At first, I decided to skip v3.0.2.2 due to the numerous reports about TB! not shutting down properly. The reports stating this version was blazingly fast made me curious though and I decided to give it a try. Now, one hour later, I am back to the stable release and ready to report my experience.
When first launching v3.0.2.2, I noticed it launched considerable slower then any previous version I have been running. It seemed to be the population of my virtual folders which slowed things down, but I am not sure (all VFs I tested with is set to auto refresh and store state between sessions). I immediately tried to shut TB! down but could not. Killed it with the task manager and re-launched. Still slow, still not able to shut down properly. I repeated this four times in a row, before deciding to go back to the release version. Now my real problems started. I deleted the .exe and repaired the .msi installation to get the release version back. I started TB! and noticed it *still* started as slow as when I ran v3.0.2.2. I shut TB! down, deleted the file msgs.dump from all my VFs and re-launched, thus letting TB! repopulate my VFs and creating new msgs.dump files. At first, it started just as quick as it used to, but subsequent starts were mostly just as slow as with v3.0.2.2. I say mostly cause sometimes it started quickly. I did not find a pattern, but would say it started quickly two times out of ten. I restarted my computer and tried again with the same result. A few quick starts, but most of them was slow. I then deleted my TB! folder and all registry entries and restored from a backup made just before first installing v3.0.2.2 and now - finally, one hour later - my TB! is back and running as it was before. I will not install the v3.0.2.2 on this machine again, but can give it a try on a beta box later on if there is anything the developers would like me to test. Just let me know. -- Regards, Marcus Ohlstr�m Using The Bat! v3.0.1.33 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 4 PGP Public Key at http://www.canit.se/~marcus/pgp.asc ________________________________________________________ Current beta is 3.0.2.2 | 'Using TBBETA' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html IMPORTANT: To register as a Beta tester, use this link first - http://www.ritlabs.com/en/partners/testers/
