[Resolved] Propeller tool 2.9.3 won't start

wmosscrop

This was working early this afternoon.

But now it won't start. It shows the splash screen and then after a few seconds the app goes away (no longer shown in task manager).

Restarted machine. Uninstalled & reinstalled (twice). No luck.

Turned off antivirus. No luck.

I've also noticed that my .spin & .spin2 files are no longer associated with the tool.

Suggestions?

Edited:

I tried deleting the icon cache files to fix the problem with the unassociated files. That fixed the problem with the association but not with the app starting.

But there was something strange... The date & time shown for the icon cache files was during a time when the machine was completely off (not sleeping, etc.). That time was between when the app was working and when the app no longer works for me.

Coincidence?

Edit 2:

Event 1000, Application Error

Faulting application name: Propeller.exe, version: 2.9.3.0, time stamp: 0x2a425e19
Faulting module name: Propeller.exe, version: 2.9.3.0, time stamp: 0x2a425e19
Exception code: 0xc0000005
Fault offset: 0x0000522a
Faulting process id: 0x0x24F4
Faulting application start time: 0x0x1DAFF4476D797D2
Faulting application path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallax Inc\Propeller Tool\Propeller.exe
Faulting module path: C:\Program Files (x86)\Parallax Inc\Propeller Tool\Propeller.exe
Report Id: 64db26df-50ce-4f70-8d3a-945c5cfeebe7
Faulting package full name:
Faulting package-relative application ID:

So there is some problem with an access violation (C0000005 error).

VonSzarvas

To save further head banging you could try SPIN Tools IDE. You’ll find it very familiar; like PropTools updated for 2024! P1 and P2 both supported.

https://www.maccasoft.com/spin-tools-ide

PropTools is EOL - no longer developed / supported.

JonnyMac

To add to Michael's comment, Marco (creator of Spin Tools) has added support for external compilers which means you can get the latest features from Parallax (via PNut). Propeller Tool -- as comfortable as it is -- has a very old version of the P2 compiler in it.

wmosscrop

Well, I tried it. I use the P2 debug functions heavily in my project and could not tweak them sufficiently to make it work for me.

I'm using a different machine for now, which is working fine.

Thanks anyway for the input...

wmosscrop

In case someone else runs into this issue, deleting the registry settings under "ParallaxInc" fixed the issue.

Rayman

Yeah the registry settings get messed up sometimes and need to delete MRU list