I have recently installed data director on my machine and metastock 10.1.
I have noticed in the Au-ASX folder there are subfolders A - Z.
However now there is a new folder called A1 that has been created, this folder has a file called EMASTER and MASTER as well as F1 through F59.dat

Has something gone wrong?
Can I delete this A1 folder without any data loss?

Thanks

Best to check with Paritech Support.

I have a number of files which don't make any sense to me, but Paritech Data has proprietry format and is encrypted.

Hi kuzi, I believe this to be the reason for the A1 folder.

The previous versions of MS (I think, version 7 and below) only supported about 2000 securities per folder. With MS 8 and above this limit has been changed to 6000.

So how does this tie in to the A1 folder? Well, basically what it means is that the A folder has exceeded the default limit of 2000 securities and has therefore created the (as an example) 2001st security in the A1 folder.

Anyways, if you have just installed the history from the disc then you can simply delete the A1 folder and then do the following:

1) Open the DD2 program
2) Click on Tools > Options and tick the Expert User option and click ok

3) Click on Wizard-MS-ASX (it ought to be highlighted) and click on properties

4)Now click on the Distribution profile tab and change Maximum securities from 2000 to 6000 and click ok

5)For the finishing touch, reinstall your history again as you did prior.

Hope this helps

Many thanks for your help

I deleted the data, changed data director from 2000 to 6000 securities and have updated my download it seems ok now.

Once again thank you for your help.

Cheers Zoran

Hei Zoran

That sounds great! Feel free to posts any queries on this board. I am sure there are other users that will be more than able to help as well