Nothing Seems to run - Me too

[2Mystic]

This is similar to the discussion below. I am running Windows XP Pro with SP2 on one laptop and Vista on another. I have a Corsair 8 GB with Ceedo and a Lexar Lightning 4 GB with PowerToGo. Both have the most current version of Ceedo. The Ceedo / PowerToGo applications launch just fine and I can install programs with Argo, but when I click on them from the All Programs or Shortcuts nothing happens. The only way I can get an installed program to run is to drill down through the Ceedo drive to the exe program - then it runs fine. Tech support suggested reinstalling Ceedo (which I have done twice with the same result). Any ideas??

[keith]

2Mystic, what programs have you got installed on your drives? What installer was used to install them? Did the programs install with the Microsoft Windows installer?

Remember, the more information you can provide, the better the chance that your issues can be resolved.

[2Mystic]

2Mystic, what programs have you got installed on your drives? What installer was used to install them? Did the programs install with the Microsoft Windows installer?

Remember, the more information you can provide, the better the chance that your issues can be resolved.

Argo Application Installer 2.0 was used to install programs. I have several programs loaded, one example is my file encryption software from Dekart, another is SyncBack Pro. Both of these applications ran fine under Ceedo 2.0 with the InstallAnything installer. Then I upgraded to Ceedo 2.1 and installed them using Argo. Like I said, the programs run fine ONLY if I drill to the "exe" file on the Ceedo drive - menu and shortcuts will not launch ANY programs. I have reformatted and started from scratch twice with the exact same result on both drives.

[darkram]

I encountered the same problem some time ago in 2.0. Someone posted to reinstall Ceedo after doing that and painful reinstalling all my apps and reconfiguring I am back in the same boat again, now no apps run on either my work computer or home... So far I found this program to be a complete waste of money.

Glad to see I'm not the only one.

:mad:
Link to my original post:
http://www.ceedoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=239

[Yoav Behr]

Darkman, what version are you using? We are aware that this problem exists and it should be fixed totally in the version that will be released tomorrow.
Please provide the info and I will let you know how to solve this.

[Diam0nd]

I encountered the same problem some time ago in 2.0. Someone posted to reinstall Ceedo after doing that and painful reinstalling all my apps and reconfiguring I am back in the same boat again, now no apps run on either my work computer or home... So far I found this program to be a complete waste of money.

Glad to see I'm not the only one.

:mad:
Link to my original post:
http://www.ceedoforum.com/forum/showthread.php?t=239
I can perfectly see your point, but I can't really agree on the "complete waste of money part", since Ceedo DOES run fine for most of the users. So, well, it might of course have issues (no doubts about that), but I for instance run Ceedo on my Vista (Ultimate, x64) at home (I also run an XP x64 AND Server 2003 x64, runs just fine) and on XP Pro SP2 VL at work, and all I can say is that Ceedo runs/works just fine ;/

[darkram]

Darkman, what version are you using? We are aware that this problem exists and it should be fixed totally in the version that will be released tomorrow.
Please provide the info and I will let you know how to solve this.

Ceedo file version reports: 2.1.0.13 (thats from right clicking the .exe properties/version)

As it is now, clicking anything in Ceedo locks it up and the taskbar icon truns green and stays green. This happens on WinXP Pro SP2 both in work and at home.
At work we use Trendmicro for antiviturs and at home I use AVG.

[Diam0nd]

Ceedo file version reports: 2.1.0.13 (thats from right clicking the .exe properties/version)

As it is now, clicking anything in Ceedo locks it up and the taskbar icon truns green and stays green. This happens on WinXP Pro SP2 both in work and at home.
At work we use Trendmicro for antiviturs and at home I use AVG.

Just wondering have you tried such basics as turning off ANY firewalls/AVs and then running ceedo?

[Yoav Behr]

Turning of the firewalls and the Anti-Virus will probably fix the issue but this is not good enough from Ceedo side. We need the exact Anti virus you are using and the exact version number. This will enable to fix this issue, Our engineer is investigating this issue and I will post his findings in the next few days.

[darkram]

Turning of the firewalls and the Anti-Virus will probably fix the issue but this is not good enough from Ceedo side. We need the exact Anti virus you are using and the exact version number. This will enable to fix this issue, Our engineer is investigating this issue and I will post his findings in the next few days.

I dont see why disabling the firewall would prevent something like notepad++ from starting in Ceedo, that just seems ridicules to me. Specially if I have the update feature disabled in Ceedo alone. But regardless firewall has been off on both computers from the start.

For antivirus at work we use Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3, and turning it off is not an option.
For home I use AVG 7.1 free edition.

[Change]

Same problem here. Was using McAfee Enterprise. Turning off the Windows Firewall and McAfee On-Access scan did not solve anything..

[Diam0nd]

I dont see why disabling the firewall would prevent something like notepad++ from starting in Ceedo, that just seems ridicules to me. Specially if I have the update feature disabled in Ceedo alone. But regardless firewall has been off on both computers from the start.
First off, if you think you know it all, why bother reporting your problem at all then? You don't think AVs and FWs can interfiere with programs? Well then, I suggest you do a bit of reading on how those AVs/FWs work then. You want examples? For instance:
1. KAV, early versions were causing all kinds of conflicts with programs some were not able to run, running others caused BSOD.
2. KIS, AV+FW. Resulted in programs not being able to go onto the net, even tho proper rules were created. BSOD on many systems either when turning on the KIS itself or running certain programs.
3. Agnitum Outpost FW. This one used to cause (and still does, on some sytems) conflicts and wont allow programs to run.
(and keep in mind, those are not some no-name programs, but pretty famous and wide-spread products)

I mean, with all due respect, I am NOT claiming that you're not good with PCs (maybe you are, maybe you arent, I dont know), but giving me/us this "that just seems ridicules to me" bs is simply way too ridiculous. Can you really say that you are 100% sure that there is no way that your FW or AV interfiere with Ceedo? Again, I suggest you do some Googling on issues that firewalls and AVs cause sometimes.


For antivirus at work we use Trend Micro OfficeScan 7.3, and turning it off is not an option.
For home I use AVG 7.1 free edition.
I meant, turning it off ONCE, just to try and see what might happen.
I personally tried: KAV, KIS, Outpost, NOD32, McAfee and some others FWs/AV programs and Ceedo seems to be working fine for me (in XP SP2, Vista, Server 2003, XP x64).

Again, no disrespect, but with AVs and FWs there actually IS a chance they might interfere (its not like im claming that notepad.exe messes up your system, avs and fws is a whole different story). But all in all, sure you don't have to do anything. I'm just trying to help, you wanna ignore my "advise"? It's your choice :)



Regards,
D.

[darkram]

First off, if you think you know it all, why bother reporting your problem at all then? You don't think AVs and FWs can interfiere with programs?

I'm not sure why you even bother replying to my posts since you dont seem to read them. No where in my above post did I say AVs couldn't have an effect Ceedo. I only mention the firewall. And I dont use 3rd party software firewalls.


I meant, turning it off ONCE, just to try and see what might happen.
I personally tried: KAV, KIS, Outpost, NOD32, McAfee and some others FWs/AV programs and Ceedo seems to be working fine for me (in XP SP2, Vista, Server 2003, XP x64).

Reread my post again and you will see that my firewall is off on both computers. Turning off the antivirus in my work environment is a pain and generally frowned upon. Which is why I mentioned it not being an option...


Again, no disrespect, but with AVs and FWs there actually IS a chance they might interfere (its not like im claming that notepad.exe messes up your system, avs and fws is a whole different story). But all in all, sure you don't have to do anything. I'm just trying to help, you wanna ignore my "advise"? It's your choice :)

Please get your facts right, I mention Notepad++. Which I downloaded from Ceedo's website and installed, (when it did work at one time on my Work PC) why doesnt it run now? Because WinXP's firewall is enabled (again which it isnt, surely your not going to try to pin this on my work hardware firewall environment now are you?)? I highly doubt it...

So far your "advice" has been little help... And more annoying with your comments then anything else.


@Yoav, Its my feeling that either on the PC (perhaps a file or something in the registry) has become corrupted in someway that Ceedo uses (Perhaps something in Ceedo itself that associates itself to that particular computer?). This is purely my guess. Hence I can take my USB drive and plug it into s similar configured PC at work and have Ceedo work perfectly.
It also works without a problem on my wifes computer as well. Which uses AVG.

On a side note, how does one kill Ceedo process entirely? Once I try it on a PC where it will fail to launch any app Ceedo stops responding entirely. Only by killing the Ceedo.exe process from Task Manager can I safely eject the drive. But if I am to plug it back in without a reboot it fails to load past the splash screen.... Something some where doesnt get cleaned up properly to allow Ceedo to run again (memory? a file?)
If I reboot and plug the drive back in Ceedo will launch but it will only hang again once I try to launch any app.

At one time Ceedo did work properly on both my primary computers.

Apps that I have installed on Ceedo are:
Thunderbird, Roboform, Miranda, Notepad++, and UltraVNC.

[Diam0nd]

It's whatever man.

[keith]

Darkram,

Try killing ceedo.exe, ceedorun.exe and autorun.exe in the processes tab of the task manager. That should enable you to restart Ceedo.

Do you have the Ceedo autodetect enabled on each computer? If so, that could be part of the problem, especially if your IS department (If you have an IS department, that is. Not all companies do.) at work have made any attempt at not allowing USB drives to run on the systems.

Of course, this would not explain why you would be having issues with Ceedo on your systems at home.

Now, seeing as most users are not having the same issues with running Ceedo on their XP boxes, I would have to conclude that the issue most likely lies with something that you have running in the background on the systems that you are running your Ceedo drive on, or that your installation of Ceedo is corrupted.

Of course, I could be way off the mark here with my assumption that it is something running in the background that is causing your problems, but maybe not.

To check what you have running in the background, click start and then run, and type in msconfig and click okay.

The system configuration utility dialogue box will come up. Click on the startup tab on the top-right of the window.

Uncheck everything listed there with the exception of your Internet security software and any software that you might need to run in the background for a DSL or other broadband Internet connection. Leaving your Internet security software running can affect certain applications you may want to run, but should not affect locally run non-Internet capable applications. Of course, poorly written software Internet Security can do anything it chooses, and normally does, so the above comment about Internet security not affecting locally run non-Internet capable apps is purely subjective.

When you have unchecked all the startup entries, click on apply, close, and restart when prompted to do so.

When you get back to the desktop, you will see a dialogue box informing you that you have run the system restore utility (as if you didn't already know that :-D ). Check the box that says 'don't show this again ... ' and click okay.

Try running Ceedo and your USB installed apps, and see how it goes.

[darkram]

Thanks Keith for your reply. I can tell you that the IS department here doesnt have USB drives disabled across the network (the glorious "Academic Freedom" of a university).

Your post did spark an idea, tomorrow at work I try logging into the my work PC with a different account (there by creating a new profile) to see what happens...

I'll play with msconfig later at home over the weekend when I have more time to muck around.

Oddly enough Ceedo consistently will not work on both my primary work PC and primary home PC. But have found it to work on plenty of others currently.

[keith]

No problem, darkram. The fact that your drive works fine on other systems points at the problem being software running in the background.

Tell me, do you have Spybot Search and Destroy on any of your systems? I've seen that app interfere with all kinds of stuff. It's a prime example of poorly written software.

Another app that loves to mess with all kinds of software is a peer to peer app called iMesh. I've even seen this app stop Windows from shutting down and restarting.

Let us know how it goes.

[exire]

I have also had problems getting ceedo to run. Only thing running is IE. Tried it two days ago, but nothing happend. Also have tried reinstalling the ceedo program, but that didn't solve anything. All programs have been installed using the argo installer.

Computer is running utorrent, windows defender, custom windows theme with patched msgina.dll file, windows firewall, daemon-tools, limewire and some other apps. Computer runs windows xp home norwegian. =)

[Shkoba]

Exire are you evaluator for ceedo?

[exire]

Exire are you evaluator for ceedo?

Hi! =)

Not right yet, how come?

[Shkoba]

I'm sure that you will become in the very near future. ;)

[exire]

I'm sure that you will become in the very near future. ;)

Hehe... yeah, I hope so! :rolleyes: Would be fun to join the group ;)

[darkram]

After several tries and failures, the only thing that worked for me was the removal of Ceedo from the drive and reinstall it.
:-|
At this point I'm giving a Ceedo a rest for now, to much of a hassle to have to reinstall the apps over again and reconfigure everything. Perhaps when it matures a little more I'll revisit it.

Good luck guys!

[keith]

Sorry it didn't work out for you, darkram. I hope we'll see you back here in the not too distant future.

I wish you well with whatever solution you decide to go with.

Take care,

Keith.

[Shkoba]

I think it you shouldn't give up so fast, I know Ceedo have many annoying problems but, believe me I have tried all other program, for what it worth, Ceedo offers you the best.

[2Mystic]

After several tries and failures, the only thing that worked for me was the removal of Ceedo from the drive and reinstall it.
:-|
At this point I'm giving a Ceedo a rest for now, to much of a hassle to have to reinstall the apps over again and reconfigure everything. Perhaps when it matures a little more I'll revisit it.

Good luck guys!

I have also given up on Ceedo. I started this thread in Feb (see first post) and came to the same conclusion as Darkram. After being away for several weeks I fired up Ceedo this morning and several updates were installed - but no problems have been resolved (again see first post in this series). In the mean time, I have moved all my portable applications over to a 2GB U3 drive and everything works just fine. At this point I feel my two Ceedo licenses were a waste of money - unless someone has an epiphany I guess my Ceedo drives will become storage devices.

[Sam Dark]

I'm using Ceedo 2.1.0.12 (Seagate User Licence).
I have two computers. Let's name them /home/ and /work/.
On /home/ I'm installing into Ceedo Mozilla Thunderbird, FeedDemon, Total Commander and some other software. It works just perfect.
Then going to /work/ computer. Opening Ceedo environment, trying to launch Total Commander from menu... nothing happens. Trying other soft... nothing!
Then opening "Explore", launching software just by browsing Ceedo drive. It works! And it surely works in Ceedo environment!
Then going directly to \Ceedo\User\Desktop\ and runnig shortcuts. Everything works!

What's the problem with running programs from Ceedo menu?

[borris]

I'm in the same boat. I bought a new Seagate drive because of this capablility, but I plug it in and nothing works. Ceedo just locks up. I've tried in on 4 PC's with the same results. It starts, gives me a pretty menu, but anything I "click" does nothing. They all have no anti-virus software. No firewalls.... One with little software installed.

I'm sure this is a great program. What I am disturbed by is the lack of Ceedo tech support responses to this issue.

Any "real" suggestions would be appreciated.

I have also installed the trial on an empty 1 gig flash drive with the same results.

[Yoav Behr]

Hi Borris,

Please contact me to support@ceedo.com and send me your logs. I will check them and try to find what is the issue you are encountering.

[borris]

I REALLY appreciate you replying to this. I am however, a little lost on what logs you are asking for. Where can I locate the log files and which ones do you want?

I've started your logging utility and stopped it after pushing some icons and locking it up, but I don't find any log files that it created.

One other part of the mystery. When I click on one of the programs (word, excel, etc) from Ceedo, nothing happens, but if I go into task manager/processes I notice several IEXPLORE.EXE threads running. If I end them, word, excel etc pops up. I'm using IE 6.029.