Here is your install running with 2.5.4
 

See yellow as it even calculated you statistics OK.

[QUOTE=swl551;345690]My mistake. I am not using the latest version. I am using the version in your zip file.[/QUOTE]

That makes sense under the circumstances.

It had been working well for so long that I did not even remember which version I was using. I'll get back to you in a bit on further experiments.

EDIT (just saw your last post): That sure is weird! I never got anything meaningful down in that section of the screen. It still seems like something is strange on this machine. Thanks again for taking time over this.

Version 2.5.5
 

VERSION 2.5.5
1. Added more error messages if errors occur during initial loading of files
2. Fixed a bug where productivity data is trying to be loaded before the directory exists. This would only occur during initial setup.

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This is a long-overdue follow-up to my earlier reports. I still don't know what specifically was involved in the problems. It is quite clear that it was something wrong with my system, probably in the Registry.

After the last post I went through a search and ran a variety of .NET repairs with Microsoft tools for that purpose. These did not resolve the issue. I was, about the same time, involved in a rebuild of Windows. After one setup and settings transfer, MISFIT was again working. Then I lost it again. I finally drew a connection between the failures and some portion of Norton Utilities 16. It was most likely either the Registry Cleaner or the Speed Disk defragger. Unfortunately, running Speed Disk wipes all System Restore Points, so a rollback was impossible. After another setup and settings restore, MISFIT was again functional. I got rid of NU 16 and have not had the problem again (so far.)

@kladner
 

MISFIT does store a few values in hkeyCurrentUser including the password salt. If deleted the worst condition would be messages relating to inability to decrypt passwords. So Norton definitely was doing more than touching registry.

I am sure all MISFIT users happy to see the root cause being a third party and not bugs in MISFIT... I know I am!

Sorry it took me so long to say so. I really have no clue what happened, but it seemed pretty clear that NU 16 had something to do with it. I've had that suite for some time and used it without problems, but the difficulty has not returned since I ditched it.

VERSION 2.5.5.1
 

VERSION 2.5.5.1
1. Fixed limitation working with WorkToDo.txt files with greater than 32,767 rows. Functionality confirmed with 102,696 rows in a single file.
[B]Thanks to NormanRKN for highlighting this limitation and testing the fix[/B].

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[QUOTE=swl551;347542]VERSION 2.5.5.1
1. Fixed limitation working with WorkToDo.txt files with greater than 32,767 rows.[/QUOTE]

It's hard to imagine ever reaching such a limit.

NO, it´s easy to reach!

actually they are in gimps in manual testing page available numbers with 65bit.

you could reach this limit fast because there a no many ghzd/d with one assignment. so you need thousands of assignments if you use a "offline-pc" or your are handling/feed a few systems.

so MISFIT was not able to handle that number of assignments (split them) and gave errors and stop working until the "allowed" size was not reached.

[B]thank you Scott for the very fast fix.[/B]

Norman

[QUOTE=kladner;346909]Sorry it took me so long to say so. I really have no clue what happened, but it seemed pretty clear that NU 16 had something to do with it. I've had that suite for some time and used it without problems, but the difficulty has not returned since I ditched it.[/QUOTE]

I recently received notification of a class action settlement against Symantec involving Norton Utilities and similar software with other names. The $9 and 3 months of free Norton Anti-virus don't mean jack, but it's clear lots of others had problems with the suite.

[QUOTE=kladner;347575]I recently received notification of a class action settlement against Symantec involving Norton Utilities and similar software with other names. The $9 and 3 months of free Norton Anti-virus don't mean jack, but it's clear lots of others had problems with the suite.[/QUOTE]

To put on the table...

My advise is not to respond to any such "offers". They're simply trying to collect data on you.

IMO, such "class action" contact requests provides no upside to anyone except the sender; almost always never upside to the recipient.