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Explanation

This error usually indicates a bad Marketing installation or an invalid file path for the reports.

See Resolution 3 for Windows 7 issue

Resolution 1 (SMS V2000)

  1. Make sure no instances of Marketing are running.
  2. Browse to POS directory.
  3. Rename current Marketing.exe to OLD_Marketing.exe
  4. Download new Marketing.exe file to their machine.
  5. Retest Marketing report.

Resolution 2 (SMS V8.x)

  1. Navigate to C:\Program Files\Cyrious\SMS
  2. Rename the Reports folder to “_Reports”
  3. Open Cyrious
  4. Navigate to the Mgmt>Set-Up>Machine Setup>
  5. Select System Paths
  6. Click the Edit button
  7. Remove the “Reports” path
  8. Click Save
  9. Test by opening Marketing - this should create a new Reports folder in the SMS folder and allow Marketing to open

Resolution 3

  1. Error occurs when accessing Modifiers in SMS on a Windows 7 machine where the Cyrious server is an XP machine

#Presently we believe that the problem is related to the interaction between the Windows XP server and 7 client

  1. Have Customer test to see if they can access the modifiers on a different client or the server
  2. Explain there is no resolution at this time

Resolution 4

1. Check to see if any antivirus programs are installed on the problem machine.

2. Completely uninstall the antivirus program (even if they are expired)