Loosing settings with 2.6.4

by **rouven** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 12:01 am

Hi,
i really would like to help keep this bug out of 2.6.4. how do u write the settings? to the local disk or registry? i don't see any suspicious entries in the registry, so i assume it's file based?

i have this errors in my registry monitor a few times for different libraries:

Code: Select all: 48679 17:49:03,2461072 UniUploader.exe 2004 QueryOpen C:\Windows\System32\wow64.dll FAST IO DISALLOWED

and i have

Code: Select all: 49605 17:49:03,3054441 UniUploader.exe 2004 CreateFile D:\Spiele\WoW-Tools\UniUploader\UniUploader.exe.config NAME NOT FOUND Desired Access: Generic Read, Disposition: Open, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Attributes: N, ShareMode: Read, AllocationSize: n/a 50509 17:49:03,4119328 UniUploader.exe 2004 QueryDirectory D:\Spiele\WoW-Tools\UniUploader\UniUploader.INI NO SUCH FILE Filter: UniUploader.INI

i don't know where to start my search...

by **MattM** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:39 am

wow64.dll allows 32 bit assemblies (such as uniuploader) to run in a 64 bit environment. It has nothing to do with World of Warcraft. I have no idea why the status is "FAST IO DISALLOWED".

The settings are stored in settings.ini.

What seems to be your problem anyway?

by **zanix** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 7:44 am

I think the title of the post is his problem

Loosing settings with 2.6.4

by **MattM** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 10:48 am

elaborate on your problem please, also provide me with as much information as possible.

by **boyo** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:13 pm

If your running vista 64bit, it's a good possiblity it's because of the security settings. I have problems viewing the log file in notepad because of this. Try to run it once using Run as Administrator, set it up, then close out and let it write the settings file. You'll have to do the same every time you want to change something. It's all in the way vista allows the program files folder to be written to.

by **rouven** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 2:56 pm

i can confirm this tomorrow evening when i am back on my pc. if vista is the problem, the feature request will be to store the configuration in user directories

thanks and regards,

rouven

by **PleegWat** » Tue Mar 27, 2007 4:15 pm

The settings should probably be written in the application data folder. Then it should be configurable for non-admin users, and all users (on XP and Vista) can have their own settings.

by **MattM** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:56 am

I don't have a vista machine to test with.

by **rouven** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:15 pm

i did the following:
- executed the program as administrator
- edited settings
- closed uu
- executed the program as normal user
- default settings were loaded, all of my changes gone

so i think it don't have to do with admin rights.

by **MattM** » Wed Mar 28, 2007 7:31 pm

why hasnt anyone else had this problem with vista yet

by **rouven** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 3:46 am

had a look on the debug screen and found that:

[2007.03.28 21:39:02] Initializing Application
[2007.03.28 21:39:02] .NET Framework v2.0.50727
[2007.03.28 21:39:02] ReadSettings: Object reference not set to an instance of an object
[2007.03.28 21:39:03] v2.6.4 Ready.

maybe it has to do with .net framework 3?

by **MattM** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 6:26 am

you mean NET Framework v2.0.50727 i think.

It might, but it's not likeley.

please test this out, and post the complete debug log here:

by **rouven** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 4:11 pm

no i mean .net framework 3, it's part of vista. i don't have .net framework 2 installed and even if i try to, the setup tells me that .net is part of the os and cannot be installed.

but good news: your test version is running for me. i have attached the debug output.

by **MattM** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 8:04 pm

very strange, as the only thing i did was make it output which point in the source code is reached. the functionality of the code hasn't changed besides it not checking for updates to the program itself.

by **rouven** » Thu Mar 29, 2007 9:31 pm

so it must be with the update code