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Windows 10 - lost project and all tasks after installing Icloud

maybe a coincidence, but I'm v suspicious!
and then this error message popped up...

and then this message

anybody else seen this problem?
everything was working finr this morning, and only went FUBAR after messing about with Icloud - HELP!!!

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poolekiteman
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Re: Windows 10 - lost project and all tasks after installing Icloud

now downloading BOINC + Virtual box and running "repair" option - fingers crossed!
(would still like to know just what the heck went bad)

[Nov 26, 2017 7:15:45 PM]

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Re: Windows 10 - lost project and all tasks after installing Icloud

Usually on first BOINC install as service a boot is required to initiate the special limited access boinc manager account. The message suggest you have not, though there would have been a prompt at end of the installation.

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[Nov 26, 2017 7:46:02 PM]

poolekiteman
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Re: Windows 10 - lost project and all tasks after installing Icloud

thanks for quick reply - the problem is that I have been running BOINC for years with very few problems - and all was going smoothly until I finished messing about with Icloud and a couple of allegedly "free" utilities for copying contact details from a Samsung phone to an Iphone (GRRR) ... but that's another story!

What I found totally weird, when I tried to rerun the installer in "repair" mode, was these odd error messages that popped up - here's another one for you!

and when I cleared that, the installer just hung on this screen until I used task manager to end it

finally opted for "uninstall" option and the re-installed from scratch (and all is now OK) - but in over 20 years of messing with computers and websites, I never saw a mess like that before!

I normally have a lot of fun - see here - www.grumpyoldgits.org

FOOTNOTE ... being a suspicious sort of bloke, I ran Adwcleaner and found 5 PUPs that were not there before! Not sure if they came from the Icloud app, or either of the "free" utilities that I tried earlier

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