Windows 10: Problem on deleting, TC freeze up.
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[quote="Apod42"]Facing exactly the same problem as OP. I run Total Commander 8.52a, on Windows 10 Pro.
When I try to delete a folder using F8, TC freezes. The folder is deleted, nonetheless. If I detele a folder using Shif+F8 everything is ok. If I delete a folder using right click and then Delete from the window all works ok.
Important: The problem does not appear if I log into Windows 10 using the hidden built-in administrator account! F8 on folders works just fine in this case.
Please anyone, any solutions?[/quote]
Running TC 64-bit.
When I try to delete a folder using F8, TC freezes. The folder is deleted, nonetheless. If I detele a folder using Shif+F8 everything is ok. If I delete a folder using right click and then Delete from the window all works ok.
Important: The problem does not appear if I log into Windows 10 using the hidden built-in administrator account! F8 on folders works just fine in this case.
Please anyone, any solutions?[/quote]
Running TC 64-bit.
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Please use Total Commander 32-bit until I find a solution. It doesn't seem to be affected. So far I couldn't reproduce the problem on Windows 10. I guess that it is caused by a bad Explorer extension which crashes when the delete thread ends.
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Please contact me by e-mail to support at ghisler dot com for a test version which protocols what's going on. Other users who reported this problem can no longer reproduce it.
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Thanks for your feedback! TC was hanging when unloading the OLE2 subsystem in the background thread which calls the delete function. What I do now is to never actually end this thread, but instead re-use it for the next delete operation. This way the hanging function is never called...
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Yes, you are probably hit by that Windows 10 bug when TC closes and the threads should be ended. Unfortunately there is nothing I can do about it. Just don't close TC. ![Smile :)](./images/smilies/icon_smile.gif)
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Actually, it is very rare that I close itghisler(Author) wrote:Yes, you are probably hit by that Windows 10 bug when TC closes and the threads should be ended. Unfortunately there is nothing I can do about it. Just don't close TC.
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You could use one of the MinimizeOnClose options in wincmd.ini, see the help section 4b. for the possible values. This way you would just mimimize TC instead of closing it.
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