I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
- LePaul
- Reactions:
- Posts: 3970
- Joined: February 7th, 2016, 10:26 pm
- Location: Bangor, Maine USA
- 3D Printer(s): 24 - Yes I have a problem!
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
Okay, good to know
So now I am stuck wondering where the STLViewer executable resides after install
So now I am stuck wondering where the STLViewer executable resides after install
- Krishty
- Reactions:
- Posts: 29
- Joined: December 3rd, 2017, 3:31 pm
- Location: Germany
- 3D Printer(s): DaVinci
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
Usually %LOCALAPPDATA%\Programs\Papa’s Best\STL Viewer e.g. here it is A:\Users\Krishty\AppData\Local\Programs\Papa’s Best\STL Viewer
- GrueMaster
- Reactions:
- Posts: 522
- Joined: March 15th, 2017, 8:46 pm
- Location: Oregon
- 3D Printer(s): Hictop 3DP-17, Hictop CR-10S
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
Why not install it in ProgramFiles? By installing it in %LOCALAPPDATA%, it is only available to the user that installed it. And is possibly why it fails to get recognized when rebooting.
- Krishty
- Reactions:
- Posts: 29
- Joined: December 3rd, 2017, 3:31 pm
- Location: Germany
- 3D Printer(s): DaVinci
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
If you want to install for all users, you can
However, per-user install is the recommended way because it works well with Roaming User Profiles and corporate environments (where not everyone is an admin). For me, it’s foremost a trust thing – you shouldn’t need to grant full admin rights to a tool just so it displays a simple file!
- launch a command window
- type msiexec /i <your path to Papas Best STL Viewer.msi> MSIINSTALLPERUSER=0
- hit enter
- … you’ll notice the setup needs elevation and installs to the global program files folder; it should then be accessable for every user.
However, per-user install is the recommended way because it works well with Roaming User Profiles and corporate environments (where not everyone is an admin). For me, it’s foremost a trust thing – you shouldn’t need to grant full admin rights to a tool just so it displays a simple file!
- GrueMaster
- Reactions:
- Posts: 522
- Joined: March 15th, 2017, 8:46 pm
- Location: Oregon
- 3D Printer(s): Hictop 3DP-17, Hictop CR-10S
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
Heh, I can fully relate. I am the maintainer of Win32DiskImager, and I have the same feelings about drag and drop. We added that before Windows 7 took off and removed that function (works if you run Explorer as Admin). All we used it for is to get a path and filename.
Sadly, I haven't had time or a development system to keep up with all of the Windows changes that keep happening. Seems every time some new major patch for Windows 10 comes out, it breaks my app in new mysterious ways.
- LePaul
- Reactions:
- Posts: 3970
- Joined: February 7th, 2016, 10:26 pm
- Location: Bangor, Maine USA
- 3D Printer(s): 24 - Yes I have a problem!
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
Anything that makes it simple for the end user is ideal. And mimic other program installs they have done. If they have to do registry or command line things to make it work, I may just pass. I just don't want to do a video that causes a zillion comments asking how/why it won't work for them.
- Krishty
- Reactions:
- Posts: 29
- Joined: December 3rd, 2017, 3:31 pm
- Location: Germany
- 3D Printer(s): DaVinci
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
I’m really interested in getting it to work on your system, because once fixed, more users can profit from it. My experience is, if there’s a problem with the program, not even one out of ten affected users will report it, so it’s important for me to not let you go
I don’t think admin rights have anything to do with the thumbnails not working – I’ve had some dozen testers and this point and rights were never an issue.
One more thing you could test is:
I don’t think admin rights have anything to do with the thumbnails not working – I’ve had some dozen testers and this point and rights were never an issue.
One more thing you could test is:
- Open the performance options of your computer, like here
- make sure that Show thumbnails instead of icons is checked
Yes, don’t get me started on this! There are some reasons why you cannot select Install for all users / install just for me from the setup, but they are so complicated, it took me two weekends to figure out …GrueMaster wrote: ↑March 12th, 2019, 10:12 pmSadly, I haven't had time or a development system to keep up with all of the Windows changes that keep happening. Seems every time some new major patch for Windows 10 comes out, it breaks my app in new mysterious ways.
- LePaul
- Reactions:
- Posts: 3970
- Joined: February 7th, 2016, 10:26 pm
- Location: Bangor, Maine USA
- 3D Printer(s): 24 - Yes I have a problem!
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
I do have Thumbnails set
- Krishty
- Reactions:
- Posts: 29
- Joined: December 3rd, 2017, 3:31 pm
- Location: Germany
- 3D Printer(s): DaVinci
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
Are the registry entries present?
- LePaul
- Reactions:
- Posts: 3970
- Joined: February 7th, 2016, 10:26 pm
- Location: Bangor, Maine USA
- 3D Printer(s): 24 - Yes I have a problem!
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
I'll have to check, I had a busy evening last night CNC'ing some aluminum parts so I didn't get to it
- LePaul
- Reactions:
- Posts: 3970
- Joined: February 7th, 2016, 10:26 pm
- Location: Bangor, Maine USA
- 3D Printer(s): 24 - Yes I have a problem!
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
I keep meaning to get back to this...since I miss having the preview working on that machine!
- Krishty
- Reactions:
- Posts: 29
- Joined: December 3rd, 2017, 3:31 pm
- Location: Germany
- 3D Printer(s): DaVinci
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
Haha, great
I tried to reproduce your issues by installing the old version to a virtual machine, and installing the new version over it. I could not find any issues, though – everything worked fine. I’ll keep digging …
I tried to reproduce your issues by installing the old version to a virtual machine, and installing the new version over it. I could not find any issues, though – everything worked fine. I’ll keep digging …
- LePaul
- Reactions:
- Posts: 3970
- Joined: February 7th, 2016, 10:26 pm
- Location: Bangor, Maine USA
- 3D Printer(s): 24 - Yes I have a problem!
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
No, uninstall a working version, then install it again. Then try to get the thumbnails to work. I still cant
- Krishty
- Reactions:
- Posts: 29
- Joined: December 3rd, 2017, 3:31 pm
- Location: Germany
- 3D Printer(s): DaVinci
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
I just tried that, and it works for me. The virtual machine I used for testing is limited to the 32-bit versions, though.
If you have trouble checking the registry values, you can just export your entire HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT tree to a text file (right-click → Export) and send it to me, then I’ll analyze it. (But if you do it, do it via private message please, because one can see which programs are installed via that export!)
- Krishty
- Reactions:
- Posts: 29
- Joined: December 3rd, 2017, 3:31 pm
- Location: Germany
- 3D Printer(s): DaVinci
- Contact:
Re: I wrote a bloat-free STL viewer
I released a new stable version. It fixes many pitfalls from the old versions, and comes with a few enhancements ... https://papas-best.com/stlthumbnails_en
LePaul, you can try installing the new version - maybe it helps with your problems. Feedback on reddit was very positive.
Should I create a new thread for this?
LePaul, you can try installing the new version - maybe it helps with your problems. Feedback on reddit was very positive.
Should I create a new thread for this?