T.C. 10.51 x64: no more icons in menus (Known bug)

[ghisler(Author)]

It's a known bug in caching TOTALCMD.INC not related to Wine. So far I could only reproduce it on Windows 8.1, and it happens when there are lines
userspec=<some value>
in [left] or [right] sections of wincmd.ini. Maybe removing these lines helps you too?
It also helps to switch to dark mode and back, which reloads the menu.

[karlchen]

Hello, Christian.

Thank you very much for your reply.

About userspec= in [left] and [right] sections:

Present in both sections.

Code: Select all

[left]
path=Z:\
ShowAllDetails=1
SpecialView=0
show=1
sortorder=0
negative Sortorder=0
userspec=*.exe *.chm <=============== userspec= present
ViewMode=10001
activepanelcolor=-1
activepanelcolor2=-1
activepanelcolordark=-1
activepanelcolordark2=-1
[right]
path=Z:\home\karl\Dokumente\
ShowAllDetails=1
SpecialView=0
show=1
sortorder=0
negative Sortorder=0
userspec=*.doc *.odt <=============== userspec= present
ViewMode=10001
activepanelcolor=-1
activepanelcolor2=-1
activepanelcolordark=-1
activepanelcolordark2=-1

OK. I will try to remove them. Yet, I assume they may return, while using Total commander.

About switching to darkmode and back:
I will try this as well.

I'll report back.

Regards,
Karl

[karlchen]

Hello, Christian.

Result of switching to darkmode and back to normal mode:

Did not have the desired effect. T.C. 10.51 64-bit did not display the icons inside the 7 menus.


Result of removing userspec= from [left] and [right]:

Closed T.C. 10.51. 64-bit. Edited wincmd.ini and removed the 2 userspec= lines from the sections [left] and [right].
Launched T.C. 10.51 64-bit. Checked the 7 menus. The same icons are displayed as in T.C. 10.50 64-bit.
So, this workaround seems to have the desired effect.

Regards,
Karl

[Dalai]

Interesting. But where's the connection between totalcmd.inc and the userspec key in wincmd.ini? And what has it to do with caching the former? I don't get it.

Regards
Dalai

[karlchen]

Hello, Dalai. Hello, Christian.

No idea. Christian may know.

Addendum:

The moment you define a userspec= entry either in the [left] panel or in the right [panel] using "Show" => "Custom (Ctrl+F12)", the running T.C. 10.51 64-bit instance will stop displaying any icons in the menus immediately.

What works without restarting T.C. 10.51 64-bit:

• Remove the userpec= entry in the same way as you created it, i.e. by using using "Show" => "Custom (Ctrl+F12)"
• Switch from normal mode to dark mode and back to normal mode again using "Configuration" => "Dark<=>Normal" twice.
  (Note: Without removing all userspec= entries first, mode switching will have no effect here. LM 19.3 64-bit / Wine 4.0)

Result:
The icons inside the menus are displayed again.

P.S.:
userspec=*.* does not seem to have any negative impact

Regards,
Karl

[karlchen]

Hello, Christian.

It's a known bug in caching TOTALCMD.INC not related to Wine. So far I could only reproduce it on Windows 8.1, and it happens when there are lines
userspec=<some value> in [left] or [right] sections of wincmd.ini.

Is there perhaps already a Total Commander bugfix release in the development pipeline, T.C. 10.51a or 10.52, where this issue will have been resolved? Or will we have to work around it until the next major release?

Regards,
Karl

[petermad]

It's a known bug in caching TOTALCMD.INC not related to Wine. So far I could only reproduce it on Windows 8.1, and it happens when there are lines
userspec=<some value>

I can confirm this under Window 8.1 - it only happens if cm_SrcUserSpec is used in the menu - not if cm_LeftUserSpec or cm_RightUserSpec is used.

A workaround is to remove the line:

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MENUITEM "*.*", cm_srcuserspec

from the used .mnu file and then make a buttonbar button with the cm_SrcUserSpec command instead for invoking the filter.

[karlchen]

Hello, petermad.

Your workaround indeed makes the symptoms of the underlying bug disappear.
I will use it for the moment, or to be precise, until the underlying bug has been fixed in a future Total Commander version.
The loss of convenience is pretty minor, because <Strg><F12> will display the currently set userspec=<user defined selection>. Press enter, done.

Thanks for sharing the workaround with me.
Karl

[petermad]

23.09.22 Fixed: The main menu may not have icons in it when using certain options like a search filter in Show->Custom (64))

I can no longer reproduce this bug under Window 8.1 with TC 10.52.rc1

[karlchen]

23.09.22 Fixed: The main menu may not have icons in it when using certain options like a search filter in Show->Custom (64))

Same positive result as petermad:
I can no longer reproduce this bug in T.C. 10.52.rc1 64-bit running on Linux Mint 19.3 xfce / Wine 4.0.

[white]

Moderator message from: white » 2022-10-06, 12:08 UTC

Moved to Fixed bugs.