PSPx2 Ultimate

[Learninlady]

I have recently upgraded to ultimate and now when ever I use the scratch removal tool it crashes on me. I have read other posts here and dont get any answers to this issue. seems that there is a bug but I am having a difficult time to find the proper way to fix it.
any help would be appreciated.

[Tim Morrison]

Try going to File > Preferences > Reset Preferences, select the top five items and click "OK".

[Learninlady]

Is there any other way to delete cashe? I would guess thats why its crashing. or do I have to change all my preferences for this to stop happening.

[michelespaintshop]

Just to answer your question about other ways of deleting cache/history. You can find many tools online that are open source - free to use. I use the default settings of ccleaner (not a typo) It really does just clean things up a bit.

I would also look into what is taking up your resources (if indeed this in not a bug) If you're using Windows I would suggest not relying on the standard Task Manager to see whats running or loading. I use System Information for Windows or SIW for short. A quick search on the Internet for it you'll quickly find it. With this you can get a better picture of what your system is running and doing. You'll actually be a bit amazed on what you find out.

Hope it helps

[Learninlady]

Just to answer your question about deleting cache/history. You can find many tools online that are open source - free to use. I use ccleaner (not a typo) It really does clean things up a bit.

I would also look into what is taking up your resources (if indeed this in not a bug) If you're using Windows I would suggest not relying on the standard Task Manager to see whats running or loading. I use System Information for Windows or SIW for short. A quick search on the Internet for it you'll quickly find it. With this you can get a better picture of what your system is running and doing. You'll actually be a bit amazed on what you find out.

Hope it helps

Michele, I am honored! I used your website to learn colorization. The video was very simple and easy to follow along with. I really enjoyed it! although I do wish there was a readers digest version to follow after the fact.
I find that when this happens is when I accidentally double click on my mouse while using the scratch removal tool. I did what was suggested above, most things I do seem to work, but its because I'm being so cautious not to double click.
I know the obvious, don't double click, but I just think that shouldn't matter.
I am familiar and do occasionally use ccleaner.
task manager, well I go there and have no idea of what is going on so I leave it alone.
I use Iolo system mechanic 99% of the time and that make my system run smoothly.
guess, my only defense is to save and not double click. I do it accidentally as my hand becomes cramped from hours of restoration work and I cant tell when Im going to have a hand spaz...lol
So if its not a bug which I was hoping it would be and there would be a patch, (dont ask for much do I) then I have to better control my actions.

[Tim Morrison]

Is there any other way to delete cashe? I would guess thats why its crashing. or do I have to change all my preferences for this to stop happening.

If you like, you could try just using the 4th and 5th items, which will avoid changing a customised workspace, and you won't need to change preferences or re-add folders of resource files.

Ccleaner won't do anything to PSPP X2. It will delete the recently used file list from some earlier versions. If you include Ccleaner's registry cleaning settings, anything might go wrong. Ccleaner isn't bad in that regard, but scattergun registry cleaning causes more problems than it solves. You don't need to clean your registry as a matter of course. Registry cleaners are snake oil (like memory optimisers). If there is a registry problem, it will be just in a few settings, and only those should be corrected. Which is what that 4th setting of PSP's reset preferences does ("Reset dialog positions and last used settings"). Ccleaner won't recognise that there is a problem.
The 5th item deletes the current user's cache files. You could delete these manually by typing (or copying and pasting) "%appdata%\Corel\Paint Shop Pro Photo\12" into the Run dialog in the Windows Start menu, and then deleting all the files that you find in the folder that opens.

[Learninlady]

Thanks Tim,
and you know I did think of that after a few hours after posting that, I was kinda hoping nobody noticed my total stupid on that one.
sometimes the answer can be overlooked by complicating it.
thanks again.
I too find that if I use ccleaner, I have more problems that before. I use system mechanic sparingly.

[Learninlady]

I am now in seventh heaven. I have found the auto save. I have it set to save every minute so if something happens I only loose a minute or less of work in stead of much more.

I know I should have known this, but I am the one that has a drawer of left over pieces from assembling store items.

[sjj1805]

better than auto save is to save at each major change under a new file name.
Auto Save wipes out your previously saved file leaving you to rely on the "undo" facility (Which you instantly lose when you close the program or file). Saving under a new file name enables you return to a previously save state at any time - even next week, next month etc.

The easiest method is to tag a number to the end of the file name and increase it by 1 each time. for example:
MyProject01
MyProject02
MyProject03
and so on
MyProject09

[Learninlady]

Yes thank you. And I do that at different times. but what I need is to be able to save on a constant basis. I'm restoring old photographs and I am doing tiny detail work that I will want to save and certainly not want to loose.

My first very bad experience was working on a photograph for 6 hours straight, and the program froze on me. I was stupid enough to not have saved once. I was right back to square one. :*(

So this way if I'm saving every minute I don't have the fear of loosing what I want saved, if I do something that I don't want on the photograph or make a mistake, I immediately go back and fix it as I go.

I did have an odd new thing. After turning on auto save, the electric went out for the second time...grr and when I accessed psp the program came up and the two files I was working on came up on the workspace, under different file names in a temp folder. Ive never had THAT happen before. Not complaining a bit, loved it!

[michelespaintshop]

Is there any other way to delete cashe?

Oh, I see I was under the impression that you wanted to clean out your system even more after following the prior tips. Either way I found them to be very helpful on getting one of my older systems running smoother with less crashes when I started with a cleaner slate.

I do not like the autosave that much. I prefer to manually save my work as stated above. After a while I do clean out my files because if you use PSPP like me you will end up having a lot of files.

Good luck with your project

[Learninlady]

Thanks Michele. I do like auto save only because when Im doing 'tiny cleaning' there is so much that its difficult to remember to save, I loose my mojo. Im talking using the make over and scratch removal tools mostly that I need the auto save, now that I know where the thing is, I also shut it off when I dont need it, and then I do use the method that 'sj' mentioned.

I wouldnt actually use auto save if I didnt live in an area where the electric just pops off on a sunny day! its very unnerving to loose hours of dot cleaning....lol

[Tim Morrison]

I live in a place that gets more than it's fair share of blackouts too. Around here it's mostly because the power lines are above ground and there are lots a big trees that like to drop limbs.
I use an "uninterruptible power supply" (UPS). It has battery backup that cuts in when the power goes off. It's a small, cheapish one, so it can only run the computer for about 10 minutes. But that's more than enough time to save things and close down the computer properly. The UPS also acts as a very good surge protector too... for both power and phone line.

[Learninlady]

I live in a place that gets more than it's fair share of blackouts too. Around here it's mostly because the power lines are above ground and there are lots a big trees that like to drop limbs.
I use an "uninterruptible power supply" (UPS). It has battery backup that cuts in when the power goes off. It's a small, cheapish one, so it can only run the computer for about 10 minutes. But that's more than enough time to save things and close down the computer properly. The UPS also acts as a very good surge protector too... for both power and phone line.

very good advice Tim! I need to look into that. Im sure its got to be better for the computer than a sudden crash from lack of juice! or a brown out.
A lot of the reasons for loosing electric are trees here too. Its the mountains and there arent many areas without trees. I recently took a train ride and couldnt believe how many trees made a hazard for the lines! limbs just laying on them, nobody to clear them off.