Windows 10 issues

[Peter Hjalmarsson]

I notice that there are not much action here anymore. A pity, since Picasa is still a useful program, and PicasaStarter nicely fills the gaps.

Anyway, I have been using PicasaStarter for a few years, but I never actually got around to using much of the multiuser aspect of it. I have rather just had all pictures and a database on a network share. It has worked well under Windows 7, 8  and 8.1 on a couple of machines.

Now though, I use Windows 10 on a new computer. :-(

I understand that the program might not be fully supported anymore, but it would certainly be nice to get it working again - it's still the best workflow solution for all "mid-level" users.

Best Regards / Peter Hjalmarsson

.NET translates the errors to Swedish unfortunately, but you should be able to understand anyway I hope.

This is the debug info when running the program "normally". At the bottom is the debug info when running as Administrator

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log file

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2015-08-04 19:08:58 | Error | Det gick inte att hitta en del av sökvägen I:\PicasaDatabas\Database\Google\Picasa2\buttons.

2015-08-04 19:10:50 | Error | Det gick inte att hitta en del av sökvägen I:\PicasaDatabas\Database\Google\Picasa2\buttons.

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Actual error in dialogue box

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Information om att aktivera JIT-felsökning i stället för den 

här dialogrutan finns i slutet av det här meddelandet.

************** Undantagstext **************

System.NullReferenceException: Objektreferensen har inte angetts till en instans av ett objekt.

   vid PicasaStarter.PicasaButtons.Registerbuttons()

   vid PicasaStarter.MainForm.buttonRunPicasa_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)

   vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)

   vid System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)

   vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)

   vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)

   vid System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)

   vid System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)

   vid System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)

   vid System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)

************** Inlästa sammansättningar **************

mscorlib

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.0.0

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll

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PicasaStarter

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.1.14

    Win32-version: 2.0.1.14

    CodeBase: file:///C:/Program%20Files%20(x86)/PicasaStarter/PicasaStarter.exe

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System.Windows.Forms

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.0.0

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll

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System

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.0.0

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

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System.Drawing

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.0.0

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll

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System.Xml

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.0.0

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll

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mscorlib.resources

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.0.0

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework64/v2.0.50727/mscorlib.dll

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System.Configuration

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.0.0

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll

----------------------------------------

hdlkmqn_

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.1.14

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

----------------------------------------

qrmlrlbq

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.1.14

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/2.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll

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Accessibility

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.0.0

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/2.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll

----------------------------------------

System.Windows.Forms.resources

    Sammansättningsversion: 2.0.0.0

    Win32-version: 2.0.50727.8662 (QFE.050727-8600)

    CodeBase: file:///C:/WINDOWS/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms.resources/2.0.0.0_sv_b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.resources.dll

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************** JIT-felsökning **************

För att aktivera JIT-felsökning (just-in-time ) måste .config-filen för

det här tillämpningsprogrammet eller datorn (machine.config) ha 

jitDebugging-värdet angivet i avsnittet system.windows.forms.

Tillämpningsprogrammet måste också vara kompilerat

med felsökning aktiverat.

Till exempel:

<configuration>

    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />

</configuration>

När JIT-felsökning är aktiverad kommer alla undantag som inte

hanteras att skickas till JIT-felsökaren som är registrerad på

datorn snarare än att hanteras av den här dialogrutan.

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Run as admininstrator

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This is different. The program does not recognize the path to the mapped network drive (I:\) where the settings are stored. When I click browse to change them, none of the mapped drives are visible. They are in Explorer, AND when I run the program as "normal". Weird.

I then use a UNC path (\\KABA\Bilder\PicasaDatabas\Database) for the database path instead, and then I get the same error messages as above.

[Peter Hjalmarsson]

I have now tried to copy the three missing files as listed in the link here https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/picasastarter/-Ch59M2VheE

, but it makes no difference.

[Peter Hjalmarsson]

And I already have .NET 3.5.

Den tisdag 4 augusti 2015 kl. 20:11:22 UTC+2 skrev Peter Hjalmarsson:

[Peter Hjalmarsson]

Third time's the charm: downgrading to an older version and then upgrading again, as described here https://groups.google.com/d/msg/picasastarter/-Ch59M2VheE/q3nYXPHDDgAJ

worked well.

Den tisdag 4 augusti 2015 kl. 20:11:22 UTC+2 skrev Peter Hjalmarsson:

[earlboss]

Hi Peter:

Glad it worked for you :-)

As you can imagine I am not too happy with Picasa right now, but hopefully they will straighten it out soon.

Earl

[Peter Hjalmarsson]

That would be awesome of course. But I'm willing to bet 10:1 that nothing will happen. They can't even be bothered to fix the bug in Chrome that makes it impossible to download a folder of pics from Picasaweb, even though it works in Firefox. Any development that will happen will be on the web/cloud side of things, of that I'm 99.9999999% sure.

One good thing with the cloud development and increasing bandwidth is that I don't really need the multiuser aspect anymore; my wife is not interested in working with the pictures herself, and she (and everyone else) can look at them on the web, even when home. This was not a viable solution five year ago.

- Peter

[Greg FitzPatrick]

And now almost two years have passed since this post from Peter with replies from Earl. Picasa is no longer a going concern. It's only available from third party sites.Though its intended replacement, Google Photos, has some great features it also has  seriously frustrating omissions and in no way at this point does it replace Picasa. 

 I am committed to Picasa. I use it in my daily work as an artist. Haven't found anything to equal it so far.

But the "database hogging C-drive space" issue has been a big problem for me and when I found a seven year old post from Earl about his PicasaStarter I figured it's never going to work - but what the heck...

I installed it last night on my windows 10 desktop.There was some things that didn't function exactly as Earl had described them in his meticulous instruction set but nevertheless it is working so far and I have been able to free up 15 gigs on my C-drive.

I hope anybody else wishing to move their Picasa database out of their C-drive sees my post here and will be encouraged to try PicasaStarter despite its age. 

Also my gratitude to Earl for putting in this work 8 years ago. Thank you, sir!

[Jim, RaginCajunScot]

Greg,

Just curious....

I'm coming back to Picasa after trying Google Photos & Google Drive.
I only do photos, no docs, or multiple devices - so can't see any use for GD - for me!  Your thoughts?

This post was about Windows 10.  So, where did PS move your Picasa to, if not C?

Someone said 'move' Picasa pics - not copy.  Will they no longer be on Picasa and is that the only way to get them to GP?  Little confused since I understood Picasa was not pics but databases of original pics.  Or is it, when you save, after changes to that database, its a stand alone pic?  

Any comments appreciated - the Picasa Starter 'answers' are sometimes too convoluted & technical to do us Seniors a lot of good!!  Just trying to figure out if it's something I need since just starting over!

Thx!

jim, 1RCS