My copy of Rev just crashed and won't launch anymore...

[Dan Shafer]

Oh, crap.

I just Bugzilla'd this and reported that I'd found this same solution 
after a lot of trial and error. That's what I get for falling behind on 
my list reading.

Thanks, Mark.

Dan

On Sep 15, 2004, at 6:57 AM, Mark Schonewille wrote:

> Re-install Revolution. Set up all preferences the way you want. Quit 
> revolution. Safe the file <your revolution 
> folder>/components/save/revpreferences.rev to a different folder. It 
> would be safest if you stuff or zip it to make sure that you don't 
> accidentally open it.
>
> Whenever Rev gets no further than "loading plugins, menus..." remove 
> the file <your revolution folder>/components/save/revpreferences.rev 
> and replace it by your backup copy.
>
> So far, this always worked for me, if the splash window appeared to 
> freeze at "loading plugins, menus...".
>
> Mac users may use AppleScript to automate this.
>
> Mark
>
>
>
> jbv wrote:
>> In the middle of a work session, I tried to open
>> a stack from my HD, got a message telling me
>> that a stack with the same name was already loaded
>> in memory, so I choosed the "purge" option, and
>> then Rev freezed.
>> I forced quit (MacOS 9) and tried to launch it again,
>> but the startup process never went further than the
>> splashscreen saying "loading plugins, menus..."
>> I had to download a new copy and go through the
>> whole decompact & install process again...
>> Well, don't know what to think about that...
>> Never had that kind of problem with MC anyway..;
>> JB
>
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