QQQQ Posts: 5 05/04/2022	QQQQ Posts: 5 Hi all, When trying to open JoplinPortable from SyMenu the process seems to start (according to the task manager), but the process almost immediately close. When run the application directly from its directory using windows file explorer the application run as usual. Does anyone know what can be the problem? Thanks for helping.
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Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 06/04/2022	Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 Hi QQQQ, SyMenu doesn't do anything special opening Joplin. You should get the same effect as you launch it with file explorer. Unless... you haven't changed the default item configuration. To check the item configuration try these steps: - Go to the SyMenu Configuration and search for Joplin; - Select the item; - The path should point to the file [...]\Joplin_sps\JoplinPortable.exe; - The Additional params (in the form bottom part) should be empty; - The Advanced tab should be empty again; - The right hand side of the form should have all checkboxes unchecked; - Launch it normally (not elevated, not with an alternative user). Then please report the outcome.
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QQQQ Posts: 5 06/04/2022	QQQQ Posts: 5 Yes, you are right, the below parameters seems to appear after the last update (also when the app stop working): Advance tab --> Enable advanced parameter --> Environment Variable USERPROFILE=.\USERPROFILE Disable the environment variable solve the issue Thanks
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Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 06/04/2022	Gianluca Administrator Posts: 1274 I don't see anything strange in the SPS but, since we are speaking about that, we can go a little deeper. The environment variable redefinition is correct by itself. Joplin is an Electron app and this kind of app is really easy to redirect from the Appdata folder to a custom folder. Why is the redirection a good thing in general? Because this way you have the program and the user data located in the same folder with predictable relative paths. It means portability! It means that you won't lose your data when you reinstall a clean version of Windows if you backed up the entire SyMenu folders. The Electron apps can be easily redirected but they need to find the right folders in the new place to work. With a redirection like yours (USERPROFILE=.\USERPROFILE) the program is expecting to find this folders inside the Joplin root: .\USERPROFILE\AppData\Roaming If it finds these ones, it creates a further Joplin folder inside the fake Roaming and writes inside that all your data. Well if you want to experiment, please backup your data before!!!! edited by Gianluca on 07/04/2022
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