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12-13-2012, 08:54 PM
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Human being with feelings
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Crash!-now licence, extensions, pref's all gone**resolved**
I was tried to open a vst that I had previously removed from my vst folder, when reaper crashed on me. When I open it up now, it asks for an authorisation, and all my sws extensions and prefs are gone. Can I get my shortcuts and prefs back?
Last edited by mingustoo; 12-18-2012 at 07:22 AM.
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12-14-2012, 11:11 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mingustoo
I was tried to open a vst that I had previously removed from my vst folder, when reaper crashed on me. When I open it up now, it asks for an authorisation, and all my sws extensions and prefs are gone. Can I get my shortcuts and prefs back?
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Are the files 'physically' still there?
If yes, I'd suspect Reaper wrote something invalid to its preference file as a result of getting confused by the operator error (trying to open removed item). Try deleting Reaper's preference file and launching it again. It will launch in default state like when you first installed it. Or copy the preference file from your backup (from before the error happened).
TIL you apparently need to 'unregister' plugins in addition to removing them or they still show up in the list in Reaper. Is that right?
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12-14-2012, 11:53 AM
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Human being with feelings
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thanks for the reply....er... where would I find the preference file?
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12-14-2012, 11:58 AM
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reaper_sws.dylib is still there
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12-15-2012, 10:57 PM
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tried 4.22 installation and same prob. Went back to 4.30, re-installed sws and they don't show up in Reaper. Anyone know what file I need to delete that is causing this ?
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12-16-2012, 08:48 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mingustoo
thanks for the reply....er... where would I find the preference file?
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What OSX versions are you using? Your REAPER resource folder should be in Users/<your account>/Library/Application Support/REAPER.
Tho what you describe is indicating that the crash also damaged your file system/said resource folder. Try renaming it if you can to start from scratch.
Whenever something strangely doesn't work anymore OSX people recommend repairing disk permissions and checking the system for corrupted plist files.
http://reviews.cnet.com/8301-13727_7-10331328-263.html
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12-16-2012, 10:01 PM
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Human being with feelings
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I am on OSX 10.4.11
I renamed the Reaper file in 'Application Support' to Reaper1 and reinstalled 4.31. But it still used the same file. I then went to 'Preferences' folder and deleted com.Cockos.Reaper.plist and relaunched Reaper. Same, but it didn't make a new plist.
I have repaired permissions on all discs as well.
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12-18-2012, 07:21 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Sep 2011
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deleted all reaper files including plist. Restarted, installed 4.31, installed sws and it's back to normal. Although I have to now go back and re-personalize it.
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12-18-2012, 07:43 AM
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Glad you got it working!
Quote:
Originally Posted by mingustoo
I am on OSX 10.4.11
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Please check (the end of) this thread:
http://forum.cockos.com/showthread.php?t=68281
In short, there is a known issue on OSX Tiger where REAPER points to a wrong resource path under circumstances (crash on plug-in scan) and causes this "doesn't remember settings" symptom itself. Sorry for the inconvenience. It seems to happen very rarely.
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12-18-2012, 11:32 AM
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OK, so you had to delete some of Reaper's proprietary resource files (.ini files) in addition to the preference file (.plist).
I understand that some of these Reaper resource files are used to store custom actions, scripts, etc. Is there documentation covering what file is used for what?
Did you try restoring any of these files from your backup copy (assuming you had one and it was current and uncorrupted)? I'd like to know if it's possible to just restore 1 or 2 files if this ever comes up.
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12-18-2012, 10:13 PM
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Human being with feelings
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Ollie,
Thanks a lot for your help. Interesting solution in that link.
Ser,
i am not sure i needed to do what I did, but I thought it was worth a try and....voila!
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01-01-2013, 09:44 PM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Sep 2011
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same thing just happened again trying to open a session. Is this snapshot related?
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01-01-2013, 11:48 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by mingustoo
same thing just happened again trying to open a session. Is this snapshot related?
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I think it is, as I got one such crash with 4.32pre8. First of it's kind.
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01-03-2013, 07:00 AM
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#14
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Sep 2011
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Here is what I have done:
-renamed vst folder and opened reaper...reaper opens, but it opens like a new install and I have to reregister my s/n and all my customisations are gone.
-opened reaper and added one vst at a time while scanning after each add. Some of the vst's caused a crash so I reopened and omitted those plugs.
-attempting to open my last mix ( the one it crashed on) gets to the end of the load, then gives me a warning about saving without the sws extensions, for about three seconds, then crashes. The warning also says that my focusrite midnight eq (au) is missing although it is in the folder and I don't think I used it.
-reinstalled sws....doesn't show up in reaper
-deleted plist ...no change.
-aaarghhh!
-ideas?
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01-04-2013, 05:28 AM
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Human being with feelings
Join Date: Sep 2011
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I can open mixes from before I installed sws, so it is definitely related to that. I was also able to get a mix open once from when I first started using sws and it had nothing done to it. However, that mix only opened once. I have installed Reaper 4.22 with no change.
....anyone?...Beuller?....Beuller?
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