StreamFab for Windows SF crashes when you pause the queue

[bestellu]

SF crashes when you pause the queue

[Germania]

I can't determine this with Amazon and Netflix ..
.. either it's just you, or it only affects a specific (unknown) provider

[simchris]

Not having this issue with .51 edition over here.
I did have something like this happen couple months back with one of the channels (not Amazon), where it would error on one item. Then when I came back later to try restart, crashed with the sending error to SF popup IIRC.

Cleared cache/temp folder, relogged in, re-added to queue and then it worked.

[bestellu]

its not everytime its just randomly
maybe there are some trigger points idk and idc its just a report

[ms-dfav]

Everything with this software is like that. For me, after pausing and restarting it tried once to download from Netflix, Amazon and Max simultaneously(!) - and of course failed miserably at that. Or it would crash. Or it would hang. Or it would stop responding to clicks. Whatever.

I'd recommend - instead of pausing - to just close and restart SF. You might also be forced to kill some leftover processes after closing and before starting it again.

Furthermore, I'd recommend to use Process Explorer (freeware) to just 'Kill Process Tree' instead of closing the SF: it's much faster and cleaner that way and works for me every time.

[simchris]

also, good idea to periodically run sfc /scannow from terminal as admin.

[ms-dfav]

also, good idea to periodically run sfc /scannow from terminal as admin.

Also: brush your teeth every day. But how is this all relevant to pausing the queue in SF?

[simchris]

Also: brush your teeth every day. But how is this all relevant to pausing the queue in SF?

software crashing can be issue with windows, write permissions, etc.
SFC /scannow can fix many random gremlin issues with things crashing if your system is not stable.
have a nice day

[jpp72]

Before running sfc /scannow, you should run DISM first.

DISM.exe /Online /Cleanup-Image /Restorehealth

[ms-dfav]

software crashing can be issue with windows, write permissions, etc.
SFC /scannow can fix many random gremlin issues with things crashing if your system is not stable.
have a nice day

Dealing with SF for quite some time now, I'm seeing SF as a gremlin itself .

The contents of this forum (including this very thread) serves as a perfect proof of that... the amount of advice consisting of cleaning, cleaning and cleaning again (the cache, the installed files, and now the system itself) - just to get SF to work at all - says for itself.

The likes of Germania and jpp72 (among many others) and their persistence in helping others against all odds are both appreciated and needed - but really shouldn't be, as SF is a paid (and very expensive!) software. The official support being a joke is what seals the deal there.

Nice day to you too

[AGuyWithAComputer]

Sometimes I find it helpful to threaten to hit my computer over the head with a very large mallet conveniently hidden behind my back at all times.

otherwise I run this to make sure windows is, well not being windows. (make sure to elevate to admin first)

dism /online /cleanup-image /startcomponentcleanup & sfc /scannow & dism /online /cleanup-image /restorehealth & sfc /scannow