XYplorer runs (in the background) but does not show

[beethoven]

This morning for reasons unknown XYplorer hung. I killed the application but since then it cannot open anymore. I was not running the latest version but probably a version from 2 months ago. At the moment starting the app will not have any visible effect but I can see in task manager that the program is running - in fact doing it again will have two applications both running with only about 10mb of memory being used, no cpu or disk usage.

I already rebooted thinking this would clear the issue but no luck. I suppose I can either install the latest version on top or uninstall the current version and reinstall the latest version. I am ok with either but don't want to lose some my customisations. I don't have dozens of customisations but the ones I use, I really like and if I had to redo this, half of what I did before I have forgotten. Any suggestions?

Using win 10 / 64bit version.

edit: had to leave the office and shut down the pc again. This time after a reboot, xyplorer starts normally.

[Julian]

XY remembers the last window state.
So if you select the option "X hides to Taskbar" in preferences it will open hidden the next time if you use X to close it.

To fix this modify the shortcut in the taskbar which you use to start XY and use the /win=normal commandline parameter.

"C:\Program Files (x86)\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" /win=normal

[beethoven]

Julian,

I don't think it was "hidden" that way as going through all hidden windows did not show the instance at all. There was no way I could see the program running other than using task manager.

However, I think I figured out the cause of the problem and it's unrelated to XYplorer. I am working with networked drives and realised that if the network drive hangs, then my xyplorer instance will also hang if I try to access the other drive. Killing xyplorer may solve the problem or may end up in the situation I described. Once I realised that the networked drive was the culprit and fixed it, there was no problem for XYplorer.

[Lusayalumino]

I started having this same problem today; can't figure it out.

Can't launch XYPlorer after a restart, without reinstalling it each time.

I tried the ""C:\Program Files (x86)\XYplorer\XYplorer.exe" /win=normal" but same issue.

Each time I launch XYPlorer, there's another instance running in the Task Manager, but no visible instances of it running on the monitor, or when doing ALT+TAB or WIN+TAB.

[highend]

While NO XY instance is running:

Rename your XY profile folder from
C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\XYplorer
into e.g.:
C:\Users\<your user name>\AppData\Roaming\XYplorer_backup

Start it again...

[Lusayalumino]

Thanks Highend. I assume that after doing that, I should copy everything back to the new roaming folder?

[highend]

As a starting point, only the XYplorer.ini file. If it still starts normally with that, piece by piece all other files / dirs (until it won't start again) => Last one copied = problem

[Lusayalumino]

Thank you; I'll work on that. In the meantime, here are Task Manager screenshots of when it works vs. when it doesn't. Does this shine any light on the problem?

[Lusayalumino]

Boy, this is tricky as I can't discover a pattern. The problem is that once it finally works, it keeps working until a reboot. And I can't figure out why it suddenly starts working. It seems that if I wait 10 - 15 minutes after a reboot, it will launch every time, sometimes sooner than that. Can't figure out why it hangs all of a sudden.

[Lusayalumino]

So after a lot of configuring, research, and testing, I think my primary issue may be fast boot. Here's what my testing has revealed:

Fast Boot - Disabled in Bios
Fast Boot - Disabled in Windows 11 Pro
Power Shutdown (hard boot) XYPlorer Load Time ~10 minutes
Power Restart (warm boot) XYPlorer Load Time ~10 minutes

Fast Boot - Disabled in Bios
Fast Boot - Enabled in Windows 11 Pro
Power Shutdown (hard boot) XYPlorer Load Time ~4 minutes
Power Restart (warm boot) XYPlorer Load Time 4 minutes 15 seconds

Fast Boot - Enabled in Bios
Fast Boot - Enabled in Windows 11 Pro
Power Shutdown (hard boot) XYPlorer Load Time 1 minute 6 seconds
Power Restart (warm boot) XYPlorer Load Time 1 minute 6 seconds

So I'm going to continue using Fastboot for a while, and see how things go. I honestly can't remember why I had disabled it; when I built this PC -- it was something to do with USB Hardware power... if I remember correctly.

[Lusayalumino]

It is interesting though, that if I reinstall XYPlorer immediately after rebooting, it launches instantly. Even when Fastboot is disabled on Windows and BIOS.