1.7.2.6 [Unicode]: AudioShell does not work.

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2009 Oct 24, 23:18

In current xplorer² release, the AudioShell extension does not work anymore.
Hovering a .mp3, .flac or similar file does - nothing. No tooltip appears. Tooltips for .jpg files still work fine, so it seems to be related to AudioShell.

In Windows Explorer everything is O.K. (Vista). Any ideas?

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Oct 25, 05:09

did you enable infotips in xplorer2? See Tools > Options > Window > View

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2009 Oct 25, 05:14

Yep, I have. Disabling it doesn't make it work either.

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Oct 25, 06:12

I'll look into it
now that i remember, i had an issue with audioshell only showing infotips when x2 was running as administrator

do you see the audioshell columns in detailed view?

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2009 Oct 25, 12:37

nikos wrote:i had an issue with audioshell only showing infotips when x2 was running as administrator

Weird. I am logged in as administrator...

nikos wrote:do you see the audioshell columns in detailed view?

Obviously not, the "Album" column is empty for FLAC files, so I presume it is the Windows' one.

Tuxman · Post by **Tuxman** » 2009 Oct 25, 20:31

Meanwhile I tested it with 1.7.2.19 and 1.7.2.20, and the problem still persists, so, at least, it's not a configuration failure.

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Oct 27, 08:51

could this be an issue where your audioshell and xplorer2 are different in the 64/32 bit sense? (only possible if you are on 64 bit windows)

Dhamu · Post by **Dhamu** » 2009 Nov 27, 20:37

I got a new notebook, and I put xplorer² 1.8.0.0 x64 on it, and installed AudioShell several times, getting what looks like a positive response of "DllRegisterServer on AudioShellExt.dll succeeded," but no fields show up in columns or in F12 properties, despite multiple installs, restarts of xplorer², and reboots of the notebook. Yes, I run x² as Administrator

If this is a 32/64 disagreement, is there an x64 equivalent of AudioShell? Contrarily, what would I lose by running x²/32 on Windows 7? Anything huge?

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Nov 28, 06:12

it looks like a 32/64 bit issue, try the 32 bit xplorer2. What you would lose is shell extensions that work only in 64 bit

however the native windows 7 audio information columns could work good enough so that you don't need audioshell?

c141heaven · Post by **c141heaven** » 2009 Dec 03, 00:06

I've been having a lot of trouble with X2 crashing when displaying auto info like duration, bitrate, etc. This only started when I upgraded to 1.8.0.0.

Then I came across this discussion about AudioShell and gave it a try. Still crashes when showing audio info....and worse yet...still I lose any custom settings, toolbars, etc., every time it does, even if I have exited from X2 and restarted before the crash. Something is not right here.

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Dec 03, 07:17

if you think this only started for v1.8, grab v1.72 and see if it also crashes or not:
http://download.cnet.com/Xplorer2/3000- ... ?tag=mncol