1
ThumbsPlus v10 Questions / Error in thumbs10.ini
« on: 2016-01-15 20:11:43 »
Ever since the release of TP9 I have had a problem with an extreme slowdown of building a thumbnail list of an already thumbnailed folder. It can take several minutes to display a folder of 2000 images, and scrolling through is painfully slow.
Ages ago I found out that when this happens deleting thumbs10.ini (or thumbs9.ini for TP9)and let it get recreated cured the problem. This has been a pain as I had to redo all my preferences every time.
After much experimentation, I have finally found the line in the file that is causing the problem, and exactly when the issue occurs.
In the [FileList] section there is a line LargeModeFlags=
In a newly created ini file this is set to 9, but when things slow down it gets set to 126985. I have also found out that this is getting set after opening a particular database (I regularly use 4 different databases).
Does anyone know what LargeModeFlags refers to, and how to stop it changing?
I will pass this on to Laura, but I want to try and find the cause first and if there is something wrong with the database that is causing this to be set so high.
Ages ago I found out that when this happens deleting thumbs10.ini (or thumbs9.ini for TP9)and let it get recreated cured the problem. This has been a pain as I had to redo all my preferences every time.
After much experimentation, I have finally found the line in the file that is causing the problem, and exactly when the issue occurs.
In the [FileList] section there is a line LargeModeFlags=
In a newly created ini file this is set to 9, but when things slow down it gets set to 126985. I have also found out that this is getting set after opening a particular database (I regularly use 4 different databases).
Does anyone know what LargeModeFlags refers to, and how to stop it changing?
I will pass this on to Laura, but I want to try and find the cause first and if there is something wrong with the database that is causing this to be set so high.