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Groupy - 1.44 (Release) Issue Report Thread

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Groupy - 1.44 (Release) Issue Report Thread

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With the Groupy 1.44 release, we are creating this thread so that users can report any observed issues.  

Obtaining Groupy 1.44

Object Desktop members can get the beta from within Object Desktop Manager 

Individual purchases (as well as Object Desktop Members) can also be obtained from your an account page: https://store.stardock.com/myaccount/products

For guest check-out purchase (no account), from this link: http://www.stardock.com/support/productkeyretrieval

Reporting an issue

Please include the following for anything found:

  • Exact Windows version \ build (winver.exe)
  • Detailed steps to recreate the issue seen
  • Screenshots and videos are very helpful.  Videos can be uploaded to a cloud drive services (GoogleDrive, DropBox, OneDrive, YouTube) and links included in your post.  Images can be directly added.
  • If there are specific apps that Groupy does not work (well) with, please note what apps and their exact versions.  If any app is not common, a link to a trial version would be appreciated.

Thank you for your interest and any time you put into making Groupy a better product.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

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Reply #26 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting sdRohan, reply 18
You have to close the Groupy UI and reopen for that to refresh.
End of sdRohan's quote

Did not make a difference as far as I remember. v1.44 did not populate this list when I try to add PDFXEdit.exe. And even if it is still populated from a previous v1.43 installation or by manually editing the Registry it still did not group the windows automatically.

v1.43 populates the list as expected (Groupy UI needs to be reopened to see the change) and also groups windows successfully either by using the application list or by using AlwaysGroupIdentical.

So v1.44 seems broken, v1.43 is not.

Reply #27 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting timurborn, reply 26

So v1.44 seems broken, v1.43 is not.
End of timurborn's quote

Please see:

https://forums.stardock.com/502031/get;3791587

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

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Reply #28 from Stardock Forums Top

I will stay with v1.43 until this is fixed. Much less of a hassle compared to the workaround. But thanks for the suggestion.

Reply #29 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks. The procedure is different. I was using always group with mtmstsc.

I will try your procedure.

Reply #30 from Stardock Forums Top

Thanks. My procedure was wrong. I can group mtmstsc.

Reply #31 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting takasiyano, reply 30

Thanks. My procedure was wrong. I can group mtmstsc.
End of takasiyano's quote

Pleased to hear it...

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #32 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting PIRATS, reply 13


Quoting sdRohan,
reply 15

As stated prior:

https://forums.stardock.com/502031/get;3791394

VS Code works to auto group. While WinRAR will group, there does seem to be an issue with auto grouping it:

Video:
https://cdn.stardock.us/support/uploads/2020-10-30_10-22-29.mp4

We will look into it.

Internal ref: ODNT-1181

Thanks for the feedback.

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

 



Thanks for the hint.

In my case, only Explorer windows were giving me some trouble as at Windows boot they were sometimes not all grouped.

I hope that forcing automatic grouping like your video will avoid it for happening again.

Regarding WinRAR and other apps, I do not have any issue since ever about auto grouping windows of the same app, even without forcing the executable like in your video.

Cheers.

 

End of PIRATS's quote

Hi to everybody. 

I have v1.44 and did not make any strange things to it so to work with WinRAR. It has always worked with WinRAR.

What does not work always is Explorer.exe but only at Windows start, as I find all my Explorer windows all split up, or not grouped all together but grouped only some and the other split up, or grouped in two groups.

 

Is there any fix for this?

Thank you.

Reply #33 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting PIRATS, reply 32

Hi to everybody.
I have v1.44 and did not make any strange things to it so to work with WinRAR. It has always worked with WinRAR.
What does not work always is Explorer.exe but only at Windows start, as I find all my Explorer windows all split up, or not grouped all together but grouped only some and the other split up, or grouped in two groups.
Is there any fix for this?
Thank you.
End of PIRATS's quote

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need to know what do you mean by "but only at Windows start"?  And we also need more information on your Windows version. Please use Winver.exe for full Windows version numbers.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #35 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting timurborn, reply 34

Are fixes for auto-grouping in the making? Still staying on v1.43 here.
End of timurborn's quote

Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issue. Been looking through the forum for your previous post, but I can't find any. What is the issue you was referring to?

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

Reply #37 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting timurborn, reply 36

https://forums.stardock.com/502031/get;3791559

https://forums.stardock.com/502031/get;3791599
End of timurborn's quote

Thanks for that, since Support already known about the issue, and from what he said there seem Dev also know about it. But I can't say if and when the fix will be available.

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #38 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting PIRATS, reply 32

What does not work always is Explorer.exe but only at Windows start, as I find all my Explorer windows all split up, or not grouped all together but grouped only some and the other split up, or grouped in two groups.
End of PIRATS's quote

Did you review the temp solution?

https://forums.stardock.com/502031/page/1/#3791587

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #39 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 33


Quoting PIRATS,
reply 32

Hi to everybody.
I have v1.44 and did not make any strange things to it so to work with WinRAR. It has always worked with WinRAR.
What does not work always is Explorer.exe but only at Windows start, as I find all my Explorer windows all split up, or not grouped all together but grouped only some and the other split up, or grouped in two groups.
Is there any fix for this?
Thank you.



Hello,
Sorry to hear you are having issues. Need to know what do you mean by "but only at Windows start"?  And we also need more information on your Windows version. Please use Winver.exe for full Windows version numbers.

Thanks
Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant.

End of basj's quote

Hello to everybody!

Ok, yes..I forgot to add some important details :)

I am on Windows 10 Pro 64bit build 19041.610

What I mean when I say at Windows start, is that when I boot in Windows, and my desktop loads and shows all my previous folders opened, most of the times they end up not being grouped together.

Lets make an example of shutting down my computer or restarting Windows with 6 Explorer windows grouped together:

  1. some times I get them all grouped as I left them
  2. some times I get them grouped maybe in 2 parts (like 3 folders grouped together and other 3 grouped together but separately)
  3. some times I get them not grouped at all

Is there a solution for this? I think I have an issue only with Windows Explorer.

Thank you.

Reply #40 from Stardock Forums Top

I don't think Groupy can hold its group while cold/hot booting. Just to be sure, I have forward your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #41 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 40

I don't think Groupy can hold its group while cold/hot booting. Just to be sure, I have forward your problem/question to Stardock Support Team for their assistance. Please keep an eye on this thread for any updates. We appreciate your feedback and patience.

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
End of basj's quote

Thank you very much.

It is a simple shutdown and restart, and sometimes it groups well.

The past versions were working a lot better on this.

Is there a way maybe to force grouping Explorer.exe windows or so?

Thanks.

Reply #42 from Stardock Forums Top

You can make sure that Explorer.exe is set to always group. But I am not sure if it will work while booting up, since Groupy might not be loaded just yet.

 

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant

Reply #43 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting basj, reply 42

You can make sure that Explorer.exe is set to always group. But I am not sure if it will work while booting up, since Groupy might not be loaded just yet.



 

Thank you,

Basj,
Stardock Community Assistant
End of basj's quote

Well, I have to say that I was not doing what you have mentioned since some version. 

I have done that right now. Will post here about the behavior I'll encounter.

Thanks a lot! 

Reply #44 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting PIRATS, reply 39

What I mean when I say at Windows start, is that when I boot in Windows, and my desktop loads and shows all my previous folders opened,
End of PIRATS's quote

What is making that happen - that any (Explorer) window would reopen after a reboot?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager 

Reply #45 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting sdRohan, reply 44


Quoting PIRATS,
reply 39

What I mean when I say at Windows start, is that when I boot in Windows, and my desktop loads and shows all my previous folders opened,



What is making that happen - that any (Explorer) window would reopen after a reboot?

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager 

End of sdRohan's quote

 

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Reply #47 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Quoting rhowkins37, reply 46

Groupy no longer works for me after updating to 1.44
End of rhowkins37's quote

Sorry to hear you are having trouble.

Please create a new thread for any total failure:

https://forums.stardock.com/newpost/forum/1170

Note in the new thread if the Groupy service is running:

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager

Reply #48 from Stardock Forums Top

Groupy stopped automatically grouping instances of Notepad2 with this update.

1.45 beta does not resolve this.

Reply #49 from Stardock Forums Top

It's been over 20 days since the autogrouping problems with v1.44 were first reported. Are there any updates yet?

Reply #50 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting timurborn, reply 49

It's been over 20 days since the autogrouping problems with v1.44 were first reported. Are there any updates yet?
End of timurborn's quote

Please see:

https://forums.stardock.com/502398/page/1/#3792550

Sean Drohan
Stardock Support Manager