Problem starting MenuTools on 64bit OS about menutools HOT 14 CLOSED

:) I can't see any hints on the Moo0 homepage, that Window Menu Plus supports x64, so this is probably the reason, why it doesn't work with Foxit Reader x64 and MenuTools supports x64, this is a big advantage over many other tools of this category.

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I never realized that! Really weird stuff ;)

I'll check it later today.

Thanks!

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To be honest, I did a few quick tests here...
The startup behavior is wrong in every Windows I have tested (7 x86, 8 x86, 8.1 x86 and 10 x86)

Not sure how I missed that... I'll keep looking into it.

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Actually I didn't "many tests" on a x86 platform. I've installed the program, removed the startup shortcut, created the task to start it with elevated privileges and it worked like a charm. Repeating the procedure on a x64 based Windows 10, I ran into the problem and started testing there.
Maybe the processor architecture isn't the cause.

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I found the problem yesterday, if you have the UAC enabled you can't launch a program that requires administrator privileges.
If I remember right, I didn't use UAC back then, so I never realized it.

Creating a task in the scheduler may solve the problem, but as you said it doesn't seems to work on Windows 10 x64, I'm looking why...

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Hey mate, I didn't forgot about you...

I'm debating how to redesign the whole thing, including add more features and make it more compatible.

I'll let you know when I have more information.

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Hey,
nice to hear, that you are planning to add some features. I hope the impact on the resource usage won't be too heavy. One of the fact's, that convinced me, was the very low memory footprint :)
If you plan to add localizations, I could translate the strings to German.

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Hi,
since my last comment is older than a year - how is the status?
Can I help you by testing anything?

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Hello @Big--Mike...
To be honest, I ended up putting this idea on hold and never thought too much about it again.

At the moment, I'm doing a plugin for KeePass.
You can check it here if you want.

Anyway, I still have some ideas for this program by adding a window manager. Something like Divvy and a few other features (that will help me a lot too).

The only problem I do not know when I would do this.

About this original issue, scheduled tasks are the way to go.
Are you having any new problems or were you just curious if any new projects came up?

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Actually my problem was, that on a 64bit operating system, I have to run it with the command
"cmd.exe /c start /d "c:\program files\menutools" /b menutools.exe"
and "c:\program files\menutools\menutools.exe", which works fine on a 32bit operating system doesn't work.
But I have no new problems, and it still works like a charm, once MenuTools is running...
I've never read about Divvy, but it looks interesting.
May I ask, what's wrong with the old FavIcon downloader plugin for KeePass? It works for me...

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Hello :)
I am big fan of MenuTools, but long time ago I have switched to "Moo0 Window Menu Plus" - it is also lightweight, and no need to run via task scheduler. It also works not on all windows, for example - it works with google picasa viewer, but does not show up for foxit reader x64. But there are no issues with automatic startup, it also is a simple exe to put somewhere in your "bin" folder.

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@Big--Mike
Sure the old one still works, but I found him a little bit clumsy...

There a few negative points I see on it:

1. It sometimes can't find the favicon of a few sites.
2. It have a few issues with proxies settings.
3. It runs on a single threaded, so for a large number of entries it takes a good while to complete.

I'm working on that, besides I'm interested in how plugins are made for KeePass.

I think I can do another installer to fix the startup issue.
The only problem with this is: my code signing certificate has expired a long time ago. Because of this, newer versions of Windows will complain a lot to install it, which is not cool at all.

I could try to ask for a open developer certificate, but I don't think this project receives too much attention for that.
Just a few people uses it.

So, for now the best way to fix it is create a scheduled task as you said:
schtasks /create /sc onlogon /TN MenuTools /TR "cmd /c start /d \"%PROGRAMFILES%\MenuTools\" /b MenuTools.exe" /RL HIGHEST /F

Maybe with the revamp, I could ask for a certificate 😀

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Ok, I'm using FavIcon Downloader only for single sites, so I never noticed the problems...

MenuTools:
No problem :) As long as it works, I'm fine with it. There's only the ugly cmd window, which pops up for a short time and reminds me, that there's a little start up problem.

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@Big--Mike 4 years; 3 months...

But hey, who's counting? 🤣

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