Context menu timeout (XE v590)

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Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#1 Post by InTheMood » 29.04.2012, 14:36

The context menu (right click on any file or folder) only stays up for 10 seconds and then it closes on it's own.
Is this intentional?
Is it a bug?
Can the timeout duration be adjusted?

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#2 Post by Marek » 29.04.2012, 17:26

The default timeout is 10 seconds - maybe to short.
You can change the time:
- under Help->About check the current location of the freecommander.ini
- close all instances of FreeCommander
- open the freecommander.ini file with some text editor
- add/change the line (in the [Form] section)
AutoCloseTimeContextMenu64Bit=30

The other possibility is to use 32 bit context menu
ShowContextMenu64Bit=0

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#3 Post by InTheMood » 29.04.2012, 20:06

I right clicked to get the context menu so that I can edit the .ini file. I then opened the .ini file with a text editor, and closed it without making any changes.

I now have a much more serious problem: FC crashes all the time.

I get the following error:

fccontextmenu64 Stopped Working.

Description:
Stopped working

Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: CLR20r3
Problem Signature 01: fccontextmenu64.exe
Problem Signature 02: 1.0.0.5
Problem Signature 03: 4f0b4139
Problem Signature 04: Microsoft.VisualBasic
Problem Signature 05: 8.0.0.0
Problem Signature 06: 4ca2d138
Problem Signature 07: 5e
Problem Signature 08: 29b
Problem Signature 09: 34SSPS20BDJ3NJ0WMIT5KAMZHVGLFZCC
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.768.3
Locale ID: 4105

After doing this, every time I right click to get the context menu I get the above crash.

There is no point to proceed with your fix, since FC is unusable in this condition.


By the way, I noticed that the problem signature contains: "Microsoft.VisualBasic".
I thought that there is no 64 bit VisualBasic compiler.

Is FC written in VB? Is it truly a 64 bit application?

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#4 Post by Ernie5335 » 29.04.2012, 22:36

I use Windows XP and the context menu only closes when I click a mouse button...
I say, what a day...

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#5 Post by InTheMood » 30.04.2012, 14:17

I added the ShowContextMenu64Bit=0 setting, and FC works just fine.
The only difference is that I don't get ALL the context menu items (the 64 bit applications are missing).
This is OK with me.

Thanks.

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#6 Post by joby_toss » 30.04.2012, 16:58

I also keep x86 right click menu active because it's faster, and when I need the x64 menu, I simply hold the Win key while right clicking.

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#7 Post by bosch_pb » 04.06.2012, 17:46

Hi.
After setting ShowContextMenu64Bit=0 the context menu stays up indefinitely - this is good! :D
joby_toss wrote:I also keep x86 right click menu active because it's faster, and when I need the x64 menu, I simply hold the Win key while right clicking.
Great idea - but when I hold the Win-key while right-clicking I get the same context-menu-timeout as the base-noter complained about originally (about 10 secs). :x

Is there a way to make both 32 and 64 bit menus stay up indefinitely, and while we're at it, tooltips as well?


E.g. If I try the following settings:

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ShowContextMenu64Bit=0
AutoCloseTimeContextMenu64Bit=1000
Then the 32bit menu stays up indefinitely, but the 64bit menu stays up about 20 (not 1000) seconds.

It's very annoying when software decides for itself how long you need to read something.

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#8 Post by Marek » 05.06.2012, 21:23

It's very annoying when software decides for itself how long you need to read something.
I agree with you.
FreeCommander is 32 bit program. The current 64 context menu is only workaround and is not perfectly, I know.
The current max value for AutoCloseTimeContextMenu64Bit is 40.

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#9 Post by bosch_pb » 14.04.2015, 14:13

FreeCommander XE 2014 Build 650
Windows 7

Czesc, Marek!
In my new version (see above) I notice that the the parameters AutoCloseTimeContextMenu64Bit and ShowContextMenu64Bit no longer exist.

What is the best way to keep context menus up indefinitely in the new version. Ditto for tooltips BTW.

+pb

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#10 Post by joby_toss » 14.04.2015, 19:13

Please, try the latest 685 version: http://freecommander.com/en/downloads/

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#11 Post by bosch_pb » 15.04.2015, 09:24

Thanks, joby_toss,
I must confess, since posting I tried simply adding the .ini parameter in the [form] section:
AutoCloseTimeContextMenu64Bit=40
...and it works fine. The context menus stay up (as good as) indefinitely.

At my company we unfortunately don't get to choose what versions the IT department offers :cry:

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Re: Context menu timeout (XE v590)

#12 Post by sativarg » 17.06.2015, 02:30

Marek wrote:The default timeout is 10 seconds - maybe to short.
You can change the time:
- under Help->About check the current location of the freecommander.ini
- close all instances of FreeCommander
- open the freecommander.ini file with some text editor
- add/change the line (in the [Form] section)
AutoCloseTimeContextMenu64Bit=30

The other possibility is to use 32 bit context menu
ShowContextMenu64Bit=0
Thanks so much. I used the second solution. I was having another problem as well when selecting multiple video/media files the context menu was closing instantly. Now I do not have that problem. Recently donated twenty euro gladly for this great program enough to try the 64 bit version so looking forward to that email and a chance to try the beta. thanks again
chuck

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