and instead use the command
C:\> C:\winnt\system32\jetpack.exe c:\winnt\system32\wins\wins.mdb tmp.mdb
then the logs will be created in the wrong directory. For the correct way to perform JETPACK please see:
Q. How can I compress my WINS database? - The "Enable Logging" check box in WINS Administrator is not selected. This will result in the log files being created in the %systemroot%\system32 directory.
If your system now has the log files in the wrong place and the WINS service will not start just copy the log files to the %systemroot%\system32\WINS directory and restart the service
C:\> net start wins
If the WINS service is running it will lock the file and you will not be able to delete them so you should perform the following:
- Stop the wins service
C:\> net stop wins - Backup the WINS data using the Backup Database function in the WINS manager
- Remove the files that are in the wrong directory and restore the data back to the directory
- Run JETPACK
- Restart the wins service
C:\> net start wins - Turn on Logging Enabled (WINS Manager - Server - Configuration - Advanced)
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