GoToWindow.0.7.2.zip - I get this error

[Stamimail]

Startup Error No plug-ins found. Check that at least GoToWindow.Plugins.Core.dll can be found in the Plugins directory and restart GoToWindow.

[christianrondeau]

Mmh I'll check this when I get a chance, in the meantime can you check in log4net.config, set some path for the log file and check if there's any error or warning in the file?

Also just in case, try disabling your anti-virus, and ensure the referenced dll is indeed there.

[Stamimail]

INFO GoToWindow - Updates are disabled because GoToWindow is not running from the AppData directory. WARN GoToWindow - Could not start listening to WMI events System.Management.ManagementException: Access denied ב- System.Management.ManagementException.ThrowWithExtendedInfo(ManagementStatus errorCode) ב- System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher.Start() ב- GoToWindow.Api.WmiProcessWatcher.Start() ERROR GoToWindow - System.Management.Instrumentation.InstanceNotFoundException: No plug-ins found ב- GoToWindow.GoToWindowPluginsContainer.LoadPlugins() INFO GoToWindow - Application started. Shortcut is 'Left Win + Tab + Tab' (5B+09:2) INFO GoToWindow - Application exited.

[christianrondeau]

Mmmh, that's weird. I just uninstalled it, downloaded the zip file from GitHub directly, extracted it and everything works fine.

This error means the MEF engine (the thing that actually loads the behavior of GoToWindow from the executable) could not find any DLL file. The WMI events line is normal if you don't run GoToWindow as an administrator.

So we have to go to the basics;

1. Are you extracting the zip file in a folder, then running the executable? Or are you just opening the .zip folder and double-clicking on the .exe file?
2. Are you double-clicking on the executable, or running it from a command line?
3. Is there a Plugins subfolder in the extracted folder? This Plugins folder should contain a few DLL files, including GoToWindow.Plugins.Core.dll.

Did it work before? You might also want to try changing the log level to DEBUG and see if there's something helpful there.

[Stamimail]

1. extracting the zip file in a folder, then running the executable
2. double-clicking on the executable
3. There is Plugins folder. There is file called GoToWindow.Plugins.Core.dll. It just say it doesn't find it.

[christianrondeau]

Mmmh that's very weird. You did try without an anti-virus? Can you run from source? Otherwise I'll have to think of how to gather more clues...

[Stamimail]

You did try without an anti-virus?

No. No intention to disable the anti-virus, sorry. I can only say that the anti-virus said nothing about those files while scanning.

[bybor]

For me, BitDefender [Enterprise] didn't let GoToWindow to work. I had to ping them to tell it was false positive, and still got it blocked few times after getting AV updates. I never got deep enough to check the logs etc as you did, cannot confirm if that was similar to your errors.

[christianrondeau]

Yeah to be honest the AV is a shot in the dark, this specific error should be fairly simple.

I think adding some logs might help there. Can you build and run the app from visual studio? That will make it easier to diagnose the problem.

Otherwise, maybe you are extracting in a unc path? E. G. \somewhere? Or in Program Files directly?

[Stamimail]

D:\GoToWindow\GoToWindow.exe Unicode can be the problem?

[christianrondeau]

Nope, should not make a difference here... Let me add some diagnostic logs tonight and see if that helps....

[christianrondeau]

Hi @Stamimail - try https://github.com/christianrondeau/GoToWindow/releases/tag/v0.7.3, and change this in the log4net.config file:

<category name="GoToWindow">
  <level value="INFO" />
</category>

Change INFO to DEBUG.

Then, run GoToWindow, and check the log file again.

Also make sure you extract in a clean folder to make sure we don's have conflicting versions.

[Stamimail]

2017-11-13 23:28:14 INFO GoToWindow - Updates are disabled because GoToWindow is not running from the AppData directory. Executable: D:\GoToWindow.0.7.3\GoToWindow.exe, App Data: C:\Users\Stamimail\AppData\Local 2017-11-13 23:28:18 WARN GoToWindow - Could not start listening to WMI events System.Management.ManagementException: Access denied ב- System.Management.ManagementException.ThrowWithExtendedInfo(ManagementStatus errorCode) ב- System.Management.ManagementEventWatcher.Start() ב- GoToWindow.Api.WmiProcessWatcher.Start() 2017-11-13 23:28:20 DEBUG GoToWindow - Loaded directory catalog from 'D:\GOTOWINDOW.0.7.3\PLUGINS', looking for '*.dll'. Loaded: D:\GOTOWINDOW.0.7.3\PLUGINS\GOTOWINDOW.PLUGINS.CORE.DLL, D:\GOTOWINDOW.0.7.3\PLUGINS\GOTOWINDOW.PLUGINS.EXPANDBROWSERSTABS.DLL, D:\GOTOWINDOW.0.7.3\PLUGINS\GOTOWINDOW.PLUGINS.EXPLOREREXTENSIONS.DLL, D:\GOTOWINDOW.0.7.3\PLUGINS\LOG4NET.DLL 2017-11-13 23:28:20 ERROR GoToWindow - System.Exception: No plugins were composed 2017-11-13 23:28:20 DEBUG GoToWindow - Application activated. 2017-11-13 23:28:23 INFO GoToWindow - Application started. Shortcut is 'Left Win + Tab + Tab' (5B+09:2) 2017-11-13 23:28:23 INFO GoToWindow - Application exited.

[christianrondeau]

Well I'm stumped. The next step would be to go all in and do something like https://blogs.msdn.microsoft.com/dsplaisted/2010/07/13/how-to-debug-and-diagnose-mef-failures/ but then you'll need to build a custom mefx executable, etc. etc. Are you willing to go to the next step?

Also, do you have a C# environment to build the solution? The only variables I can think of are corrupted .NET installation, anti-virus preventing from loading the DLL files, bogus extract...