The Missing Toolbox Tags Bug

[Drnkhobo]

@billv: Hey its really weird. My "External" section has nothing in too. My imagery is back to normal (it wasnt last week) & the same for my flow toolbox.

Im thinking it might be down to the new update which included making your own local toolbox's? Although I have been adding old modules (.hom) to my toolbox and im always doing it. never really noticed the exact relation between the missing tags and me messing around with things (not that I mess around a lot)??? so ???

My toolbox groups are fine,as are yours. . . weird!

[tiffy]

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[billv]

Im thinking it might be down to the new update which included making your own local toolbox's?

Im pretty sure it was happening as far back as Raindrop/Firefly...maybe more..

My toolbox groups are fine,as are yours. . . weird!

Weird, but Great; at least there's a chair to sit on when the rug gets pulled....

Items of the Toolbox were completely empty: External, Math, String, Flow, Imagery

Welcome to the 'cycle'...re-build toolbox...wait for the next crash..

[Walter Sommerfeld]

YUP - this is an oldie...
...even on Win8

=> save your working Tags Folder named like:
"c:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\FlowStone\Tags" incl. "tagbar.txt"
when it's ok (if you have all the standard Elements items etc.)

...and copy them back if they disappear - this way no reinstall is needed!

or better save/zip the hole ...\Roaming\FlowStone\ folder with subfolder's from time to time to be on the safe side!
so all ur modules incl. favorites.dat, modules.dat and recent.dat are also in this complete package.

[billv]

Thanks Walter....thats a much better solution...Cheers

[Walter Sommerfeld]

You are welcome!
Keep on doing!

[Walter Sommerfeld]

unfortunately i have to reconsider this bug:

even my savings and reinstall didn't help here - sorry!

B U T: There is help on the way

Try this (please confirm):
1.a) Start Flowstone and close it (all Flowstone windows)
1.b) save "c:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Roaming\FlowStone\Tags\" (or simply copy tagbar.txt from it) elsewhere...
2. rename the \Tags path into Tag_ or something u prefer
3.a) start Flowstone (if u now check the above ..\Roaming\Flowstone Folder the \Tags folder doesn't exist
3.b) After closing Flowstone: surprise the \Tags are freshly generated/saved but u have 2...
4. copy ur previously saved tagbar.txt back into the \Tags folder
5. et voila: the missing Toolbox Tags are back again

cheers
Walter

btw. i found an interesting Article here about the "VirtualStore" since win Vista/7:
https://www.drupal.org/node/1161522

I made a \Projects Folder (7 GB) in the Flowstone Program Path so i could simply save the hole Folder in one go...
surprisingly my SDD free space was reduced by 14 GB... Windows 'mirrored' the \Projects Folder here too:
c:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\DSPRobotics\...

[billv]

Thanks Walter. .will try when I get home.

[billv]

Try this (please confirm):

Yes Walter...it works. Thanks heaps mate.
I gave up re-building toolbox about a month ago due to frustration.

Hey, my experience was a little different than you outlined.

After directions 1 and 2....
I renamed "Tag" folder to "Tag_shit".
Open FS....Original tag system back inplace, with no user modules/user tags...ok.
Back in APP Data, I now have two folders..
"Tags"
"Tag_shit"
After a few seconds of confusion....I deleted "Tags_shit" and pasted in the
saved copy of "Tagbar".txt into "Tags".
Open FS...and all good. My user modules/tags are back, and default FS tags still there.
Cheers mate.

[Walter Sommerfeld]

U are welcome!
Well done - i'm happy that it also worked 4u...

Ur way was right 2... i only wanted 2 be sure that nothing goes missing

Keep on doing!