"Out of memory" on Win7 x64
Posted: Mon Feb 15, 2016 9:51 am
Hi there! Just wondering what possibility there is of either a Large-Address-Aware 32-bit version of WPSSPro, or (ideally) a native 64-bit version? After adding a few folders to my list of available wallpapers, I am unable to use the program without getting an error dialog on startup which simply says "Out of memory." After trying to troubleshoot the issue, it seems that WPSSPro is hitting 2GB of virtual memory space and giving up; since it's a 32-bit application, and from examining the exe's headers it seems it's not compiled with the ability to recognize and use the much larger memory space of 64-bit systems, it's throwing that error and then sitting doing nothing. If I open the settings and disable the newly-added folders, it attempts to scan through the files but never finishes the scan, and the timed wallpaper change doesn't happen. If I leave the folders unchecked in the list and exit/restart the program, it works fine.
It seems that you intend to continue to support older operating systems -- which I applaud. Useful software like this which can run on Windows XP is rare and appreciated! (I personally wish that Microsoft hadn't so thoroughly abandoned their last decent version of Windows...) I would hope, though, that doing so doesn't come at the cost of being unable to fully support your software under current OS'es as well; on my current desktop with 16GB of physical RAM and a 64-bit OS capable of addressing an 8TB memory space, it seems a bit ridiculous to have WPSSPro fail to load a list of images because it's stuck being only able to handle 2GB...
It seems that you intend to continue to support older operating systems -- which I applaud. Useful software like this which can run on Windows XP is rare and appreciated! (I personally wish that Microsoft hadn't so thoroughly abandoned their last decent version of Windows...) I would hope, though, that doing so doesn't come at the cost of being unable to fully support your software under current OS'es as well; on my current desktop with 16GB of physical RAM and a 64-bit OS capable of addressing an 8TB memory space, it seems a bit ridiculous to have WPSSPro fail to load a list of images because it's stuck being only able to handle 2GB...