[chirp_users] gmail & chirp.exe

[John LaMartina]

These are not actually issues, but more a security actions taken by Windows. Changing non standard extensions is a bit of a pain, but not uncommon. 

> On Oct 12, 2022, at 7:05 PM, Gary or Coleen Ferguson <gnc at taosnet.com> wrote:
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> FWIW #1, I'm being forced to change the file type to do an attachment of a CHIRP file to a gmail email.  The CHIRP file extension is *.img; I can rename it to have a *.txt file name and then gmail will allow it to be attached to an email.
> 
> FWIW #2  when I tried to save a CHIRP file yesterday Win10 would not allow it to be saved.. I had to add CHIRP.exe to the controlled access list of programs in Settings/Update&Security/Controlled File Access.
> 
> Maybe others are fortunate and do not have these issues.
> 
> thanks, 
> W5TAO
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