GPL - solution for Win2K CTD

SYMPTOM: Under Win2k Professional (SP2), GPL dumps you back to the desktop after the splash screen. If you googlize this newsgroup, you'll find dozens of helpful threads dealing with this issue. Unfortunately, none of the proposed solutions did the trick for me, but in an uncustomary (not to mention unsettling) moment of lucidity, I hit upon yet one more candidate to add to the pile. POSSIBLE SOLUTION: - pop up the "properties" dialog for your GPL folder - on the "General" tab, click the "Advanced..." button - in the resulting dialog, make sure "For fast searching, allow Indexing Service to index this folder" is **CHECKED** - if it IS checked, then never mind, this ain't your problem. OTHERWISE... - click "OK" to dismiss the advanced dialog, and again on the "properties" dialog - when asked, choose "apply to this folder, subfolder and files" (important!). - cross the fingers of your non-mousing hand, and fire up gpl.exe I'm sure it's not the only solution, but it's the one which got me back on my feet...err...wheels. ----------------------- Doug Olsen GPLRank +12.09

Not sure about Win2K, but with Windows XP the recommendation would be to completely turn off the Indexing Service because it is using resources to track every file change. It is like the fast searching which is installed by default with Office, constantly working in the background to "speed up" your processes. -- Chris H. "leadboot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:jM1b8.38682$[email hidden]... > SYMPTOM: Under Win2k Professional (SP2), GPL dumps you back to the desktop > after the splash screen. > > If you googlize this newsgroup, you'll find dozens of helpful threads > dealing with this issue. Unfortunately, none of the proposed solutions did > the trick for me, but in an uncustomary (not to mention unsettling) moment > of lucidity, I hit upon yet one more candidate to add to the pile. > > POSSIBLE SOLUTION: > - pop up the "properties" dialog for your GPL folder > - on the "General" tab, click the "Advanced..." button > - in the resulting dialog, make sure "For fast searching, allow Indexing > Service to index this folder" is **CHECKED** > > - if it IS checked, then never mind, this ain't your problem. > > OTHERWISE... > > - click "OK" to dismiss the advanced dialog, and again on the "properties" > dialog > - when asked, choose "apply to this folder, subfolder and files" > (important!). > - cross the fingers of your non-mousing hand, and fire up gpl.exe > > I'm sure it's not the only solution, but it's the one which got me back on > my feet...err...wheels. > ----------------------- > Doug Olsen > GPLRank +12.09 > > >

Yep, I know, Chris, which is why I originally turned it off. That's also when things went pear-shaped for GPL. As soon as I turned it back on for the GPL folders, I was back in business. I can reproduce/fix the problem ad nauseam simply by flipping indexing off/on. Strange stuff, but as long as GPL works again, I'm not complaining (too much). "Chris H." <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:xf9b8.35659$[email hidden]...

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> Not sure about Win2K, but with Windows XP the recommendation would be to > completely turn off the Indexing Service because it is using resources to > track every file change. It is like the fast searching which is installed > by default with Office, constantly working in the background to "speed up" > your processes. > -- > Chris H. > > "leadboot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:jM1b8.38682$[email hidden]... > > SYMPTOM: Under Win2k Professional (SP2), GPL dumps you back to the

desktop > > after the splash screen. > > > > If you googlize this newsgroup, you'll find dozens of helpful threads > > dealing with this issue. Unfortunately, none of the proposed solutionsdid > > the trick for me, but in an uncustomary (not to mention unsettling)moment

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> > of lucidity, I hit upon yet one more candidate to add to the pile. > > > > POSSIBLE SOLUTION: > > - pop up the "properties" dialog for your GPL folder > > - on the "General" tab, click the "Advanced..." button > > - in the resulting dialog, make sure "For fast searching, allow Indexing > > Service to index this folder" is **CHECKED** > > > > - if it IS checked, then never mind, this ain't your problem. > > > > OTHERWISE... > > > > - click "OK" to dismiss the advanced dialog, and again on the

"properties" > > dialog > > - when asked, choose "apply to this folder, subfolder and files" > > (important!). > > - cross the fingers of your non-mousing hand, and fire up gpl.exe > > > > I'm sure it's not the only solution, but it's the one which got me backon

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> > my feet...err...wheels. > > ----------------------- > > Doug Olsen > > GPLRank +12.09 > > > > > > > >

As long as it works. 8-) -- Chris H. "leadboot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message news:brgb8.45769$[email hidden]... > Yep, I know, Chris, which is why I originally turned it off. That's also > when things went pear-shaped for GPL. As soon as I turned it back on for the > GPL folders, I was back in business. I can reproduce/fix the problem ad > nauseam simply by flipping indexing off/on. > > Strange stuff, but as long as GPL works again, I'm not complaining (too > much). > > > "Chris H." <[email hidden]> wrote in message > news:xf9b8.35659$[email hidden]... > > Not sure about Win2K, but with Windows XP the recommendation would be to > > completely turn off the Indexing Service because it is using resources to > > track every file change. It is like the fast searching which is installed > > by default with Office, constantly working in the background to "speed up" > > your processes. > > -- > > Chris H. > > > > "leadboot" <[email hidden]> wrote in message > > news:jM1b8.38682$[email hidden]... > > > SYMPTOM: Under Win2k Professional (SP2), GPL dumps you back to the > desktop > > > after the splash screen. > > > > > > If you googlize this newsgroup, you'll find dozens of helpful threads > > > dealing with this issue. Unfortunately, none of the proposed solutions > did > > > the trick for me, but in an uncustomary (not to mention unsettling) > moment > > > of lucidity, I hit upon yet one more candidate to add to the pile. > > > > > > POSSIBLE SOLUTION: > > > - pop up the "properties" dialog for your GPL folder > > > - on the "General" tab, click the "Advanced..." button > > > - in the resulting dialog, make sure "For fast searching, allow Indexing > > > Service to index this folder" is **CHECKED** > > > > > > - if it IS checked, then never mind, this ain't your problem. > > > > > > OTHERWISE... > > > > > > - click "OK" to dismiss the advanced dialog, and again on the > "properties" > > > dialog > > > - when asked, choose "apply to this folder, subfolder and files" > > > (important!). > > > - cross the fingers of your non-mousing hand, and fire up gpl.exe > > > > > > I'm sure it's not the only solution, but it's the one which got me back > on > > > my feet...err...wheels. > > > ----------------------- > > > Doug Olsen > > > GPLRank +12.09 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >