Win7 odd startup problem

[dgoadby]

I downloaded the latest version (0.2.13) and ran it. It started up and all looked ok until I gave it the incorrect MQTT server address.

The application crashed with no messages.

Now, if I try to run the application there is a wait followed by a flash on the screen and then it dies.

I checked the task manager and I don't see any orphan tasks. I'm cannot reboot the PC for a while but any ideas what is going on?

[barbudor]

I'm unsure which version of python is used to build the Windows executable, but Windows 7 is no more supported by Python since v3.9
And it is likely that v3.9 or greater is used

You MAY be lucky by running the python code directly with a Python environment in your computer but that's not even guaranteed.
Personnaly I don't have anymore a Win7 machine available for testing.

[jziolkowski]

I downloaded the latest version (0.2.13) and ran it. It started up and all looked ok until I gave it the incorrect MQTT server address.

The application crashed with no messages.

Now, if I try to run the application there is a wait followed by a flash on the screen and then it dies.

I checked the task manager and I don't see any orphan tasks. I'm cannot reboot the PC for a while but any ideas what is going on?

Read the project wiki and find location of the config file. Change the connect on startup flag to false and/or set MQTT broker to proper host. Should fix the problem. I'll have a look for a better error handling in such case.

[Jason2866]

Build with Python 3.7 or 3.8 (changed in December). It is for sure not build with Python v3.9

[barbudor]

ok, so that's not the problem though
Thanks @Jason2866