Kasina editor won't start up

All of a sudden I have a problem with the Kasina editor. This morning it started up, but couldn't open the browser. That's when I learned you can only get to the browser when the Kasina is mounted. So I used the USD adapter to plug in the card, the program accepted it and I could click on the browser button, only it didn't open. I could see it on the taskbar, but no matter what I did, I couldn't maximize the screen. Same thing when I put the card in the Kasina and connected the device to my pc. Eventually I decided to delete the whole program and install it again. From then on, I couldn't maximize the editor at all. It shows up in the task bar, but no screen opens up, no matter what I try.

I have a Windows 10 64 bit and don't really know why it's behaving this way. The only thing I did (I think) before all this started, is to connect a new microphone and check that it actually worked. No software needed to be installed for it to work.

Does someone understand what is going on here?

It could be "off-screen". Try this trick:

http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...eyboard-trick/

Thanks Rob, but that doesn't work unfortunately. Windows 10 works a little different from what is described there. I should add that since I reinstalled, the icon is undefined. Af first, it looked like it was supposed to look. I made a printscreen where you see this new icon, together with what I see after I tried to start the program and see it on the taskbar, but won't maximize.

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Delete the KBS Editor Preferences File

I managed to replicate it on my bootcamp. I had it open on my retina macbook monitor screen originally. I plugged it into a standard 1080 monitor and powered up parallels on that.
On windows 10 the ini file you want to delete is C:\Users\rob\AppData\Roaming\MindPlace\KasinaEdito r.ini - if your name isn't rob, then you might want to change that.

the corrupted file contained:

Window Top=-32000
Window Left=-32000
Window Width=1024
Window Height=667
Screens=1
Last Directory=C:\Users\rob\Desktop\
Splash Screen=false

Andy, the AppData folder only contained some Microsoft related maps without any files I couls see, and certainly no Mindplace files or folders. Looked for Mindplace folders I may have overlooked, but as I had deinstalled the program, didn't find any.

After I did a system recovery, the editor started up again, only the browser-tap wouldn't maximize again:

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Rob, found that file. It shows me this:

Attachment 961

It's the only file in the folder. Should I delete it?

I'm going to have to release a patch for this issue. I think that the window position values must be overflowing or something. Again I have never seen it on any of my systems but the numbers are always the same.

-32000 for top and left.

Yes, Ard, delete that file. When the editor opens up again it will recreate it the correct window coordinates. This preference file opens the editor window in the last position that you placed it on your screen. But something with storing the position is going haywire.

Sorry about that. I will fix it.

Scott

Deleted the file, started up the pc again, but the problem remains :eusa_think:

Addition: The file inside AppData is there again, showing exactly the same info as in the last screenshot.

You shouldn't need to restart the computer. Use the Task Manager to close the editor. Delete the file and open it again. It should be restored. I am monitoring this thread so I will walk you through any issues. I am also fixing up a patch version and will release it today.

Ard,
Use Task Manager to force quit the Kasina Basic Editor app. Open the preferences file in a text editor like NotePad. Change the numbers -32000 for top and left to 100. Save the preferences file in the same place with the same name. Open the editor again. Move the window around and then close the editor. Tell me if the coordinates are stored correctly after this. I am preparing a patch now and it will be available today.

Scott

I did all that. The coordinates were stored correctly, the values still being 100 instead of -32000. And the browser window is behaving as it should. All's back to normal. A big thank you to Scott and the others here :)

As mentioned I will release a patch today. Just about finished. Now I have gotten enough users to report that it seems to always report -32000 when there is this bug then it makes it easier to test for this and fix it. Bug reports help. Thank you for the communication and your patience.

Best,
Scott

Just had it happen to me with Windows 10 and Kasina Internal Version 1.5.2.365. the last step of http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/windo...eyboard-trick/ worked for me:

"First make sure you’ve got the off-screen window selected as the active window. You can do this by pressing Alt+Tab until that window is active or clicking the associated taskbar button.

After you’ve got the window active, Shift+right-click the taskbar button (because just right-clicking will open the app’s jumplist instead) and choose the “Move” command from the context menu.

At this point, note that your cursor changes to a “Move” cursor. Now, you can use your arrow keys to move the window. ..."

Got it back

Best,
Jon

Nice trick, Jon!

Thank you for sharing it.