Restarting Winstep Nexus

winstep · **Joined:** Thu Feb 26, 2004 8:30 pm **Posts:** 12283

gmalone wrote:

The workshelf stuff -- all docks and the shelf -- vanish when the crash event happens. I don't have a NextStart taskbar running -- just using docks and shelf, though NextStart is running (it's in the system tray with hotspots enabled).

Oh! I thought it was *NextSTART* that was crashing.

Do you have the docks set to display currently running applications?

gmalone wrote:

I'm sometimes fuzzy about what NextSTART vs. NeXus vs. Workshelf are, though the Workshelf docks and shelf seem obvious to me.

NextSTART is about menus, hotspots, and the taskbar replacement. Perhaps THIS product comparison page will help.

gmalone wrote:

I'll continue to observe and try to capture as much meta info about the circumstances as I can. Might even try capturing a screencast video while I work, and then edit down to the relevant bits leading up to the crash.

Videos are better than pictures which are better than words.

gmalone wrote:

I'll also be glad to see the major Win10 update in a couple months -- it may clear up many other issues, including the Winstep phenomena. Of course, I'll probably wait at least a month so I can learn how stable the update is before installing -- unless Microsoft force feeds it to me!

Brace yourself because that is exactly what is going to happen. :wink:

gmalone wrote:

BTW, even though we're talking about 'issues', the fact is that the Winstep tools work wonderfully ***most of the time*** and make it very worth the effort.

Ideally it would work wonderfully ***all of the time***.

gmalone · **Joined:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:34 pm **Posts:** 25

No video yet, but here's a screenshot of how I'm using Workshelf. NextStart comes into play when I bump the left screen edge, producing Task View. That's all.

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gmalone · **Joined:** Tue Apr 05, 2016 8:34 pm **Posts:** 25

Update:
After completely uninstalling Winstep tools, including removing all related data files, then reinstalling, I'm having much better success.

By choice, I've trimmed down the number of docks and have activated the NextStart taskbar (replacing the Windows taskbar). Now, 2 docks, the Shelf, the NS taskbar. No subdocks at this time.

No (zero) crashes after 5 days. Whatever it is that's changed has completely stabilized the Winstep tools experience for me.

It seems to me, though this is only a speculation, that I may have had corruption somewhere in the data files which could've been caused by any number of external things. Only a speculation, though.

All is well.

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