Importing ROMS hangs after PC wakes from standby

[Appifiny Apps]

Importing ROMS can be a slow process and if the PC goes into standby, the import process seems to hang after waking.

LaunchBox Version 8.3 Windows Version: 10 Home Occurs: Every time

[Lord Monkus]

Disable standby when you import your games. That is something that has always been problematic in Windows but more specifically back in the Windows 95 / 98 era. I assume it has gotten better over the years but because of it's past problems I have always disabled it, same with screensavers.

[Appifiny Apps]

I've disabled standby now but I think it would be nice if the app could handle a timeout more gracefully.

[Lord Monkus]

As I said, I have had Standby mode disabled going back to the Windows 954 era so I cannot speak to how well it works or doesn't work in current versions of Windows. But if it is still having the same problems as it did back then it's a Windows issue, not an app or program issue. It was always Windows that couldn't recover gracefully. Again though, I cannot say if this is the same nowadays or not. It was always problematic so I have always disabled it for many years now.

[Jason Carr]

Yes, it is a Windows issue but we could try and do something about it, or at least prevent Windows from standing by automatically while importing or downloading. Probably not a big priority but let's leave this ticket open and hopefully I can address it at some point.