Hi Mark, Friday, May 13, 2011, 5:47:36 PM, you wrote:
[snip] MH> Hi Bob, MH> %APPDATA% is a Windows way to refer to the folder in your user profile MH> which (in different Windows versions) is either: MH> "C:\Users\<username>\AppData" in Windows Vista / 7 MH> "C:\Documents and Settings\<username>\Application Data" in prior MH> releases (such as XP). MH> I suspect that %EMAIL% relates to the folder where your email is MH> either downloading (POP3) or caching (IMAP4). MH> So to clarify, the instructions seem to be asking you to look in one MH> of those above folders for a log file which you first need to clean MH> out of the way before running TheBat.exe with /STARTUP_TIMING_LOG MH> appended to the command line (probably from Start -> Run). MH> I'd strongly suggest simply renaming the existing files when you find MH> them (two: one in %EMAIL% and the other in %APPDATA%). Then when you MH> add the switch to put the timing in the log the log itself will be MH> empty to start out with. MH> Hope that helps clarify things somewhat. It did! FYI, here is the message I just sent to Maxim (to his address, not the list): ***** Hi Maxim, Friday, May 13, 2011, 3:11:19 PM, you wrote: [snip] MM> I don't know, but we can try to figure it out. MM> Could you please run thebat.exe with the /STARTUP_TIMING_LOG command line MM> parameter and send me two ex_log.txt files, one from %APPDATA%, another from MM> %EMAIL%. Please delete or backup and remove those files prior to running The MM> Bat! with /STARTUP_TIMING_LOG. I only found ONE ex_log.txt file on my pc (using Windows 7 search). It was here: G:\My Documents\The Bat\ I renamed the original ex_log.txt file temporarily while I ran TB with the command line you gave me above. The new ex_log.txt generated is attached. As I mentioned, the slow startup disappeared the next time I ran TB, and every time since. I think the delay probably occurs whenever I run a new thebat.exe the first time after an update, including a new .msi file. Thus I don't know if you will learn anything from this attached file. Please let me know if you want me to run a re-test after an update! I could send it in an .rar archive instead, so please let me if that would be better. Have a great work week (hopefully, you can take Sunday off to rest!). ***************** Thanks for your help, Mark! -- Take Care, Bob -- "Let there be peace on earth, and let it begin with me." This is our function, our challenge, our fulfillment - and our inheritance, to accept, embrace and share beyond all manmade boundaries. Using The Bat! 5.0.12.3 (BETA) Windows 7 6.1 build 7601 Service Pack 1 ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 5.0.12.3 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
