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[Azaziah <suutari.olli@xxxxxxxxx>]

** Description changed:

  Problem
  http://superuser.com/questions/586090/fix-portableapps-com-another-instance-of-is-currently-closing-please-wait
  
  Background story, this happened in June I think.
  Our church has OLP portable installed to Google Drive and
  synched to 5 laptops and 2 PC:s.
  
  All of the sudden OLP stops working and won’t start.
  
  The following message is given:
  “Another instance of OpenLP portable is currently starting.
  Please wait for it to finish before launching it again.”
  
  No matter how long the wait or amount of tries, it just won’t start.
  
- Following the instructions given behind the link I managed to get OLP
- working again.
+ Following the instructions given behind the link
+ I managed to get OLP working again.
  
  After that I tweaked the “OpenLPPortable.ini” (stored in:
  App\Appinfo\Launcher)
  
  to allow multiple instances of the program.
  
  Ever since the program hasn’t got stuck again.
- (OLP still asks if you want to start an another 
+ (OLP still asks if you want to start an another
  instance if one is already running)
  
  Heres my tweaks to the config:
  
  [Launch]
  SinglePortableAppInstance=False
  SingleAppInstance=False
  
  Maybe we could set this to default config
  or some alternative tweak to make it more stable?

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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1490186

Title:
  Portable builds might get stuck and not start

Status in OpenLP:
  New

Bug description:
  Problem
  http://superuser.com/questions/586090/fix-portableapps-com-another-instance-of-is-currently-closing-please-wait

  Background story, this happened in June I think.
  Our church has OLP portable installed to Google Drive and
  synched to 5 laptops and 2 PC:s.

  All of the sudden OLP stops working and won’t start.

  The following message is given:
  “Another instance of OpenLP portable is currently starting.
  Please wait for it to finish before launching it again.”

  No matter how long the wait or amount of tries, it just won’t start.

  Following the instructions given behind the link
  I managed to get OLP working again.

  After that I tweaked the “OpenLPPortable.ini” (stored in:
  App\Appinfo\Launcher)

  to allow multiple instances of the program.

  Ever since the program hasn’t got stuck again.
  (OLP still asks if you want to start an another
  instance if one is already running)

  Heres my tweaks to the config:

  [Launch]
  SinglePortableAppInstance=False
  SingleAppInstance=False

  Maybe we could set this to default config
  or some alternative tweak to make it more stable?

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