Bug 129750 - Start window freezes frequently.
Summary: Start window freezes frequently.
Status: RESOLVED WORKSFORME
Alias: None
Product: LibreOffice
Classification: Unclassified
Component: LibreOffice (show other bugs)
Version:
(earliest affected)
6.3.4.2 release
Hardware: x86 (IA32) Windows (All)
: medium normal
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Reported: 2020-01-02 23:29 UTC by Thomas Leigh
Modified: 2020-07-28 15:26 UTC (History)
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Description Thomas Leigh 2020-01-02 23:29:43 UTC
Description:
Regardless of OpenGL enabled/disabled the start window (the one with recent files, templates, etc.) often freezes, which usually requires to kill the process via Task Manager.

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Click on LibreOffice 6.3 on the desktop.
2. Observe whether a mouse cursor indicates business or not.
3.

Actual Results:
Often the cursor indicates that something is happening - therefore nothing can be done via the window, because it does not respond.

Expected Results:
Click on the LibreOffice icon and be able to do anything it allows to do - right off the bat :) .


Reproducible: Sometimes


User Profile Reset: No



Additional Info:
Version: 6.3.4.2 (x86)
Build ID: 60da17e045e08f1793c57c00ba83cdfce946d0aa
CPU threads: 2; OS: Windows 6.1; UI render: default; VCL: win; 
Locale: en-US (pl_PL); UI-Language: en-US
Calc: threaded
Comment 1 Julien Nabet 2020-01-03 08:24:56 UTC
Could you rename your LO directory profile (see https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile#Windows) and give a new try?
Comment 2 Thomas Leigh 2020-01-03 15:21:15 UTC
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #1)
> Could you rename your LO directory profile (see
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile#Windows) and give a new try?

**It seems that it helped**, hope it will stay that way. Could You tell why this has solved the problem?

**Thank You very much**, the issue has been pretty annoying, I’m grateful that now I can use *LibreOffice* conveniently. And, moreover, I know how to help other people if they encounter a similar thing.
Comment 3 Thomas Leigh 2020-01-03 17:58:06 UTC
(In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #1)
> Could you rename your LO directory profile (see
> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile#Windows) and give a new try?

Oh, unfortunately the problem came back after an hour or two not launching LibreOffice start window. It behaves the same as before, the same issue.
Comment 4 Roman Kuznetsov 2020-01-04 13:49:09 UTC
(In reply to Thomas Leigh from comment #3)
> (In reply to Julien Nabet from comment #1)
> > Could you rename your LO directory profile (see
> > https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/UserProfile#Windows) and give a new try?
> 
> Oh, unfortunately the problem came back after an hour or two not launching
> LibreOffice start window. It behaves the same as before, the same issue.

Thomas, can you please try:
1. add LibreOffice to exceptions of your antivirus
2. check your hardware (HDD and memory) for errors
Comment 5 Thomas Leigh 2020-01-24 12:51:39 UTC
(In reply to Roman Kuznetsov from comment #4)
> (In reply to Thomas Leigh from comment #3)


Apologize for the delay. Could You please recommend some free tool to do the second step?

To add some further symptoms to this matter, I’ve noticed that:

1. When I open LO Writer, it sometimes acts similarly like the freezing start center.

2. When I initiate Alt+F12 within Writer to open settings, I often need to wait 5-15 sec. for it to show up.

3. If I am within settings initiated from the start center (Alt+F12) and click app color settings, I often need to wait 5-15 sec. for it to show up.
Comment 6 QA Administrators 2020-01-25 03:32:16 UTC Comment hidden (obsolete)
Comment 7 Thomas Leigh 2020-01-27 20:32:45 UTC
(In reply to Roman Kuznetsov from comment #4)
> (In reply to Thomas Leigh from comment #3)


I’ve run chkdsk over C:\ drive, didn’t help.
Comment 8 Xisco Faulí 2020-07-27 10:56:49 UTC
Hello Thomas Leigh,
A new major release of LibreOffice is available since this bug was reported.
Could you please try to reproduce it with the latest version of LibreOffice
from https://www.libreoffice.org/download/libreoffice-fresh/ ?
I have set the bug's status to 'NEEDINFO'. Please change it back to
'UNCONFIRMED' if the bug is still present in the latest version.
Comment 9 Thomas Leigh 2020-07-28 15:24:28 UTC
In the latest ver. You’ve linked the bug seems not to occur. Thank You very much :) !
Comment 10 Xisco Faulí 2020-07-28 15:26:23 UTC
(In reply to Thomas Leigh from comment #9)
> In the latest ver. You’ve linked the bug seems not to occur. Thank You very
> much :) !

Happy to hear.
Closing as RESOLVED WORKSFORME