I keep getting Database error: SQL Connect Error. [Microsoft][ODBC Driver Manager] Data source name not found and no default driver specified. ThumbsPlus Message <5015*8036>. When I click OK, I get "ThumbsPlus could not open or connect to the database: C:\ProgramData\ThumbsPlus\Thumbs.tpdb8"
Nothing I do fixes the problem. Creating a new database, Open an existing database, Open default database, uninstalling, reinstalling, deleting Thumbs.tpdb8, running in compatibility ... nothing.
I then, in a desperate moment, purchased and update from Standard to Pro, foolishly thinking it would be a different program and maybe would work. Yep, of course it didn't work. I have a program I have paid for twice, in essence, and it will not work. I have searched the Web for information regarding the error messages, but nothing I find helps.
I tried running the new build update (3928) to ThumbsPlus hoping some fix in it would solve the problem. Nothing. I have used this program since it was version 7. So I have relied on it heavily. Thus, very frustrating for it to not work.
I am running Windows 8.1 64-bit, 32 GB DDR3 Ram, i7 4770 @ 3.40 GHZ, and a 4 GB NVidia GeForce GTX 670.
I suppose I need to install MySQL, run the script posted on the Client/Server Database Support page, though I never had to do that before. So I am not confident this is a fix, and could it just muck things up even more? Is that the solution - install MySQL Installer 5.6.16? And then do what with the script?
Sigh. It's been months, and I may have to find another program to use, but I enjoyed Thumbsplus features. But I have used up enough time - has someone experienced what I have, and can give me a fix for it? I am tiring of experimenting and searching, and it's not like I have all the leisure time in the world right now. I need a ThumbsPlus Obi Wan!
[Edit:] On a whim, tried with ThumbsPlus 7.0 SP 2. Yep, [5015/8036] Database error: SQL Connect Error; [0-].