Rebuilding Dentrix Data

To Rebuild your Dentrix Data:

  1. Shutdown all workstations and all Dentrix server apps.
  2. Backup Data folder. (C:\Dentrix\ep.exe will show database path)
  3. Copy:

    COMM_DAT.DAT
    DATALOK2.DAT
    DATALOK.DAT
    NETID.DAT
    

    from the TUTOR folder to DATA folder. (rename existing to .dat.old)

  4. Run _rebuild.exe
  5. OK on backup warning
  6. Select All
  7. Rebuild
  8. Run _maint.exe
  9. Run -> Reset Network Station IDs
  10. Turn on each workstation, open Dentrix and open a module.

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