I do not work for Winstep but if you could provide more information like What the error message says, What version of windows you are running as well as the build version:

One way to check your windows os build is to press the Windows key + R, type "winver" in the Open box, and then select OK And if you can find a error log in Windows event viewer:

To find the Windows Event Viewer software log, follow these steps:

1. Press the Windows key + R on the keyboard to open the Run window.
2. Enter "eventvwr" in the Run dialog box and press OK.
3. Expand the Windows Logs menu in the Event Viewer window.
4. Look for the Applications click on it and to the right window scroll through the events and see if you see any thing related too nextstart, winstep extreme or workshelf.

You will be looking for entries with a yellow cation sign or a red warning. The ones marked with a white information sign can be disregarded. Try running winstep extreme first before opening event viewer as this will post any warnings or errors at the top of the list.

Also if you know which version of winstep extreme you are running would be helpful. (I.e. v 22.7 or 23.7 beta) I hope this helps! Cheers

@ Williamsson - Phew, you've got patience! I can rarely be arsed to have to ask supplementary questions, let alone where so many are required. AFAIC, there's enough guidance in the forum to let users know that they should at least provide basic details. If they don't look for it, tough cheese, their problem. (And especially also when it looks like there might not even be a Winstep problem involved.)

No just a lot of free time LOL!



Definitely not Winstep on it's own. Could be a software conflict with another 3rd party app, or (and my money is on) Windows file corruption.

A good tutorial video to check and fix Windows corrupt system files is:



A bit more advanced so always make a restore point first and backup your important files to separate disk drive or thumb drive.

LOL! Dunno, if I had a lot of time on my hands I rather think I'd sooner watch my toenails grow....

Yeah, I was thinking 3rd party app conflict or Windows playing up.
Looked into that a long while back but never had any use for it - yet! Not ever.

Well mate if that is what floats your boat, who am I to judge!

I guess I was told by my father as a wee lad "Do not pet the sweaty stuff and never sweat the petty stuff!"
ok maybe my father enjoyed to many drinks

Doesn't exactly float my boat actually, but just about preferable to having to worm info out of people.

Your dad may well have had a point, I think. Let's drink to that!