Why do the new versions of IP crash on my computer?

Published on June 7, 2005 By Brock Beesley In IconPackager

I'm a little frustrated. The last 4 versions of IP to be released (we're now on 3.00a[b].003) have all crashed on my comp. I open up the program and it immediately crashes. I've ended up having to uncheck the "show pre-release versions", uninstall Icon Packager and then re-install the old 2.50h.087 version. Does anyone else have this problem and how can it be fixed? For the split second that the new betas are open, the changes in the program look SWEEET! I just want to be able to use it.

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Beesley

on Jun 10, 2005

Does anyone know a "Brian Harper" that works for Stardock?

Beesley

on Jun 10, 2005

reason being, is that I received an e-mail from him offering to help solve my problem. However, he stated that the problem lies in the fact that my "Themes" are causing Icon Packager to crash and to help me fix it, he asked me to zip all of my theme directory and send it to him. Being that I've never heard of Brian and I also experienced identity theft a month or so ago, I'm a little leery about this.

Beesley

on Jun 10, 2005

also, he claimed to be from Stardock

WebGizmos

on Jun 10, 2005

Yes...he is from Stardock.

bagginz

on Jun 10, 2005

Mr Beesley, sorry about that... Brian Harper = bagginz = IconPackager developer

Beesley

on Jun 10, 2005

Brian, not a problem. Sorry for my hesitancy!

. . . I'll get that stuff over to you ASAP.

bagginz

on Jun 10, 2005

No worries, you cant be too careful these day.

Brian

Hapkido

on Jun 10, 2005

IP (3.00.089) opens okay on my system (XP SP-2) but I do get an error when I try and delete an installed icon package. The error basically says that it cannot delete the package and to try and reinstall it again. So, for now, I simply delete the folder of the set I want to delete through Windows Explorer.

Cafeend

on Jun 10, 2005

Brian - haven't got around to zipping my themes as requested... but I did experiment with removing some of the packages myself.

It seems the culpirt in my case was "Bluecurve" - removing this from the IconPackager/Themes directory has fixed the startup issue.

The package can be found here...

Link

I tried downloading a fresh copy and re-installing, and the startup problem came right back

Brock, TheDude, MrDarkWolf - I would recommend either sending Brian the files he requested, or do what I did. Move all the folders from your IconPackager/Themes directory, then add them back one at a time, starting IP after each folder.

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Ninereeds2

on Jun 11, 2005

confirmed on my end too, removed bluecurve, problem went away

Frogboy

on Jun 11, 2005

That's odd. I wonder what is different about BlueCurve.

Cafeend

on Jun 12, 2005

That's odd. I wonder what is different about BlueCurve.

I guess you guys at Stardock have a better chance of figuring that out than us!

Katrinakat

on Jun 12, 2005

I'm having the same problem. The new version of IP crashes within seconds of its being opened, and if I attempt to open an individual IP file, I only get an error message.

bagginz

on Jun 13, 2005

The problem has been fixed internally guys, thanks. The problem was actually a buffer overflow in the theme authors comments for bluecurve. There should be a new update going out within the next couple of days to address the problem.

Brian

Katrinakat

on Jun 13, 2005

That's very good. Hovwever, I do not have the Bluecurve set, and I'm having the exact same problems described above. What's more, I tried to solve the problem by redownloading the shareware version (identified as version 2.5), since I've never had a problem with earlier versions. Unfortunately, it appeared to be the identical to the new crashing version, and it also crashed. Now what?

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