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    StreamFab for Windows --- read this before update ----

    It is important that you DO NOT update via the program itself.

    Instead, download the offline installer from the website or forum. Follow the




    Cats4U
    uninstall instructions, they are clear and understandable. Don't forget to delete the two folders "Log" and "Temp", depending on where they are located on your computer. Also delete the folder C:\Users\Sebastian001\AppData\Roaming\DVDFab.

    After that, your queue will be empty, your settings will be gone, you will have to log in to your streamer again...When you start Streamfab for the first time after reinstalling, you will have to authorize yourself.

    But all this takes less time than fixing problems caused by the update via the program...


    How to do a clean install of the latest StreamFab

    1. Totally delete the contents of your StreamFab Log & Temp directories. Please refer to your StreamFab Settings as to where you have told SF where to save them.

    2. Use a "professional" uninstall program to completely remove the old version of StreamFab.
    Make sure the uninstaller removes Registry entries for StreamFab as well as the program.
    Do not use the built-in Windows uninstaller as it tends to leave stuff behind.
    A good source for currently available free uninstallers is at or simply Google "Uninstallers" for additional free and pay programs. Some commonly used uninstallers are Revo, Ashampoo, and Total Uninstaller. Right now, I prefer the Ashampoo - . Revo sometimes makes you reboot your computer.
    Important: Be sure to choose to remove StreamFab's current configuration when asked.

    3. Download the latest offline version of StreamFab from the "Sticky" announcement at the top of the forum. Otherwise just download directly from...

    32bit version:

    64bit version:

    Never use the online pop-up installer as it sometimes produces bad installs.

    4. Install the new version of StreamFab.
    If the uninstall program you used has a Install component to it, use that to install StreamFab.
    Using the Install component will keep a complete log of everything added and make a future uninstall easier the next time. When the install is done, start up your new version of SF. A pop-up will appear asking you to re-authorize your StreamFab, do that by giving your email/password. Give your DVDFab email/password, not your forum email/password, if different.
    Then go up to the upper right of StreamFab's display and click the Settings icon and set up your StreamFab configuration to your liking. After setting up your configuration and saving, it is best to close StreamFab and then restart it.
    Do a clean install everytime a new StreamFab version comes out and you will have fewer problems.​​




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    #2
    To tell you the truth, for the third week in a row, I don't see any reason to install the update. I don't know what Amazon analyzing problem they are talking about, I haven't had one. It's certainly not the analyzing single episode problem that really needs to be fixed. There is a topic thread on the issue. https://forum.dvdfab.cn/forum/softwa...website-change As for TVer and Tubi, I have no interest in them.

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      #3
      Originally posted by Cats4U View Post
      To tell you the truth, for the third week in a row, I don't see any reason to install the update. I don't know what Amazon analyzing problem they are talking about, I haven't had one. It's certainly not the analyzing single episode problem that really needs to be fixed. There is a topic thread on the issue. https://forum.dvdfab.cn/forum/softwa...website-change As for TVer and Tubi, I have no interest in them.
      This topic is for prevention... Normally it should be pinned

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        #4
        6.1.9.9 keeps crashing just about every download from Peacock. Very unstable it seems. Nothing that can't wait until a fix however.

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          #5
          Originally posted by DaveH50 View Post
          6.1.9.9 keeps crashing just about every download from Peacock. Very unstable it seems. Nothing that can't wait until a fix however.
          then open a new topic

          This topic is for prevention...

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            #6
            Originally posted by Sebastian001 View Post

            This topic is for prevention... Normally it should be pinned
            I considered it a few times but decided it was a waste of time and space. No New Member (the ones that need to learn this stuff) ever read the Stickies. They go straight to the "+ New Topic" button and post a problem that's been discussed for weeks in some other topic. If they happen to find the stickies, they head to the FEATURE REQUEST or SUGGESTIONS topic and request something that's been requested at least 30 times before, but they don't know that since they only write, they don't read. JPP72 did a marvelous job and spent a lot of time on the sticky topic "How to post issues in the StreamFab section". Did anyone read it? Does anyone follow it? Maybe 1 out of 25 new issue posts might have half the information that he says to include. Maybe 1 in 100 give all the info requested, and that is usually from someone that has been on the forum for a very long time. I know I'm coming across as very cynical, but every word is the truth.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Cats4U View Post
              I don't know what Amazon analyzing problem they are talking about, I haven't had one.
              It's certainly not the analyzing single episode problem that really needs to be fixed. There is a topic thread on the issue
              I think this means analyzing Pay-Per-View - here

              Sorry Sebastian001 .. but Clarification is also prevention​

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                #8
                Never had to do all those steps. People's systems must have to be pretty jacked to have to do all that. What a pain in you have to do that every time.
                Even when there was a recent rewrite that supposedly changed a bunch of stuff in the settings, I did not delete or uninstall anything.

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                  #9
                  it should only be a help to minimize the support effort in this forum...

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                    #10
                    Was having problems downloading from Apple, but using your suggestions and upgrading to the latest version, it opens Apple up as it was. Thanks a lot.
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                      #11
                      6.2.0.0

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                        #12
                        Originally posted by Sebastian001 View Post

                        This topic is for prevention... Normally it should be pinned
                        6.2.0.0
                        We're not doing this every update. My reason why and the reason it is not pinned can be found in message #6 above. Besides, I wrote the damned thing, if I wanted to post it every update, I would have done it myself. I'm tired of people pick and choosing parts of my instructions to do and skipping other parts, then saying Cats4U doesn't know what he is talking about because it didn't work.

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