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From: Tom Melly
Subject: Lost POV
Date: 16 May 2002 09:31:32
Message: <3ce3b4b4$1@news.povray.org>
Under win2000, explorer crashed when I had POV running in the system tray.

POV is still running*, but no longer shows in the system tray. Any ideas how I
can restore it, or stop it neatly so that I can continue the trace? I'm worried
that just ending the process in task manager will leave me with a mangled bmp
(and this is day 6 of a render).

*well, it shows as a process in Task Manager

--
#macro G(D,E,F)#local I=array[3]{D,E,F}#local B=0;triangle{#while(
B<3)#while(I[B])A[mod(I[B],10)]+#local I[B]=div(I[B],10);#end<-5,-
2,9>#local B=B+1;#end}#end #local A=array[7]{x,x*2,x*4,y,y*2,y*4,z
}light_source{-x*6-z*9,1}mesh{G(105,10,146)G(105,246,10)G(105,56,
146)G(105,1256,246)G(1256,126,220)G(22156,2216,201)pigment{rgb 1}}//TM


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From: Hugo
Subject: Re: Lost POV
Date: 16 May 2002 09:45:42
Message: <3ce3b806@news.povray.org>
If you have set "keep single instance" in POV, it will reopen if you try to
start a new POV engine.. Otherwise, try opening a new engine and actually
SET the "keep single instance" feature, then quit and try opening it again..
Your old POV should now appear (I would think).

Regards,
Hugo


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From: Tom Melly
Subject: Re: Lost POV
Date: 16 May 2002 09:53:01
Message: <3ce3b9bd$1@news.povray.org>
"Hugo" <hua### [at] post3teledk> wrote in message news:3ce3b806@news.povray.org...
> If you have set "keep single instance" in POV, it will reopen if you try to
> start a new POV engine.. Otherwise, try opening a new engine and actually
> SET the "keep single instance" feature, then quit and try opening it again..
> Your old POV should now appear (I would think).
>

Yep (option B)!

I figured this out a minute ago (I always turn the "keep single instance" option
off), and was feeling well chuffed with myself.

I was just about to post here to see if anyone could guess how to do it.

I'm now going to pause POV and make a copy of the image (for a continue-trace)
to prevent any further panic-attacks.


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