WL generates exception on startup
Author: bgood
Creation Date: 10/19/2020 2:55 PM
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bgood

#1
Today, I have an exception being generated every time I start WL. If I "Continue" WL starts, but it is hard to trust given 1 exception has already been generated. I have rebooted my pc without any change. I "Modified" my installation of WL and had it re-install the code. Is there anything else to try before I remove WL then install it fresh?
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bgood

#2
One interesting thing I just noticed is that the Extension Manager does not show up in the tools menu.
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Eugene

#3
Can it have something to do with development of your own addin? If you try to copy/paste the exception message from Details we should be able to troubleshoot the issue.
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bgood

#4
While I need to develop a component style DLL for myself, I have not done that yet. However, I removed WL, then installed it from scratch and it still would not boot without the exception. Then I renamed the datafiles, and reinstalled WL again and it worked. So the issue was in my datafiles. Via a process of elimination, I found that I have a workspace named "Default.ws", that when deleted, everything works. The date on Default was 5/17/2015. After deleting that workspace, I now start without error.
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Eugene

#5
Good move. Glad it helped. Renaming or deleting Default.ws is the first step on our crash troubleshooting procedure:

Wealth-Lab crashes on start

Could be an uninstalled ChartStyle or something. Can't tell more without the exception details.
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bgood

#6
I have attached the default.ws and the renamed default.ws.txt files for you.
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