Win2000 Problem

boombai · 9th September 2001, 21:48

I dont know if this is considered a bug or not, but here it is: usually wen im browsing throught my mp3z using hte explorer, i select a buncha of mp3z and hit ENTER. When i had win98se, it loaded the files into the WA playlist and played w/o a problem, but in win2k, it laods the player for every song i selected and crashes my puter. anyway to fix this?

zorpidus · 9th September 2001, 21:52

Uncheck: Preferences (Ctrl-P) > Options > "Allow multiple instances"

peter · 9th September 2001, 21:56

This is already in the buglist in TSGH, will be hopefully fixed in v2.77 (I reported it directly to Justin).

boombai · 9th September 2001, 22:25

o ok, thanks

zorpidus · 10th September 2001, 11:25

I'm running win2k (professional) too, and I don't seem to have that problem. Weird...

peter · 10th September 2001, 12:58

make sure that winamp is closed and you don't have any stuff like gen_dde enabled, then select a bunch of files in explorer and press enter (do that on your own risk, you have been warned). it seems that magic number of 18 files seems to be most likely trigger this (not sure about that, but it happened with exactly 18 mp3s on 2 different systems).

NeoRenegade · 10th September 2001, 22:49

Funny thing is, I use Win98 4.10, and I had the "new winamp for every song" problem described here once lately without warning even though I'm configured so it doesn't happen.

peter · 11th September 2001, 08:38

it's a pure-random bug (mutli-instance detection isn't 100% safe); it might happen on almost every system in certain conditions.

9th September 2001, 21:48	#1
boombai Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2	Win2000 Problem I dont know if this is considered a bug or not, but here it is: usually wen im browsing throught my mp3z using hte explorer, i select a buncha of mp3z and hit ENTER. When i had win98se, it loaded the files into the WA playlist and played w/o a problem, but in win2k, it laods the player for every song i selected and crashes my puter. anyway to fix this?

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9th September 2001, 21:52	#2
zorpidus Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 1,137	Uncheck: Preferences (Ctrl-P) > Options > "Allow multiple instances"

9th September 2001, 21:56	#3
peter ist death Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 3,704	This is already in the buglist in TSGH, will be hopefully fixed in v2.77 (I reported it directly to Justin).

9th September 2001, 22:25	#4
boombai Junior Member Join Date: Sep 2001 Posts: 2	o ok, thanks

10th September 2001, 11:25	#5
zorpidus Major Dude Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Antwerp, Belgium Posts: 1,137	I'm running win2k (professional) too, and I don't seem to have that problem. Weird...

10th September 2001, 12:58	#6
peter ist death Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 3,704	make sure that winamp is closed and you don't have any stuff like gen_dde enabled, then select a bunch of files in explorer and press enter (do that on your own risk, you have been warned). it seems that magic number of 18 files seems to be most likely trigger this (not sure about that, but it happened with exactly 18 mp3s on 2 different systems).

10th September 2001, 22:49	#7
NeoRenegade Banned Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Montréal, Québec, Canada, eh? Posts: 4,083	Funny thing is, I use Win98 4.10, and I had the "new winamp for every song" problem described here once lately without warning even though I'm configured so it doesn't happen.

11th September 2001, 08:38	#8
peter ist death Join Date: May 2000 Posts: 3,704	it's a pure-random bug (mutli-instance detection isn't 100% safe); it might happen on almost every system in certain conditions.