Windows 10 Can't add clients

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daves_nt_here
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Windows 10 Can't add clients

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I can't seem to add any clients to my Client Advanced Control list.
I enter the name and IP address then click [Save] it will show up on the list but not exit the config window.
Then after closing the Client Advanced Control and re-opening, the new client is gone.

I've checked the [C:\ProgramData\FAHClient] for the FAHControl.db file. It does not exist. This is where the config.xml file is located.
If I try and copy FAHControl.db made on another machine to this machine, it still doesn't show any clients.

Any ideas?
Version 7.6.21 for Windows 10
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Re: Windows 10 Can't add clients

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I haven't done this on a Windows machine, so am not familiar with the specific way settings are stored there. But the general steps you need to follow when adding remote clients is to configure the network settings, and password settings on each machine and save them. That will write out the changes to config.xml. Then restart the FAHClient process on each machine involved, that causes FAHClient to read the changed network and password settings. After that you should ba able to use FAHControl on one machine to monitor the other clients.

There have been some write ups here in the past on how to configure remote access. This post in the Welcome Topic outlines the process - https://forum.foldingathome.org/viewtop ... f4#p327411
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Re: Windows 10 Can't add clients

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Remote clients may be in the config.xml in Linux but in Windows they live in SQL Lite FAHControl.db

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SELECT * FROM 'clients' LIMIT 0,30

name	address	port	password
Home - Proxmox	192.168.5.148	36330	
Spare-2 (Warehouse)	192.168.55.115	36330	
Warehouse	192.168.55.104	36330	
Scoop Display	192.168.55.110	36330	
Zebra Print Server	192.168.55.57	36330	
Boardroom	192.168.55.119	36330	
Home - NAS	192.168.5.20	36330	
Spare-4 (Eric)	192.168.55.111	36330	
Karen	192.168.55.103	36330	
Plex	192.168.52.30	36330	
Back desk	192.168.55.107	36330	
local	127.0.0.1	36330	
Spare-3 (Cyril NAS)	192.168.55.118	36330	
Kathy	192.168.55.106	36330	
James	192.168.55.114	36330	
Plexinator	192.168.52.35	36330	
Reception	192.168.55.105	36330	
Dennis	192.168.55.113	36330	
Lead Hand	192.168.55.109	36330	
Ana	192.168.55.102	36330	
Scoop Shop	192.168.55.116	36330	
Home - Office	192.168.5.40	36330	
Kids Computer	192.168.55.117	36330	
Proxmox [VAULT]	192.168.55.69	36330	
Proxmox [PVE]	192.168.52.69	36330	
Eric	192.168.55.108	36330
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Re: Windows 10 Can't add clients

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The network and password settings for the client live in the config.xml file, if you don't set them up and restart the client you can not set up remote clients.
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