Except, yes, I’ve also made sure to thoroughly uninstall–used GeekUninstaller including the registry bits removal function–4.2 before installing 5.6.
Please stop assuming that I’ve never installed an application on a Windows 7 computer.
Look, you made a huge error when you didn’t know that RT doesn’t replace old versions when it’s installed. So that’s not “knowledge” about RT on Win7 you’re expressing.
RT doesn’t see folders. Right click can see files, but then telling Windows to add the option of “open with RT” results in the files being assigned to Aftershot. I’ve gone over this at least half a dozen times. Nothing has changed in my responses–except I added the point about Aftershot yesterday. No, it’s not just one file. And I have no idea why you said a thing about a folder.
Yeah, this is going to require thought. Not like I’ve not been trying solutions with every release since 4.3.
I am not talking about opening raw files through Windows Explorer. I am talking about starting the RT software and use its own file browser to find your files and open them. Does that work?
I have seen this kind of thing happen to me time after time after time on my own system as my Windows installation acquires more and more muck in its internals over time. The Windows registry, the system drivers, all the required .dll’s and .sys’s, and on and on are all involved and as time goes by they get more and more out of synch and it becomes impossible for anyone short of a Microsoft developer to chase down all the subtle issues. Why go through the torture and frustration of trying to get it all back together?
It’s amazing how many problems that you didn’t even know you had can disappear with a fresh installation of Windows! You would be amazed how much snappier all your programs will run and how many subtle issues will go away.
Except this Windows installation is barely used, except to get updates to keep it current.
This is NOT a drive I used for years and it got “mucked” up.
If such were the case then the drive would have problems running other applications; it doesn’t.
I note you made no specific suggestions regards what to fix.
Since you’re clearly unfamiliar with what a Windows “reinstallation” involves:
It means updating (and activating) dozens of applications; it’s days of work. It is unbelievably arrogant what you’ve suggested. It also tells me that you have no idea of Microsoft’s infamous Windows’ “stability” history.
Additionally, you clearly didn’t read my first post where I explained that RT didn’t work for more than a year, and then started to work correctly with the release of 5.5 on one Windows 7 drive. This fact coupled with the fact that the back up drive is updated and works flawlessly says the failure is something in RawTherapee 5.X.
Furthermore, the much faster way to a C back up with RT 5.6 working correctly on it would be to clone the C drive on which RT 5.6 functions correctly. That would only take a blank drive that’s big enough and 10 hours. (Now of course it would copy all sorts of files I don’t keep copies of on my back up, so that’s another few hours of cleaning.)
Will you be sending me that 1TB (hybrid) 7mm 2.5 inch SATA drive?