Startup Programs Under Registry Manager

redseujac

Cstorke wrote:

I just installed the 3.04 beta. I flushed the cache. Rebooted the computer. The starting programs tab still comes up empty when Registry Manager is started and if you come back to that tab after clicking on one of the other tabs, what is displayed are the entries from the other tab.

He is right ... I am very sorry :

I didn't flush the cache ... after doing so I have noticed the bug still persists :

After opening Registry Manager no entries appear in Starting Programs not even after waiting a lot of time.

In version 1.5.1.303 the entries appeared after 30 seconds to one minute or so, but now they even don't appear anymore

Conclusion: the new version 1.5.1.304 (beta) is worse and JV16 has to continue his job trying to eliminate the bug ... :

mike.smith

Similar story here for 304 too. Waited ages for Starting Programs to do something and nothing happens.

If I then go to one of the other tabs then they work fine but if i then go back to starting programes then the previous tab is replicated in starting programs. Whatever you do after that you cannot get rid of that replication. Its a great bit of software that i have used all through its life and the starting programs bit is the bit i use most, hope we can get a fix soon.

This was all done by flushing caches and rebooting etc.

redseujac

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cstorke

redseujac wrote
Hey guys (and especiallly JV16)

Finally I have found the reason why "Starting Programs" of "Registry Manager" seems to work not properly ...

Well ... it's kinda simple, even very simple

It is not even a bug :

Look at "Program Settings" -> "Network Features" -> "Use the central server to improve the following features".

There is an option "Registry Manager > Starting Programs" ...

When that option is enabled (checked) JV16PT2005 downloads information about every starting program of your machine and obviously that takes a lot of time.

So, you just has to disable (uncheck) that option and it is done : :

You will see that all the troubles with the Starting Programs are gone now :

Just give it a try and tell me and JV16 the results ...

I wish you guys a very good night from Belgium here.

Redseujac

Actually, it still is a bug. Here's why:

Followed the procedure you outlined, namely unchecking the Registry Manager box in Network Features. But in order to get this to work, I then had to flush the cache. Now, all fine except that the Starting Programs page only displays some entries from the Registry.

I then went back to Network Features, checked the Registry Manager box, did not flush the cache, and voila, a full list of entries now appears on the Starting Programs page.

But, if I again flush the cache, we're back to square one. Nothing shows up at all in Starting Programs page.

A minor aside: In the old Power Tools 1.41, the Starting Programs page would also display where the starting program entry resides: (1) in the Local Machine part of the registry, (2) the Current User part of the registry, or (3) the Start Menu Startup folder. That is not the case in version 2005.

jepe

1) The long time "Starting programs" need to be shown is due to a very slow connection to the server - the information comes nearly bit by bit.

This Network feature option unchecked it's working fine.

2) cstork wrote

"A minor aside: In the old Power Tools 1.41, the Starting Programs page would also display where the starting program entry resides: (1) in the Local Machine part of the registry, (2) the Current User part of the registry, or (3) the Start Menu Startup folder. That is not the case in version 2005."

I think his option you will find - with right-click on the item - in the context-menu under "Show more information"

redseujac

cstorke wrote:

Followed the procedure you outlined, namely unchecking the Registry Manager box in Network Features. But in order to get this to work, I then had to flush the cache. Now, all fine except that the Starting Programs page only displays some entries from the Registry

I don't think you must flush the cache after unchecking (disabling) "Registry manager > Starting programs" in Network Features (Jv16 could confirm that or not).

After same unchecking ALL the starting programs figuring in the registry are displayed on my machine.

jepe wrote:

The long time "Starting programs" need to be shown is due to a very slow connection to the server - the information comes nearly bit by bit.

This Network feature option unchecked it's working fine

That is completely right, jepe.

I think his option you will find - with right-click on the item - in the context-menu under "Show more information

That is correct too.

jv16

redseujac is correct, the network feature is the root cause for the problem.

I'm currently fixing the problem and the fixed version will be released later today. If you redseujac don't yet have a license for the product just let me know and I can send one for free as a thanks for finding two bad bugs.

redseujac

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jv16

The problem is now fixed, for more information please see: http://www.macecraft.com/news/93/

The way I fixed the problem wasn't very pretty and it killed the support for the network features for the Registry Manager. I'll do a better fix with some time, it should be included when the product is next time updated.

jepe

It's working turbo-like - Thanks for good and quick job!

jv16

I wouldn't call the fixing of the problem "quick" but anyways, I'm very glad to hear that the problem is now really fixed.

redseujac

jv16 wrote
The way I fixed the problem wasn't very pretty and it killed the support for the network features for the Registry Manager. I'll do a better fix with some time, it should be included when the product is next time updated.

jv16, what's the meaning of "it killed the support for the network features for the Registry Manager" ?

I admit that after your correction, it's working now fast enough.

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