Automation Tool misbehaviour

jepe

Well, in general my PowerTools are running fine, but ...

1) Creating or editing task:

I do my settings under: Action => Start types => Options, then go back to "Start types" to check the setting.

Unfortunatly there the setting has changed again to some others - by random access.

Also when editing an existing task, the settings shown under "Start types" are not the original ones.

2) Running a task - Backup-settings are: Allways backup ... :

Flush directories-Task with Start type: "Automatically when I log in to this computer"

The task starts and quiet often pops-up the error message: "Your license file is missing or corrupted..." With click on "OK" the message goes away.

The task was executed, as the indicated directory is empty, but I can't see a backup nor in the Backup-Tool, nor in the Backup folder of PT-directory.

But, oh wonder, when I delete the created task, the backup is shown suddenly.

This happens also with a RegCleaner-Task.

Is this reproducable by jv or other peoples ?

Jean-Paul

jepe

Today I realized that even after deleting all created tasks and their correspondant Backups, there was still remaining a PT-process running in Task-Manager after a new start of the system.

I found also an item/short-cut of an Cookies-task in my Start-up folder in the Start-menu.

I cleared everything and I did a new test.

The PT-process in Task-Manager could be reproduced, but no more the item/short-cut in Start-up folder.

Strange, strange ...

Jean-Paul

tullik

jepe wrote
... The task starts and quiet often pops-up the error message: "Your license file is missing or corrupted..." With click on "OK" the message goes away. ...

Is this reproducable by jv or other peoples ?

Jean-Paul

Some of the symptoms were also reported by Gutz here

jepe wrote
Today I realized that even after deleting all created tasks and their correspondant Backups, there was still remaining a PT-process running in Task-Manager after a new start of the system. ...

Strange, strange ...

Jean-Paul

Could this be the Privacy Protector? Check by looking at the Startup Manager list.

jepe

tullik wrote
Could this be the Privacy Protector? Check by looking at the Startup Manager list.

No Tullik, my Privacy Protector is inactive - and was ever since the installation.

As I could see, in Start-up Manager, the item was refering to the registry key of one of the tasks I had created and deleted.

Jean-Paul

tullik

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tullik

jepe wrote
... 1) Creating or editing task:

I do my settings under: Action => Start types => Options, then go back to "Start types" to check the setting.

Unfortunatly there the setting has changed again to some others - by random access. ...

Confirmed. When you set a "Start type," go to "Options," then go back to "Start type," the program has forgotten the setting you made just a moment before. You have to reset it before you click "OK."

jepe wrote
Also when editing an existing task, the settings shown under "Start types" are not the original ones. ...

Confirmed. The "Start type" tab is again forgetful.

Another problem: the "Start type" column shows "Manual" for four of the six possible start types. The original start type is coded in the task's index.dat file. PT should show in this column the user's actual choice to eliminate a source of confusion.

jepe

Hello Tullik,

Thanks for your further investigations about this problem.

jepe wrote:

"But, oh wonder, when I delete the created task, the backup is shown suddenly.

This happens also with a RegCleaner-Task.

Well the Backup shown after deleting the task was the Backup of the task ... of course. So this was a false alarm of mine - Sorry! :

Jean-Paul

tullik

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