Hi,

I have licensed DF Pro 8.1.2, running on Win 7 SP1

I am experiencing an issue with Triggers, in that they are disappearing/deleted

Strangely, the only persistent Trigger is the one that sends any DF window (specified by pointing at its exe) to monitor #2; all the rest have disappeared

Is this a known issue? or can you suggest something to help?

many thanks,
john

Hi,

Unfortunately, I can't think of anything that might be the cause.

John

Hi, I haven't had a recurrence as yet.

I've taken a backup (export) of my settings with my triggers set up.

What is the best/safest way to restore them from the backup/export?
i.e. should I delete anything from the registry first, and what should I restore?

Many thanks,
John

Hi,

I just lost all my Triggers, with nothing unusual having happened.

I reloaded the setting as you suggested, which obviously restored the Triggers and all the other settings.

Re question re restoring the Triggers; I only wanted to restore the Triggers not all the settings. Is this possible and if so what parts the .reg file do I need to run?

Many thanks,
John

Hi,

I thought that might be case, I didn't know if there were cross dependencies.

I haven't noticed any other setting being lost or changed.

I use Sophos a/v.

John

sorry for the slow response, there is no mention of sophos remove registry keys and the triggers are still there after a full scan

Hello! I am having the SAME problem on my Pro Trial 8.1.2 DF. The only trigger I'm setting up is the combination to save window positions on a laptop when docking. Reading the thread, I am using Kaspersky Lab Internet Security 17.0.0.611(g) and am not rebooting, nor is any scan running that I'm aware of. (There could be some real-time app scan due to the C+ code that was mentioned?) This has happened twice - I've set up the triggers and when I go back a few minutes later, they're no longer in the list and triggers are disabled (checkbox un-cheked).

Hoping you can help - please let me know if I can provide anything further.
Thank you,
Justin

Hi,
I've just discovered that the last three (in the Triggers window) were lost.

Restored them from registry backup, all ok at the moment.

One thing I discovered is that TextPad saves text as unicode, where as .reg files must be be saved as ansi...

John

Hi Keith, Thank you for your reply. This seems to be fine now and the feature also seems to be working well for maintaining window positions. Perhaps it was pilot error, but I'd hate to think that as a tech veteran! Quite sure I hit Apply, then OK to save everything. In any event, my settings have now survived dock cycles, reboots and time... Thank you again! -Justin

Yes they do disappear if they are recreated from scratch, before I started restoring them backup (I didn't have a current backup) I was recreating them.

Hi,

Here's an export of the settings, if you need anything else let me know.

John

yes "Window Created" triggers do disappear, they're the only type i've ever used

Mine are disappearing, too. This is most annoying. Have you identified any causes or remedies?

Hi, Keith.

I've edited a .reg file I had that had all my in-place, working triggers. I removed all keys except the keys and subkeys that you described above.

The problem is, when I restore that .reg file, ALL my DisplayFusion settings go away, including the triggers. I'm really getting frustrated, because at this point I have no ability restore things to a previous working arrangement. I have 3 monitor profiles, associated icon profiles, and many of these were changed in the last few days, weeks, and months to accommodate for hardware changes. If your theory is correct, I should be able to restore a profile from earlier today, when my hardware/monitor changes and profiles were correctly set, but my trigger settings disappeared. Then I could restore only the keys that controlled the triggers. But it doesn't work.

Please, please provide a solution!

Thanks, Keith.

I'll try that the next time I find disappearing triggers. In the meantime, I'm having a good deal of difficulty with my icon profiles working. It may be a conflict with Stardock Fences, though.

Thanks, Keith. I installed the beta yesterday morning, and so far, so good. I've not worked outside of my home office yet, so I can't tell whether other triggers and monitor profiles are being autorecognized.

I'll be sure to update when I'm back in my workplace office on Tuesday.

I appreciate your followup!

-Tracey