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« Last post by JeanneMarie on February 28, 2026, 17:40:40 »Alas, I can't be very helpful about conditions before yesterday's re-install. I had had MC on my computer for quite a while, but wasn't using it. It seems that I re-installed it last in early 2025 on my new machine, but I still didn't use it much. I can't even tell you how the desktop shortcut got created. Was it created as part of the installation of 2025? or did I later create it via Windows? Unknown. But clearly, MC couldn't remember-on-exit the layout settings (display drive E:\, display tree, remember open path, remember the folder in focus) after the upgrade. It also couldn't access FTP altho an icon was displayed.
To the best of my understanding--and I would never suggest you rely on this because I was barely using the program--it seems that my troubles only started with an upgrade of that last installation a couple of days ago. Certainly that is when the error message (image in my original post) began appearing on startup with no hint on what to do about it. I'm 100% certain of that.
I'm not entirely sure I understand about what the log report does and does not contain. But I can assure you that I never changed any core setting ever. I never got that far in mastering MC; configuring the Explorer Panel Settings was challenge enough. And post-upgrade, the log did not report any initialization failure. I checked carefully.
RE the PDF: It is just easier to master something quite new with print or its modern equivalent of PDF. It does seem to me that that the program is imitating the Windows look & feel better than when I first installed in 2017, and I'm not here to endorse Microsoft's product. But MC is robust enough to be very forbidding to the first-time user who appreciates its obvious abilities but will never use all of its features and just needs to get on with managing her files and move on. So whenever I can use a Win keyboard shortcut, I'm happy. I mention this only to reinforce that the PDF is very helpful with getting one's arms around pretty basic things like this.
Please don't feel obliged to continue this unless I can offer real info. For me, there are no open issues/problems and I can't access or reproduce any history here.
To the best of my understanding--and I would never suggest you rely on this because I was barely using the program--it seems that my troubles only started with an upgrade of that last installation a couple of days ago. Certainly that is when the error message (image in my original post) began appearing on startup with no hint on what to do about it. I'm 100% certain of that.
I'm not entirely sure I understand about what the log report does and does not contain. But I can assure you that I never changed any core setting ever. I never got that far in mastering MC; configuring the Explorer Panel Settings was challenge enough. And post-upgrade, the log did not report any initialization failure. I checked carefully.
RE the PDF: It is just easier to master something quite new with print or its modern equivalent of PDF. It does seem to me that that the program is imitating the Windows look & feel better than when I first installed in 2017, and I'm not here to endorse Microsoft's product. But MC is robust enough to be very forbidding to the first-time user who appreciates its obvious abilities but will never use all of its features and just needs to get on with managing her files and move on. So whenever I can use a Win keyboard shortcut, I'm happy. I mention this only to reinforce that the PDF is very helpful with getting one's arms around pretty basic things like this.
Please don't feel obliged to continue this unless I can offer real info. For me, there are no open issues/problems and I can't access or reproduce any history here.