Crashdump file was sent to you. Thanks.

Hi Nick,

> Crashdump file was sent to you. Thanks.

I don't seem to have received it, can you please try sending one more time?

- Michael

What, you didnt get it despite the fact that I sent it to the wrong address? :-0

Resent to the correct address.

-Nick

Hi Nick, I got it and I replied to you with some details in e-mail.

From the initial look it seems to be related to system fonts somehow, at the moment that you took the crash dump snapshot there were some Windows OS components trying to enumerate fonts.

Maybe there is a corrupt font or something like that which is bogging that process down.

The font enumeration is not something that MoI is doing directly, it's an internal part of mshtml.dll initialization.

- Michael

It used to be a saying that you didnt load too many fonts in your fonts folder as it would lag the system. Dont know if THATS still true, but I dont think you want to fill it with some huge bundle of 10,000 fonts from a disk...

Oh, ah, hmmm... so maybe gin & juice + 65000fonts.torrent don't mix after all.

My memory is hazy, but I see now that there are 9,197 fonts currently in the folder.

Hmmm...

Hi Nick, well that would seem to be the problem.... ;)

Pick something like your favorite 1000 of those and get rid of the rest and that should probably zip things back up again.

Otherwise I guess that you will probably see this delay at odd times in a variety of apps, in some it may be when you go to edit a text document that lets you pick different fonts in it like a word processor.

- Michael

Ok Michael. I was trying to rebuild the font library I had had previously. But, I got side tracked and then forgot to get rid of the ones I dont need. Oops! I will do that soon and give you the result.

“Here's to alcohol: the cause of, and solution to, all of life's problems.” - Homer Simpson

-Nick

MoI is back to normal with default fonts. Thanks for your help, Michael. I guess that problem/solution can go in your troubleshooting guide. :-)

-Nick

Hi Nick, that's great that it is back to normal, the dump analysis paid off!

Yes, I will have to add that to my troubleshooting checklist: Have you recently been drinking and handling fonts? :)

- Michael

If you like your fonts you can always use a font manager, there are a few good freeware/open source ones out there.

Cheers