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Did you try totally removing AuctionSieve and re-installing?
Take a backup of your data folder if you do this.

Yes, still no go.
Why would the .jar program work, and not the .exe?

Java update made no difference. Still cannot run A/S

Hmmmm. Found A/S folder, and double-clicked on the Auctionsieve306.jar file, and it ran! Auctionsieve.exe still refuses to run.

Why is i ...

I am not aware of any changes on the PC.
I am running Java v8, update 251. About to bring it up to 261. Will report back.

Java update made no difference. Still cannot run A/S

Damn.
Can you think of anything that's changed on your PC?
Do you know what version of Java you're running?
A reinstall of Java might help : https://java.com/en/download/

As a last resort, you c ...

Can you give me some example searches where you encounter the problem?

I would be happy to. But now, A/S has stopped working. When I click on the desktop shortcut, the mouse goes busy for about 3 s ...

AuctionSieve is without a doubt the best customisable search engine for ebay. I have checked out many of the others, and they all fall far short of the functionality of A/S.

Sadly, it is let down ...

No you haven't. A/S now regularly links to an ebay page that shows this error. So ebay is telling me that the auction I am clicking on does not exist. It is usually the first entry in the returned li ...

The lack of replies to many of my questions over time seems the norm.

Some of my sieves have a dollar range set. Many searches now coming back with one of the results saying ....

"AU $30.00-AU $89.00 Remove filter"

Dollar values vary depending on range set for the ...

I previously reported that this feature just did not work. I was assured it did.

I have never seen it work, to this day. BUT, I just changed AS to
"Automatically Get Auctions ! when starting Auc ...

Nope, that aint it gentlemen.

Example. Viewed an item on Sunday. It had 3 days to go. Viewed it again today, and it has TWO days to go. Same ItemID. Not a relisting issue.

OK, many thanks for the explanation

Does anybody else experience this behaviour. I have ticked "Hide Items Shown Before".

The location of the files is detailed here :
http://www.auctionsieve.com/support/faq/#backup_windows

The search probably didn't find the files because those folders are hidden by default in Window ...

I'm also moving AS to a new computer. But in my AS folder, there are no *.sieve files ???? A Windows search of my entire C: drive also shows no files. But they must be present somewhere, as my curre ...