[Qgis-developer] Fwd: Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS Crash Message

[Richard Duivenvoorde]

Forwarding this message from the user list about some Registry troubles.

What about the idea to make the 'ini-file- based QSettings type the
default QSettings system for ALL Operating Systems?

Some context:
- on windows the QSettings info is in the Windows Registry, on Linux it
is an ini-file in ... and on Mac ... I do not know
- if you use the --configpath option it is ALWAYS an ini-file

In general I think it is just easier to instruct users to either throw
away or edit a file then fiddling in the registry..

QGIS3 would be a nice place in time to do this?

Regards,

Richard Duuivenvoorde


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Subject: 	Re: [Qgis-user] QGIS Crash Message
Date: 	Mon, 8 Aug 2016 02:24:52 +0000
From: 	Martin Bain <Martin.Bain at lismore.nsw.gov.au>
To: 	qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org <qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>



I finally fixed my crash on every exit of QGIS 2.16.

Since my previous post my PC was replaced and I tried a fresh install of
2.16.1 but still got the crash every exit.

I ended up deleting the HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QGIS branch from the
registry.

Even though it was a fresh install of QGIS I think my user profile meant
the old registry values followed me to my new computer.  This fixed the
issue but was a bit heavy handed as I lost a lot of customs settings.  I
exported the branch from the registry before I deleted it.  Merging it
back into the registry caused the problem to reappear.  I tried deleting
a few of the more complex looking sub branches but didn’t find the
registry value causing the crash.  Finally I deleted the whole
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\QGIS branch again, then started QGIS and with
GIS running I merged the branch back  into the registry, I then exited
QGIS without getting a crash!  I no longer get a crash on exit and I
retained almost all of my settings - active plugins, recently used
paths, expressions etc.  I lost a couple of thing that must be saved on
exit such as the layout of the layers panel and the browser panel, but
all good.


Cheers,

Martin


*From:*Martin Bain
*Sent:* Friday, 22 July 2016 9:01 AM
*To:* qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org
*Subject:* RE: [Qgis-user] QGIS Crash Message


I also get a crash every time exiting 2.16.  (On Windows 7 32 bit, OSGeo
installer).


I deleted the .qgis2 folder from C:\Users\<username> but still got a
crash on every exit, also tried running the OSGeo installer and
selecting “Reinstall” for every item, currently using 2.14.3


Nice to know (sort of) that I’m not the only one.


Cheers,

Martin


*From:*Qgis-user [mailto:qgis-user-bounces at lists.osgeo.org] *On Behalf
Of *Grant Boxer
*Sent:* Thursday, 21 July 2016 5:40 PM
*To:* qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org <mailto:qgis-user at lists.osgeo.org>
*Subject:* [Qgis-user] QGIS Crash Message


Why do I get a crash – mini-dump message when exiting QGIS 2.16?


Grant Boxer

Perth, Western Australia



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