Created a custom view with & and now getting an error and can't delete - Help!

[LoriBob]

I created a custom view in Pro Series and didn't realize & was not an accepted character.

I have tried deleting the view many times and it will not go away...although I think it is a ghost because when I do click on it there is no status associated with the view.

When I click on the view (or scroll to it) I get an error and end up having to go to task manager to close the program completely.  I have tried restarting my computer but it is still there and causing the error.

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated.

[Just-Lisa-Now-]

I guess you cant edit it and change the name either.

@Intuit_hieu I think this may be your area of expertise, any suggestions?

[LoriBob]

It acts as if I can edit/change the name but the save doesn't take.

[Intuit_hieu · Accepted solution]

The easiest way to fix is rename the file 'CustomViews.xml' from your c:\prowin21\homebase folder to something like 'CustomViews.xml.bad'

On  next launch of ProSeries, the program will re-create the file.

For advance, you could open the above CustomViews.xml in notepad, search for the view with '&' character in the CAPTION. Note the '&' character will show up in the file as '&'. Replace/remove it. 

You should be able to relaunch ProSeries after.

I'll enter a defect and hopefully to have it fix in future release. Thanks for using ProSeries!

[LoriBob]

This works.  Thank you so much!