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Ian11-Visitor
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November 29, 2010
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Explorer refresh with Mcad 15

  • November 29, 2010
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Since I have had MC15 I have noticed a problem.

If Mcad is loaded then almost exactly at 1 min intervals the explorer screen refreshes. So if for instance I am looking at a load of photos in Explorer (not IE), every minute it jumps back to the first one. Close MCad and the problems goes away.

We are running on PC under XP

Anyone else noticed this problem and more importantly, anyone solved it !

Ian

Best answer by Ninetrees

M15 installs two other products that you might not be aware of...

1. PTC Places
2. Mathcad PDSi viewable support.

The first creates the behavior that you see in the File Manager. I deleted my copy. If you delete this, the effect will disappear.

The second is of dubious value to me...seems to have something to do with sharing PTC files...I deleted my copy.

~R~

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MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 29, 2010

I have Mathcad 15 installed and use Explorer and haven't noticed any problems.

Have you tried re-installing Mathcad?

Mike

RichardJ19-Tanzanite
19-Tanzanite
November 29, 2010

I see it too.

Open Explorer and select a file in a folder. If Mathcad is open and you wait a while (it doesn't take that long) the file selection will clear. This does not happen if Mathcad is not open.

MikeArmstrong1-Visitor
1-Visitor
November 29, 2010

Right ok I see it, but it only happens once, then the highlighted selection stays.

Mike

Ninetrees3-NewcomerAnswer
3-Newcomer
November 29, 2010

M15 installs two other products that you might not be aware of...

1. PTC Places
2. Mathcad PDSi viewable support.

The first creates the behavior that you see in the File Manager. I deleted my copy. If you delete this, the effect will disappear.

The second is of dubious value to me...seems to have something to do with sharing PTC files...I deleted my copy.

~R~

FDS13-Aquamarine
13-Aquamarine
November 30, 2010

Dear Rich,

I also see the problem (MC15 M005 + XP). How did you remove PTC places I can see Mathcad PDSI viewable support but not PTC places in my control panel. I do see it in my explorer tree but cannot delete it from there.

Thank for your help.

Ninetrees3-Newcomer
3-Newcomer
November 30, 2010

I found it by going to

Control Panel > Add or Remove Programs

and looking for them on the list. Then it is a simple matter to select them and select remove...are they not showing up in Add or Remove Programs dialog?

I seem to recall that PTC places is in the Ps, but that PDSi might be under Mathcad. I really don't recall. But do look down the entire list and let us know what you find.

~R~

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