Window focus problem when opening Directory Opus

darklight_tr · June 15, 2007, 6:32am

Hello,

When I open Directory Opus, it doesn't keep focus. What will happen is the program will open, take focus, then immediately lose focus for some reason and the lister will flash 3 times in the task bar. I have to click on the lister in order for it to regain focus and then I can use Directory Opus. This is driving me CRAZY, and I can't manage to find a setting to fix it.

I am using Directory Opus v9.0.0.6 on Windows Vista Ultimate x64.

I tried reinstalling Directory Opus but that didn't help.

Leo · June 15, 2007, 8:39am

How are you opening the window?

darklight_tr · June 16, 2007, 11:10pm

I am using either the Quick Launch icon or the Start Menu icon. Both have the same problem.

Leo · June 17, 2007, 11:26am

Do both the shortcuts just run dopus.exe?
Is Opus already running when you launch it? i.e. Are the shortcuts telling Opus to open a new window when it was already running in the background, or are they launching Opus?
Could you post a screenshot showing Preferences - Launching Opus - Startup so we can try with the same settings?
Do you have any floating toolbars?

darklight_tr · June 20, 2007, 10:55pm

[quote="nudel"]1. Do both the shortcuts just run dopus.exe?

Is Opus already running when you launch it? i.e. Are the shortcuts telling Opus to open a new window when it was already running in the background, or are they launching Opus?
Could you post a screenshot showing Preferences - Launching Opus - Startup so we can try with the same settings?
Do you have any floating toolbars?[/quote]
Both shortcuts point directly to dopus.exe
Opus is not running when I launch it (only the double click app is running in the background, and ending it doesn't help). The problem occurs when I first launch Opus. If I leave the initial window open and click on the Quick Launch or Start Menu icon to launch it again, the new lister window does not experience the problem I described.
Sure thing. I have attached it to this post.
Nope.

Thanks!

Leo · June 22, 2007, 7:41am

Confirmed. I've sent a report to GPSoft so they can look at it.

As a workaround for the time being you could set Opus to always run in the background. The listers will open much faster as a bonus.

darklight_tr · June 22, 2007, 6:39pm

Thanks! I really appreciate the help.

Hopefully it will be fixed in the next update.

darklight_tr · July 25, 2007, 4:49am

Well, I updated to v9.0.0.7 and this issue is still present. Heres to hoping it is fixed in the next update....

darklight_tr · December 10, 2007, 5:59am

Well, this issue persisted through the v9.0.0.8 and v9.0.0.9 releases, and I really had hope that the newly released x64 version (9.1.0.0) would have resolved this problem but alas it has not.

Any idea on when/if this will be fixed?

Leo · December 10, 2007, 10:00am

We at the user-run forum generally have no idea about when things will be fixed, unless GPSoftware have said anything. (Or unless a fix is in a beta version, which beta testers are not allowed to talk about due to NDA agreements.)

I agree it should be fixed but is there any reason you don't want to run Opus in the background at startup? It doesn't use much memory and you're running 64-bit Windows so presumably you have at least 4gig of memory.

To clarify, I mean having Opus running but without any windows open, so that when you double-click the desktop (or use another method) to open a new Opus window it opens instantly, and without any focus problems.

darklight_tr · December 10, 2007, 8:26pm

[quote="nudel"]We at the user-run forum generally have no idea about when things will be fixed, unless GPSoftware have said anything. (Or unless a fix is in a beta version, which beta testers are not allowed to talk about due to NDA agreements.)

I agree it should be fixed but is there any reason you don't want to run Opus in the background at startup? It doesn't use much memory and you're running 64-bit Windows so presumably you have at least 4gig of memory.

To clarify, I mean having Opus running but without any windows open, so that when you double-click the desktop (or use another method) to open a new Opus window it opens instantly, and without any focus problems.[/quote]

I understand that you have no idea on the status the bug.

Since it appears that this will not be fixed anytime soon, I am probably going to take your advice and start Opus and Windows startup and keep it running.

Thanks for taking the time to respond and for your dedication to this forum!