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Since MX now reads the entire daily summary log when you start it up, an error in '''dayfile.txt''' can cause a more significant problem, most likely for historic charts, but it can affect other functionality!
To correct '''dayfile.txt''', you might think the best approach is to look in your [[standard log files|log file]] covering the relevant date, or to use "Create Missing" (which works differently for the legacy software and MX as explained later). Often that is not a good idea, your standard log file might be corrupted as well, and since these log files only record spot values, they miss any extremes occurring between the log entries. Equally, to stop Cumulus, and make it rewind, may worsen the problem, because you throw away the good data you have on other derivatives just to try to resolve one rogue value. If you discover the corruption within a few days of it happening, you can make use of an earlier [[Backup folder|back-up]] as explained later.
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