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#563 Failing to Quit correctly/cleanly
Hi. I used to be able to shut my PC down and TaskCoach would take care of itself. Around mid last year errors halted the PC shutting down. Subsequently and upon a manual Quit prior to shutting-down one of two things happen. Best was an Error window appears with "Errors have occurred. Please see "taskcoachlog.txt"...." - see attached. Less best was I'd have to force closure via the Task Manager.
Thankfully this doesn't appear to result in any obvious detrimental effects on the database or interface as I really like using this software as it's simple to use and effective without unnecessary features, clutter, or bloat.
Many thanks,
Brendon.
I'm not sure whether we can resolve this, but you might try clearing (renaming temporarily to keep the old file maybe) the .ini file https://answers.launchpad.net/taskcoach/+faq/1061
Then, a new one will be made when you start and then quit Task Coach. It will require resetting preferences and window layout and opening your task file and such, that stuff is saved in the .ini upon quitting.
Thanks for your response Aaron.
I did as you suggested and, as you thought, the issue remains.
I have subsequently reinstated my original .ini file for convenience of not having to reconfigure the layout etc.
As I said in my original post everything else functions fine and no information is being corrupted to my knowledge so I'll just keep trucking along with using TM.
Let me know if anything else springs to mind.
only other thought which I doubt is relevant is that you can remove the .delta file that is stored next to the .tsk file (while Task Coach is closed), as that will get recreated next time the file is open. That sometimes is good for cleaning up slowness and such at least.
Handy to know the effect of preventing the as-is .delta file from loading, just in case, however the shutdown error is persistent.
Just a thought, what files would need to be kept aside to reinstate status quo after a clean reinstall?
files that are needed to retain setup are just the .tsk file and the .ini