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7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 05 Feb 2009 17:08
by fedup
Had 7.90.0010 installed and noticed that when I tried XYPlorer it would hang with XP SP3 showing it as not responding. Upgraded to 7.90.0100 and it is still doing the same thing. Any suggestions?
Apparently the slow down/hanging was caused by the application trying to go to a network share on a computer that is not currently turned on. Is there any way to enable a timeout so that this doesnt happen again?
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 05 Feb 2009 17:14
by serendipity
fedup wrote:Had 7.90.0010 installed and noticed that when I tried XYPlorer it would hang with XP SP3 showing it as not responding. Upgraded to 7.90.0100 and it is still doing the same thing. Any suggestions?
Apparently the slow down/hanging was caused by the application trying to go to a network share on a computer that is not currently turned on. Is there any way to enable a timeout so that this doesnt happen again?
I dont use WIn XP SP3 anymore but I think it might have something to do with your settings because nobody else reported such behavior. Meanwhile, what happens after a fresh install?
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 05 Feb 2009 17:54
by fedup
You mean uninstall the current version and remove all traces of XYplorer and its settings and start from scratch?
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 05 Feb 2009 17:57
by serendipity
fedup wrote:You mean uninstall the current version and remove all traces of XYplorer and its settings and start from scratch?
No, install XY in a different folder and start XY.
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 05 Feb 2009 18:13
by admin
serendipity wrote:fedup wrote:You mean uninstall the current version and remove all traces of XYplorer and its settings and start from scratch?
No, install XY in a different folder and start XY.
Install means "copy XYplorer.exe to some temp folder and run it".
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 05 Feb 2009 18:44
by fedup
Since the hang up was caused by a tab to a network share whose computer was turned off and that tab is now pointing to a local directory, the time XYplorer to show the window is 4 secs in my current install vs 2 seconds in the temporary folder version of the xyplorer.exe.
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 05 Feb 2009 19:34
by admin
fedup wrote:Since the hang up was caused by a tab to a network share whose computer was turned off and that tab is now pointing to a local directory, the time XYplorer to show the window is 4 secs in my current install vs 2 seconds in the temporary folder version of the xyplorer.exe.
In the latest BETA I added a tweak to handle exactly this. I'm still waiting for feedback...
BTW, 2 seconds is still weirdly long. Mine starts in about 350 msecs always. Got a virus scanner active?
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 05 Feb 2009 20:35
by fedup
admin wrote:fedup wrote:Since the hang up was caused by a tab to a network share whose computer was turned off and that tab is now pointing to a local directory, the time XYplorer to show the window is 4 secs in my current install vs 2 seconds in the temporary folder version of the xyplorer.exe.
In the latest BETA I added a tweak to handle exactly this. I'm still waiting for feedback...
BTW, 2 seconds is still weirdly long. Mine starts in about 350 msecs always. Got a virus scanner active?
Yes Eset NOD32
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 19 Feb 2009 03:25
by fedup
This problem is occurring with 7.90.0120 as well. The last time I used XYPlorer one tab was to a network computer on the lan. Since that time the network computer had been shutdown. I tried several times to get XYPlorer to run all with the same result, there would be multiple instances of XYPlorer running in Task Manager. I even rebooted my computer but no affect. I then powered up the lan computer and presto XYPlorer opened up on my machine!
Am I the only one having this problem with this build?
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 19 Feb 2009 08:08
by admin
fedup wrote:This problem is occurring with 7.90.0120 as well. The last time I used XYPlorer one tab was to a network computer on the lan. Since that time the network computer had been shutdown. I tried several times to get XYPlorer to run all with the same result, there would be multiple instances of XYPlorer running in Task Manager. I even rebooted my computer but no affect. I then powered up the lan computer and presto XYPlorer opened up on my machine!
Am I the only one having this problem with this build?
Did you try this?
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v7.90.0102 - 2009-02-05 10:21
+ Added tweak to generally force generic icons for network locations
anywhere in the interface:
[Settings]
GenericIconsForNetworkLocations=1
While aesthetically not very satisfying, this will improve
performance for users that often have tabs or UDCs pointing to
unavailable network locations.
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 22 Feb 2009 05:56
by fedup
Thanks for the suggestion. Appears to have fixed the problem.
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 10 Mar 2009 04:37
by fedup
Is there a proper way to edit the configuration file? The reason I ask is that I had implemented GenericIconsForNetworkLocations=1 via the Tools Edit Configuration file but I have this problem (the timeouts) reoccur and I check the config file and lo and behold the setting is back to 0 rather than 1. This last time I have used notepad to edit the file.
No one else uses this computer. Running XP SP3 w 2GB RAM under Admin account
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 10 Mar 2009 10:37
by RalphM
If you edit the config file manually, you have to make sure that:
- either XY is not running when you make your changes to the ini
- or make sure to exit XY the next time without saving the config files (File / Exit without saving, Ctrl+Alt+F4)
otherwise your manual changes will be lost.
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 10 Mar 2009 15:23
by fedup
The thing is that I have edited the file twice before via the XYplorer menu option and it appears not to have taken the change even though "Save on exit" is enabled. The last time is when I used notepad.
Re: 7.90.0100 locking up
Posted: 10 Mar 2009 17:18
by avsfan
fedup wrote:The thing is that I have edited the file twice before via the XYplorer menu option and it appears not to have taken the change even though "Save on exit" is enabled. The last time is when I used notepad.
Ah, I believe that the issue is a common misunderstanding of the way the config file works -- it's loaded at startup, and then written out when exiting based on the user settings stored in memory.
When you edit the config file, those changes are not immediately re-read into the existing session, so when you exit XY and restart, the changes you just made are overwritten!
So what you would want to do in this situation is to edit the config file, then select "File->Restart Without Saving" which should do what you want (reloading the edited config file to get the new settings) ...
Do that make sense?
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