Missing file copy progress dialog

AdamBomb320 · Post by **AdamBomb320** » 2009 Jul 21, 23:09

I'm running Vista x64 as a standard user with disallowed-by-default software restriction policies. I have set path rules that allow programs installed to Program Files and Program Files (x86) to execute, and most programs behave normally under these conditions.

xplorer2 mostly works, except that when I initiate a large file transfer, no progress dialog appears. If I change the default software restriction policy security level from "disallowed" to "unrestricted", the dialog appears, so I know that it is my policies that are preventing the progress dialog from appearing. The question I have for the community is, what are the minimum permissions necessary to grant in order for the progress dialog to appear?

Thanks to anyone willing to tackle this one!

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Jul 21, 23:21

I am not familiar with this setting but the question is, are the files being copied when you don't see the progress dialog or the copy fails altogether?

also did you try the robust copy engine found in the professional version? There are many perks available there, see here for a demo:
www.zabkat.com/tour3a.htm

you can get your free 21 day trial of the 64 bit version here:
www.zabkat.com/x2-64bit.htm

AdamBomb320 · Post by **AdamBomb320** » 2009 Jul 22, 03:24

Yes, the files are being copied; I can see them appear one by one in the other pane. The only thing missing is the actual progress dialog. I can try the robust copy dialog later, maybe tomorrow, and post my results back. Thanks!

AdamBomb320 · Post by **AdamBomb320** » 2009 Jul 22, 17:53

nikos: here is more info about how Software Restriction Policies work and why I am running in this configuration. It is a recently started experiment, but it has been going well so far with only a few bumps.
http://www.mechbgon.com/srp/

I think I should add that I am a professional software developer, and I am developing & debugging in Visual Studio under this configuration.

I tried a few scenarios with copying files in xplorer2 pro
1. Copy to (robust file copy) progress dialog appears as expected
2. Copying a file by dragging between panes shows progress dialog if the default action was to copy (for example, if the two panes are on different drives)
3. Copying a file by dragging between panes does NOT show progress dialog if default action was move (for example, the two panes are on the same drive and the Ctrl key was held down)
4. Copying a file with ctrl+c, ctrl+v does NOT show progress dialog regardless of whether the two panes are on same drive or different drives.

It might be an interesting exercise to try to see what the difference is in the code that executes in each of these scenarios.

As for me, it would seem that my best & fastest fix is to pay up & always use robust file transfer. :)

Post by **nikos** » 2009 Jul 22, 22:33

you know it makes sense to go pro

in general this standard windows progress dialog only shows up if the operation takes too long, that's why you never see it for move actions