The support posts are full of people who have problem x, y or z. The common reply seems to be check Winamp.ini and turn off all your plugins. How about including a Safe Mode switch that reverts to a set of known good options, and doesn't load non-critical plugins and visualization add ons. It could also (perhaps) disable Winamp agent, and reset your file associatations to default.

Just a thought, anyway.

Regards,

Dave.

better idea: add reset button which resets all settings to default values.

Hehehe... a big red emergency button.. cool thing! :D

Regards,
-Søren

Thing is, what is safe for one person, isn;t safe for another.

Yes, well it's not so much what's safe for an individual it's what's safe for Winamp. So, the idea of have a "safe mode", which could be a shortcut on the Start Menu, is that it doesn't change any of the users settings permanently, it merely disables "unsafe" stuff for that session. This enables easier debugging/troubleshooting.

Of course, a big red emergency panic button sounds like a good idea, but I think an important element is the plugins (which this solution might not solve).

Thoughts?

My only thought about a button is that if the interface won't load up at all, how are you going to get to the button?

Yes, good point. That's why I initially thought about a command line switch (ie. WINAMP /SAFE). The setup program could install a shortcut to this on the Start Menu (ie. Winamp Safe Mode) in addition to the regular shortcut.

That could be quite handy sometimes. And it should be easy to include. Just make it so that it takes a switch and deletes the config file. I could sure use that feature.

I am starting to like this idea - safe mode which prevents any third-party plug-ins from being loaded and disables vis at all - this could finally shut up all those newbies posting their bs on the bugs forum. I'll mention it on irc.

Yeah, that was the idea - thanks for the positive feedback.

By the way, what's the IRC?