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I don't think this is going to be as easy as you may think it will be. I've tried the solutions proposed in other postings about this problem and they haven't worked. :(
I've been using dMC on a W2K machine; first r11 starting in August 2005 and then r11.5 since January 2006. Popup info tips has, of course, been one of the cool dMC features I've enjoyed during this time. Unfortunately, it has suddenly stopped working.
I can't say how many times I've uninstalled and reinstalled dMC and dbpowerAmp. Sometimes I've deleted the Illustrate folder in C:\Program Files before reinstalling dMC. No joy.
I have to restart after installing r11.5 on top of r11. I already have the problem of Popup info tips not working as soon as I install r11.
Sometimes my cursor will still change to Working in Background for a moment as I pass it over an MP3 file in Explorer, but no popup appears. In the past, it would always change to Working in Background just before Popup Info Tips would display the tag/file information for a music file.
I've unchecked and rechecked the “Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items” box in Explorer Tools-Folder Options-View, sometimes restarting my PC after each uncheck of the box and recheck of the box, always clicking the Apply button for each change. No joy.
While I've had dMC installed, I've unchecked ALL the boxes in the dbpowerAmp Settings panel, not just the Popup Info Tips check box, restarted my PC, checked all the boxes in the dbpowerAmp Settings panel and restarted my PC again. No joy.
Following the Advanced Tip in the “dMC Windows Explorer Integration” page in the dMC HTML Help file, I created a String Value called dBPopup in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP using regedit, then copied and pasted the value suggested in the Help file into the new String Value. No joy.
Thinking that one or more of the self-extracting EXE files might have become corrupt, I used windiff from W2K Support Tools to do a binary compare of dMC-r11-Registered.exe,
dMC-r11.5-Registered.exe and dBpowerAMP-r2.exe with backup copies I stashed on an external hard drive in June 2006. All my self-extracting EXE files were identical to my backup copies. No joy.
When I look in the C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP folder, here are some of the files I see:
SIZE....................FILE NAME
------------------------------------------------
61,542..........dbExplorerShell.exe
69,738..........dBScripting.dll
110,592.........dBShell.dll
73,837..........dMCScripting.dll
118,784.........dMCShell.dll
20,480..........GetPopupInfo.exe
When I copy the dMC configuration to the clipboard, here's some of what I see:
Version Information
dBpowerAMP Music Converter: Release 11.5
Power Pack & Mp3 License: [ Registered: Yes ]
dBpowerAMP Audio Player
===Shell Integration===
Convert To (right click): On
Edit Tag (right click): On
Popup information Tips: On
Explorer ID Tag Property Page: On
Explorer Columns: On
I even removed a certain Windows component called “Windows Media Player” using the W2K control panel, just hoping beyond hope that that would fix things. No joy.
Well, that's about it. Any ideas?
Thanks for reading,
Popup-less wifiguy :cry:
I've been using dMC on a W2K machine; first r11 starting in August 2005 and then r11.5 since January 2006. Popup info tips has, of course, been one of the cool dMC features I've enjoyed during this time. Unfortunately, it has suddenly stopped working.
I can't say how many times I've uninstalled and reinstalled dMC and dbpowerAmp. Sometimes I've deleted the Illustrate folder in C:\Program Files before reinstalling dMC. No joy.
I have to restart after installing r11.5 on top of r11. I already have the problem of Popup info tips not working as soon as I install r11.
Sometimes my cursor will still change to Working in Background for a moment as I pass it over an MP3 file in Explorer, but no popup appears. In the past, it would always change to Working in Background just before Popup Info Tips would display the tag/file information for a music file.
I've unchecked and rechecked the “Show pop-up description for folder and desktop items” box in Explorer Tools-Folder Options-View, sometimes restarting my PC after each uncheck of the box and recheck of the box, always clicking the Apply button for each change. No joy.
While I've had dMC installed, I've unchecked ALL the boxes in the dbpowerAmp Settings panel, not just the Popup Info Tips check box, restarted my PC, checked all the boxes in the dbpowerAmp Settings panel and restarted my PC again. No joy.
Following the Advanced Tip in the “dMC Windows Explorer Integration” page in the dMC HTML Help file, I created a String Value called dBPopup in HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP using regedit, then copied and pasted the value suggested in the Help file into the new String Value. No joy.
Thinking that one or more of the self-extracting EXE files might have become corrupt, I used windiff from W2K Support Tools to do a binary compare of dMC-r11-Registered.exe,
dMC-r11.5-Registered.exe and dBpowerAMP-r2.exe with backup copies I stashed on an external hard drive in June 2006. All my self-extracting EXE files were identical to my backup copies. No joy.
When I look in the C:\Program Files\Illustrate\dBpowerAMP folder, here are some of the files I see:
SIZE....................FILE NAME
------------------------------------------------
61,542..........dbExplorerShell.exe
69,738..........dBScripting.dll
110,592.........dBShell.dll
73,837..........dMCScripting.dll
118,784.........dMCShell.dll
20,480..........GetPopupInfo.exe
When I copy the dMC configuration to the clipboard, here's some of what I see:
Version Information
dBpowerAMP Music Converter: Release 11.5
Power Pack & Mp3 License: [ Registered: Yes ]
dBpowerAMP Audio Player
===Shell Integration===
Convert To (right click): On
Edit Tag (right click): On
Popup information Tips: On
Explorer ID Tag Property Page: On
Explorer Columns: On
I even removed a certain Windows component called “Windows Media Player” using the W2K control panel, just hoping beyond hope that that would fix things. No joy.
Well, that's about it. Any ideas?
Thanks for reading,
Popup-less wifiguy :cry:
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