#26 Crash on startup: Paramater not valid

[Anonymous]

FreeMeter with Icons v1.5.2873

Message: Parameter is not valid.
Stack trace:

at System.Drawing.Bitmap..ctor(Int32 width, Int32 height, PixelFormat format)
at FreeMeter.Form1.Form1_Borders()
at FreeMeter.Form1..ctor()
at FreeMeter.Form1.Main()

It was previously shutdown normally. No troubleshooting done yet (let me know and I can clear some files)

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Of course we now know that this happens when you uncheck "show desktop meter" and then exit and restart. Something about the window parameters. Other than this minor issue I love it!

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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To allow you to start the meter again without losing /all/ your settings you can:

in the config.xml changing
<WindowIsVisible>False</WindowIsVisible> to
<WindowIsVisible>True</WindowIsVisible>
will allow it to start up normally, but you do lose the screen position and size.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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Well, you could olso just delete the config file, and it'll start up just fine again.

[Nobody/Anonymous]

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I'm having this problem too every time I restart my computer

[Nobody/Anonymous]

This started happening for me as after in upgraded to xp service pack 3. BUT, my other machines running xp sp3 do not have this issue as freemeter was install/run after the updrade.

[Mieszko Lassota]

check the forums - there is a bunch of workarounds to this problem