I recently got a new laptop. It has a Core i7 8th gen processor, so plenty of power. However, the fan runs constantly whenever I start NetBeans. I searched for solutions and found that it seems to have something to do with the task scans in the background. One user suggested pressing CTRL + 6, then CTRL + W to shut down the task scanning. This actually works and brings the CPU back down to 0 when NetBeans is idle. However, I have to do it every 15 minutes to keep my super loud fan at bay. Any ideas on how to disable task scanning more permanently than CTRL + 6, then CTRL + w?
There are several things you might try to quieten your fan:
With respect to completely stopping Task Scanning, there is no functionality built into NetBeans 8.x to do that, but there is a plugin available named MasterFileSystemSuspend. Use Tools > Plugins > Settings tab > Add, then Tools > Plugins > Downloaded tab > Add Plugins... to add the plugin.
Once the plugin is installed, a button with the tooltip Pause I/O Checks is added to the toolbar:
Clicking the button will suspend/resume scanning. That functionality is already built in to the nightly builds of NetBeans 8.2 and also Apache NetBeans 9.0 RC.1. To display the button ensure that View > Toolbars > Performance is checked:
Apart from Task Scanning there is another form of scanning which is performed whenever focus is returned to NetBeans from other applications:
Tools > Options > Miscellaneous > Files tab > Enable auto-scanning of sources
If you never change NetBeans project files outside of NetBeans you can safely uncheck this setting. This is its help information:
When selected, the IDE will scan the source code of projects to detect
any files that were modified externally. Scanning is triggered when
the focus is returned to the IDE, for example when the user returns to
the IDE from another application.
If your sources are only modified from within the IDE, you can
probably disable auto-scanning with little risk of encountering
problems. Disabling auto-scanning may improve IDE performance if you
are working on large projects.
Auto-scanning is enabled by default.
Also review this NetBeans FAQ providing hints on improving performance with respect to indexing and scanning.
Finally, apart from suppressing scanning, another simple change to reduce I/O and improve performance is to close projects that you aren't actively working on. There is an overhead associated with each open project, so it is pointless to have unused projects open.
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Not a VERY big deal, but it's still annoying. Qt Creator shows Not Responding for a few minutes upon startup, then it's OK. What could be the reason? How to fix it? I have cleared my temp files, also have given Qt Creator admin rights. It still does not help. Below is the screenshot:
Tried disabling the welcome screen as per the suggestion. Now the welcome screen does not show up, but I still have the same problem:
The culprit is likely the "welcome" screen.
Go to help - about plugins and disable welcome.
Another source of delays might be due to an internet connection being unable to go through and waiting to time out.
It is normal if the first time Creator is started to take a little longer while scanning for external tools, but after the initial run it should not be a problem.
As the comment noted, it might be the case of a recently introduced issue, in the case you are running the affectd version - 4.6.1.
For those observing instances of the problem with versions 4.8 and upwards running on Windows 10, I can confirm Windows Defender having a role in it.
Disabling the Welcome Plugin does not always solve the problem, as this is also triggered by first-open of the File menù (which populates Recent Files/Projects submenus) or often by simply hitting Ctrl+K.
My solution consisted in adding Qt Creator to the Windows Defender exclusion list.
This is done by navigating Windows Security -> Virus & threat protection -> Virus & threat protection settings -> Exclusions.
Then add a Process exclusion entry using the path to the Qt Creator binary directory, such as C:\Qt\qtcreator-4.9.0\bin\*.
Note the presence of the final \* bit, to whitelist all binaries in that directory.
I have a simple application using
QT += core gui network webkitwidgets
I've used windeployqt.exe to generate the 32 bits release on my win-10 64 bit computer. When I put the folder on a win-7 64 Bit desktop and double-click the app.exe, it never starts.
I can see it in the task manager, but I can't kill it, and if I try I cannot close the explorer folder in which I double clicked anymore.
I've checked the usual platform, ICU, qwindows.dll, and so on.
http://doc.qt.io/qt-5/windows-deployment.html
EDIT Precisions:
I've compiled with default 32 Bit kit: "build-Test-Desktop_Qt_5_5_1_MinGW_32bit-Release" with "mingw492_32"
I have a package "release" generated by windeployqt.exe using the --webkit switch. I start a command prompt:
> set path=
> set mingw=
Then I make sure that no Qt/Mingw things exists anymore in my environment variables.
I also rename "c:\Qt" into "c:\ __Qt".
I move my release folder on my desktop.
I start release\test.exe ( from the clean path shell )
Everything runs fine! So The release/test.exe has everything it needs without the path/mingw variable.
But as soon as I put the folder on another windows machine ( 7 instead of 10 ) it never starts.
I tried dependency walker. It shows a lot of "API-MS-WIN*.dll" missing...
It even shows much more missing dlls on the "good" machine than on the bad one !!!
Every single "missing dll" on the "bad" target machine is actually in system32 on this machine.
Thanks for advice, every advice is welcome, I'm a bit desperate... :)
Edit
It seems to be related to the machine itself. I have successfully deployed this (very small) app to 2 non developer machine on win7 and win8 respectively. But the above "bad machine" still resits running it...
Edit
The problem seems not to be general but related to this one particular machine. Hence, feel free to close or move to the appropriate forum as it is not related to Qt/windeplyqt. If I figure out a solution, and question is closed, I'll simply add a last edit. Safe Boot and malwarebyte are my next actions.
After a long investigation.
Do not believe dependency walker, it used to be a top notch tool but it is now outdated.
If there is a missing dll, the system will prompt you with "cannot load dll xxx.dll" anyway.
Your best shot in case a soft runs on machine X but not on Machine Y is:
start in safe mode ( run: msconfig --> diagnostic startup )
turn off any antivirus or non microsoft/driver software,
"run as administrator".
If you can run with step 3. Then proceed by elimination:
run without admin rights,
Start anti spyware, etc...
Add appropriate exception to your antivirus if it is the root cause.
If the antivirus is not the root cause, run process monitor on both machines. Then compare, what Failed on one machine and not the other ? Read the windows event log and compare any error messages on both machines.
run sfc /scannow to check disk
run a complete anti spyware scan/ pc-repair tool ( malwarebytes, combofix, ... )
Make sure you really have the very same package on both machines, make sure you are not trying to run an exe on mac OS, make sure your computer is on.
Call the oracle, you are in the matrix...
In my case the problem was Avast and it was solved by adding appropriate exception.
I'm currently on my third attempt trying to install Visual Studio 2015 on this computer. I have tried rebooting, hard shut downs, canceling setup and restarting, etc. Each time, it gets stuck at applying Microsoft ASP.net. I have tried leaving it overnight (12 hours). My download speed is 50-60 MBPS according to Ookla Speedtest. I am running Windows 10. I did do a "custom" installation and added C++, Python, and the Git extension. If I am not mistaken it said 7 GB size. Why is it doing this? Please help!
I don't understand why this isn't working because I installed VS 2015 for my laptop (a different computer) just a few days ago on a relatives WIFI and their speed was 3-7 MBPS.
(Note: The installer is not technically frozen since the loading dots on the bottom are moving.) However, bar hasn't filled up at all for like 6 hours.
EDIT:
Do I need ASP.NET (for C#, Python, and maybe C++)? Can I uncheck certain features for installation so that it wont try to install this? Also, when I cancel installation it never cancels and just stays there so I have to kill the installer with the task manager. This is getting incredibly frustrating.
Fixed it...
Easiest way is "threaten" to shut down the computer. Go into Power, restart system. You will be warned that there is a logging program which will not let the system reset. Cancel that program and then do NOT restart.
Installer immediately went on to next part and finished install after having been stuck for 6 hours...
I got it to work, it wasn't perfect, but here is what I did: It was getting stuck at very certain points, most notably ASP.NET. I did a little research and got an idea from something I read (I unfourtunetly can't find the source again). Sometimes windows opens invisible "confirm" type windows or installer windows that get stuck. When the installer got stuck I opened up task manager -> details, than checked On the visual studio process by right clicking then clicking analyzing wait chain. This showed me what process the VS install was waiting for. Then, I'd just kill the process. Messy, I know, but better then nothing. I had to do that 2 or 3 times. Afterward it said it installed correctly with 2 components that had warnings. ASP.NET was included. But everything else worked fine (c#, C++) Later I went back and did a repair. That worked pretty smooth. Finally, I installed the Python Tools successfully. (that part is sort of irrelevant but the point was that everything is now working fine).
edit, found another source: Visual Studio 2015 Community Edition Installation Stuck In Windows 10
Yes i had this problem too. To solve this open task manager and go to details tab then search for TiWorker.exe, right click on it and choose analyzing wait chain it will display many instances of the process that are in waiting mode , check all those processes and terminate them after doing this the installer will go to the next step.
To avoid this problem, you have to install IIS first.
Go to Control Panel -> Programs -> Turn Windows features on or off -> Select "Internet Information Services" -> OK
I had this problem a couple of hours before writing this answer and what worked for me was:
I opened other programs at least two or three and went to power and clicked on restart as usual it will warn you about open programs that need too be closed before shutdown or programs that are currently active I then clicked on force close and it closed the first program that I recently opened then I quickly clicked on cancel. Two minutes later instalation was back on track
Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc, then go to Tiworker.exe and terminate all the waiting processes.
I found a solution to this headache of a process to install Visual Studio. If you have tried everything and nothing seams to be working for you even by trying the command line shell then try this.
Go open task manager while running the installer and kill wusa.exe. It will kill the process to search for the update and continue the installation. You may have to kill some other processes as well if they get stuck. Its not great but it seams to be working.
wusa.exe seams to be the task that is the problem that prevents the installer from moving to the next step. This could be because your computer can not reach the update server.
This seams to be the case for both the Community and Enterprise Version of Visual Studio.
After a long weekend - I got JWrapper working with my application.
One thing I notice is that there are not uninstall entries in the Control Panel > Program and Features. ie:
I also noticed I had to write a custom app to place a short cut on the user's desktop. Not a problem, but this is something that is generally standard.
Is it possible to get the JWrapper installation to show up in the Program and Features (and whatever is equivelent for Macs)?
JWrapper doesn't currently support installing to Programs and Features however it will by default install a program group into the start menu including an uninstaller shortcut.
this is a more unusual question so give me a hint when stack overflow isn't the right place for it. ;)
I have a problem with Visualstion 2012 where it freezes every so often when I compile my project.
I am currently working on a Qt project so the Qt add-in is installed. I am sure you can't remote-fix my problem but I would like to ask what could cause such freezes.
Here are some important infos:
the PC doens't freeze every time I compile (seems to be a bit random)
the freeze takes from 5 to 15 minutes. In most cases, it ends with the screen switching to black and then back to "normal"
I often try to open the task manager which returns an exit code after the freeze which says that the task manager couldn't start
the PC comes back to life after 5-15 minutes but many applications (incl VS) aren't responding for additional ~5 minutes.
the hardware components are fine for what I can tell. (I tested HDD and RAM, temps are fine)
I hope you can give me a hint where the cause of the freezes could be hiding. ;)
You could start by analyzing what is unique about your system.
Perhaps you are using an unusual source control system, anti-virus, network connections, mapped drives or some weird form of integration that nobody else uses. My guess is that this may be your source control integration or some server connection that is triggering an unusual locking condition.