Re: Issue 247 in snackr: Snackr doesn't start on Windows 7

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Comment #1 on issue 247 by Topgam...@gmail.com: Snackr doesn't start on
Windows 7
http://code.google.com/p/snackr/issues/detail?id=247

+1 Me too!
Yeah well technically it starts, but no window pops up, and no icon in the
taskbar, but the process does show up in task manager. It worked yesterday
when I installed it, but it opened after I installed it, I didn't open it.

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Comment #2 on issue 247 by OliverJa...@googlemail.com: Snackr doesn't start

on Windows 7
http://code.google.com/p/snackr/issues/detail?id=247

I have exactly the same problem with version 0.41 on Windows 7 SP1 (x64).
It worked good right after installing, but then never again started.
Did anybody find a solution since Feb. 2009?


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Comment #3 on issue 247 by Finch...@gmail.com: Snackr doesn't start on
Windows 7
https://code.google.com/p/snackr/issues/detail?id=247

I have the same problem.

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Comment #4 on issue 247 by eric.ken...@gmail.com: Snackr doesn't start on
Windows 7
https://code.google.com/p/snackr/issues/detail?id=247

I got version 0.41 working on Windows 7 SP1 (x64). What I did were these
steps...:

-- install Adobe Air version 1.5.3.9130 (AdobeAIRInstaller 1.1.05790)

{I haven't tried updating to a newer version, as I don't use any other AIR
apps.
Newer AIR versions might break Snackr -- can anyone confirm?}

As a precaution and on a guess, I installed it using the Compatibility tab:
- right-click the AdobeAIRInstaller, choose Compatibility tab, choose the
mode for XP SP3.

-- installed Snackr v0.41
If possible, also choose the same Compatibility mode.
If not possible, just install normally.

It should install normally.

-- Based on online advice, when the app first starts, be sure to turn OFF
the Google Reader integration option.

You can change other options as you like, but I recommend *not* updating
the feeds just yet.
Instead, close the app, then RESTART it, to confirm it is working properly.

Snackr has been running nicely for me for several months.

{Still, it needs some serious updating in many areas, is woefully
non-customizable, but that's a discussion for another thread.

{Sadly, it's one of the two remaining RSS ticker apps that actually works:
the other is Desktop Ticker, which is functionally similar, but
stylistically different.}

Anyway, Good Luck!

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Comment #5 on issue 247 by eric.ken...@gmail.com: Snackr doesn't start on
Windows 7
https://code.google.com/p/snackr/issues/detail?id=247

Some extra tweaks:

To disable the auto-update of AIR <https://forums.adobe.com/docs/DOC-1321>:

add an empty file called "updateDisabled" to %AppData%\Adobe\AIR (e.g.
C:\Users\<user>\AppData\Roaming\Adobe\AIR)


I launch Snackr via a lower processor Priority and restricted to one core:

C:\Windows\System32\cmd.exe /c start "" /Low /affinity 2 "C:\Program Files
(x86)\Snackr\Snackr.exe"