[Bug] Watchdirs=3 does not update display properly

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[Bug] Watchdirs=3 does not update display properly

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  1. Set the Watchdirs=3 (and restart the TC)
  2. switch into the folder that contains your Buttonbar
  3. make sure the bar file is displayed in the file window
  4. Open the 'change Buttonbar dialog' either by Configuration->Change Buttonbar or by rightclicking to the right of the rightmost button in the bar and choosing 'change'
  5. Close the dialog with OK
  6. repeat from [3] a few times for the better visibility
In the file window now are displayed a bunch of files with the same name.
Here it were one time the *.bar-files another time the the *. br1 -files and a third time both bar and br1 . Don't know what it depends on (although it's been different bar-files).

A reread of the source or an unfocus and refocus the window refreshes the file window properly.

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Cannot reproduce. I tried both with the default buttonbar and with a newly created one (with one additional button on it), in both cases I see only one BAR and one BR1 file.
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Same bug here, multiple DEFAULT.BR1 files.
Tested with WatchDirs=3/11
 
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Flint wrote:Cannot reproduce. I tried both with the default buttonbar and with a newly created one (with one additional button on it), in both cases I see only one BAR and one BR1 file.
Hi Flint, could you please create a new ini files with only the 'watchdirs=3' entry (possibly saved as test.ini) and try again with this ini (totalcmd.exe /i=test.ini).

I have just tested here with my 'fresh' TC I always have ready for such purposes and I can reproduce it this way.

Ah I forgot: I use XP SP2, maybe you have another OS.

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Still the same with the "clear" TC. I use WinXP SP2 too, TC 6.53.
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Not reproducable here too.
XP SP1, TC 6.53
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I can NOT confirm this. Win XP Home SP2, TC 6.53, WatchDirs=3

But I see a short flicker in the filelist immediately after the "Change button bar" dialog box is closed with "OK". And the time stamp of the .bar file is changed - even though no changes has been made.

EDIT CPU = Pentium P4 530/3.0 S775 800/1MB
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Maybe it's hardware related, i've tested it on an Athlon Xp with no problem at all, but on an Athlon 64 bug appears (same OS & TC on both Pc).
 
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My system is based on A64, and there is no bug. I don't think that the hardware itself is the reason, other software installed is more probable. But maybe, drivers... or some patches from WindowsUpdate... I have a complete set of them.
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Same bug with Xp on safe mode.
 
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@sas2000:
i dont thinkl that its hardware related...
i once had this bug in the emule-folder but i cant reproduce it now....
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I had this bug once with an early beta during a download, but couldn't reproduce it since then.

How many processors are shown in the task manager? There are some processors which work like two processors (sorry, I currently don't remember the name of this). This works like a multi-processor system.
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How many processors are shown in the task manager? There are some processors which work like two processors (sorry, I currently don't remember the name of this). This works like a multi-processor system.
This is called Hyper-Threading and is implemented on Intel processors only. AMD Athlon XP and Athlon 64 do not have such a feature. Only Athlon 64 X2 have two processor kernels, but they are real two kernels, not virtual ones (in Hyper-Threading there is only one real processor kernel).
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Thanks for the details!

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So is your Athlon 64 an X2 or not?
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No my A64 is not a X2 proccesor.
 
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