Originally Posted by mike.strock Is there anyway in Star*Explorer I can get a gauge of how fast my uploads are going? I recently got a 35/35 FIOS connection at work, and my 20/5 connection at home seems faster. I've done the Speedtest.net thing, which tells me that I don't have 35/35, but I'm looking for something more definitive to call Frontier with, as I just recently had it installed. Thoughts? Thanks! Mike.

Hi Mike,
sorry, didn't see your post...
S*E is usually shows the speed in log in KB (MB) per sec - mind you, that's Kilo/Mega BYTES, not BITS. So for 35/35 Mbps you should expect about 35/8 ~ 4.x MB/s.
Of course, that is if you have set the multithreading options correctly.
You can always "watch" S*E churning in Task Manager, Networking tab. My own readings typically come close to what I expect.

SM image counter finally exceeded the maximum value for 32-bit unsigned int (2147483647). So S*E uploads fine but cannot handle the returned ID :-(
I'll fix this asap, but it's not a simple fix.
In the mean time you can still upload, just ignore the error and do not repeat uploads to avoid dups.

1.0.0.291 should be working again. For the next two billion uploads we should be fine, and by that time hopefully something will change...;-)

Originally Posted by Nikolai 1.0.0.291 should be working again. For the next two billion uploads we should be fine, and by that time hopefully something will change...;-)

unsigned FTW.

I've been really remiss with my uploads this year. Fired up SE, 1800 files with one click. Just great.

Originally Posted by SimonG156 I've been really remiss with my uploads this year. Fired up SE, 1800 files with one click. Just great.

Does the program use any type of temp files to upload and if so where are they located. I have a SSD drive as my drive C and I'm usually worried about programs that right a lot of temp files to that drive for what they have to do (decreases the life of the SSD).

Thanks.

Originally Posted by wglong Does the program use any type of temp files to upload and if so where are they located. I have a SSD drive as my drive C and I'm usually worried about programs that right a lot of temp files to that drive for what they have to do (decreases the life of the SSD). Thanks.

No, it doesn't.

Hi everyone - is this the only S*E thread on Dgrin? I couldn't find another.

I am a rookie user and I have a couple of issues.

1. I drag a folder into the upload window, it has a folder inside it, inside which is another folder containing a further folder full of pics. The folder names mirror cats and subcats on my smugmug site. The last folder name is used to autocreate an album. So far, so smug. The pics are added to the upload queue in correct cat and subcat. I hit 'upload' and go off to teach my classes. When I return I find that S*E has completed the queue and started the whole thing again! That is, the uploads are complete but for some reason the log shows that S*E just goes right back to the start of the queue and starts to upload the pics all over again. It appears to keep doing this until stopped manually, and I have some galleries with 3 or 4 copies of the same pic. Any ideas how I can stop this?

2. On a related note, I am struggling to delete duplicates. I right click on a gallery in S*E (having fetched cats and galleries) and select 'delete duplicates' but when the log shows that when S*E tries to do this and checks the gallery it finds '0 files, 0 duplicates' even tho I know that the gallery is full of them. Any thoughts?

Sorry to come out with all this, i am sure there is a simple thing I am missing.

Really like S*E just need a use guide or something. I really have no idea what most of the menu options do, despite checking forums etc for help.

Many many thanks for any help / guidance that anyone can offer.

BF

Originally Posted by benefact Hi everyone - is this the only S*E thread on Dgrin? I couldn't find another. I am a rookie user and I have a couple of issues. 1. I drag a folder into the upload window, it has a folder inside it, inside which is another folder containing a further folder full of pics. The folder names mirror cats and subcats on my smugmug site. The last folder name is used to autocreate an album. So far, so smug. The pics are added to the upload queue in correct cat and subcat. I hit 'upload' and go off to teach my classes. When I return I find that S*E has completed the queue and started the whole thing again! That is, the uploads are complete but for some reason the log shows that S*E just goes right back to the start of the queue and starts to upload the pics all over again. It appears to keep doing this until stopped manually, and I have some galleries with 3 or 4 copies of the same pic. Any ideas how I can stop this? 2. On a related note, I am struggling to delete duplicates. I right click on a gallery in S*E (having fetched cats and galleries) and select 'delete duplicates' but when the log shows that when S*E tries to do this and checks the gallery it finds '0 files, 0 duplicates' even tho I know that the gallery is full of them. Any thoughts? Sorry to come out with all this, i am sure there is a simple thing I am missing. Really like S*E just need a use guide or something. I really have no idea what most of the menu options do, despite checking forums etc for help. Many many thanks for any help / guidance that anyone can offer. BF

Hi,
1) there is something wrong somewhere that makes S*E thinks upload failed, and hence it tries to repeat it. The actual reasons could be numerous. I would start from checking the version you have (Help/About). If yours is any earlier from 1.0.0.293 (published Sun Feb 24 2013) I'd start with getting the latest and trying with it. As always, when you encounter some weird behavior and make any change in the process it's wise to try on some small test images/(private) albums first to avoid waiting times and pollution of your site.
2) removing duplicates and other super advanced features are typically hosted in a Pro Feature Packages. They should work through trial, but after that you need to have S*E Pro AND specific package(s) or Pro+/Studio (those two has all possible functionality unlocked)
3) help/guidance - there is a little FAQ/How To section on the site about the basic stuff. Once you cross that line everybody tends to do things differently and I'd have to create personalized "help" version almost for every user. Feel free to post your questions here or email me directly (support at starexplorer d0t com)

HTH
Nikolai

Originally Posted by benefact Hi everyone - is this the only S*E thread on Dgrin? I couldn't find another. I am a rookie user and I have a couple of issues. 1. I drag a folder into the upload window, it has a folder inside it, inside which is another folder containing a further folder full of pics. The folder names mirror cats and subcats on my smugmug site. The last folder name is used to autocreate an album. So far, so smug. The pics are added to the upload queue in correct cat and subcat. I hit 'upload' and go off to teach my classes. When I return I find that S*E has completed the queue and started the whole thing again! That is, the uploads are complete but for some reason the log shows that S*E just goes right back to the start of the queue and starts to upload the pics all over again. It appears to keep doing this until stopped manually, and I have some galleries with 3 or 4 copies of the same pic. Any ideas how I can stop this? 2. On a related note, I am struggling to delete duplicates. I right click on a gallery in S*E (having fetched cats and galleries) and select 'delete duplicates' but when the log shows that when S*E tries to do this and checks the gallery it finds '0 files, 0 duplicates' even tho I know that the gallery is full of them. Any thoughts? Sorry to come out with all this, i am sure there is a simple thing I am missing. Really like S*E just need a use guide or something. I really have no idea what most of the menu options do, despite checking forums etc for help. Many many thanks for any help / guidance that anyone can offer. BF

Yep, this is the only SE thread. :)

I can't fathom why SE would re-upload, and I'm sure Nikolai will chime in and help, but if you need help removing those duplicates I have a small script I paid to have programmed a while ago. It's not perfect, but I haven't found any bugs in it yet. If you want to try it, PM me and I'll send you the link.

Originally Posted by SamirD Yep, this is the only SE thread. :) I can't fathom why SE would re-upload, and I'm sure Nikolai will chime in and help, but if you need help removing those duplicates I have a small script I paid to have programmed a while ago. It's not perfect, but I haven't found any bugs in it yet. If you want to try it, PM me and I'll send you the link.

Thank you for the vote of confidence Samir, I did indeed :-)

Glad to hear it. :) I need to download the newest copy of SE and see if that problem I kept running across ever fixed itself. I'd love to use it vs my current workflow.