My XYplorer hangs when typing anything into Find Files/Name

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My XYplorer hangs when typing anything into Find Files/Name

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Greetings to you all, and first of all, happy new year :wink:

I am experiencing an annoying trouble when using XYplorer, and I can't find out a workaround to solve it. As I've stated in the subject of the post, when I try to use the Find Files feature, XYplorer will hang when I start typing into the "Name" combobox. The program is in fact caught up by the drwtsn32.exe debugger, and the only way out is killing the process from my process manager. No matter if I use my .ini file or have the program generate a new one, no matter how much I tweak the settings, and no matter I use it in trial mode or entering my license, it keeps happening to me from version 6.20 to the latest one, 6.70. All other features, including all other filters for Find Files, work perfectly (and usefully). I'm currently using that old "free for home use" version 4.40 to perform my file searches, as they work OK there.

I believe that the source of this bad behaviour comes from anywhere in my system that is interfering there and is not a bug from the program itself (as it would be too severe to be still unfixed), therefore it may be difficult for you to explain why it happens, but any hint or indicia that helps me pinpoint the problem would be appreciated.

My system runs under Windows XP SP2 with all its patches up to date.

Whether I am able or not to get some help here, thank you in advance. :wink:

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Re: My XYplorer hangs when typing anything into Find Files/N

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Hi!

Please try current BETA version. It should be fixed already.

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Re: My XYplorer hangs when typing anything into Find Files/N

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admin wrote:Hi!

Please try current BETA version. It should be fixed already.
Yes, it now works fine! If I just had the idea of trying the latest beta first... :oops: :D

Thank you for answering so quickly... and for your awesome work :wink:

And just for curiousity... what was causing the problem?

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RMR wrote:And just for curiousity... what was causing the problem?
Bad programming. :P

Seriously, it would take too long to explain.

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Re: My XYplorer hangs when typing anything into Find Files/N

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admin wrote:
RMR wrote:And just for curiousity... what was causing the problem?
Bad programming. :P

Seriously, it would take too long to explain.
All right, it's a dead problem anyway, so I'll carry on without knowing about that programming stuff (as I probably would not understand it either) and rather step into the wishes forum from now on... Thanks again, Donald :)

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