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Can't Start DocFetcher

2020-10-14
2020-10-23
  • Matthew Herman

    Matthew Herman - 2020-10-14

    I continually get the messgae "It seems an instant of DocFetcher was not terminated cleanly or is still running. Do you want to launch another instance?"

    I don't know how to stop the running instance or get around it.

    Do you have any suggestions. It's running on Windows 10.

    Thank you.

    Matt

     
  • gadlen

    gadlen - 2020-10-15

    This just started happening to me a few days ago. Depending on what I'm doing, the first double-click will "do nothing" and the second will generate the error you mentioned. Docfetcher had been stable on my computer for many months. I tried reintall of Java and Docfetcher to no avail. Portable Docfetcher didn't do it either. Maybe rolling back Java to an older version will fix it? Blargh.

     

    Last edit: gadlen 2020-10-15
  • gadlen

    gadlen - 2020-10-15

    Hey! Heisenberg can be so uncertain! I just tried running the portable Docfetcher, got the error, said "yes" to start anyway and.... it worked. Now it starts correctly. It fixed itself!

     
  • Nam-Quang Tran

    Nam-Quang Tran - 2020-10-15

    Copied from the DocFetcher bug tracker:

    If DocFetcher does not start at all:

    There is a known problem with Java 8 Update 261. Try downgrading to Java 8 Update 251.

    Disabling DocFetcher's global hotkey might help: Close DocFetcher. Search for a file named "settings-conf.txt". Open it with a text editor and change the "HotkeyEnabled" setting to "false".

     

    Last edit: Nam-Quang Tran 2020-10-15
  • Matthew Herman

    Matthew Herman - 2020-10-15

    Thank you both. I made the change suggested by Nam-Quang Tran and it was back to normal. Very much appreciate the software and your assistance.

     
  • Phoebus Yann

    Phoebus Yann - 2020-10-23

    If the above doesn't work, try cleaning the Java cache, control panel / programs / Java / settings.

     

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