FileZilla main dialog does not appear

[elsapo]

FileZilla client 2.2.18

I know I reported this before, but I think my bug
report was closed without being addressed :(

I just experienced it again, and now I have a good
guess what causes this bug.

I think this is due to the same problem that causes
FileZilla to be painful to use on network drives -- it
slows to a crawl if network drives are involved.

My guess is that last time I ran FileZilla, the last
drive I used was a network drive, so now it is in some
stupid, painful loop trying to read a network drive,
and therefore the main window is never appearing.

I guess if that is true, the solution would be to hunt
down the recent settings memory (registry?) and kill
them, to fix this.

[elsapo]

Yes, the workaround for this bug is

a) Kill FileZilla.exe with Task Manager
b) edit your settings and change the "Default Folder" setting

[Tim Kosse]

It's a problem with Windows, it's networking implementation
is terrible.

[elsapo]

Ya, it is terrible -- no chance of fixing this terrible bug
at all?

Even a partial fix like a checkbox in the options, something
like

Don' t Save Last Directory (recommended for anyone using

network drives)

?

[Tim Kosse]

You can set a permanent default directory in the settings
dialog.

[elsapo]

That is a much better workaround that traipsing into the
registry to delete the bad entry!