22/03/2026 Topic: Win11 client machine takes long time to settle Gianluca Administrator	For the record, it turned out the issue was caused by Windows as I suspected. Thanks to a user with a bit more dedication and patience than Shadohz, I was able to implement a workaround that allows SyMenu to bypass Windows excessive timeout when dealing with disconnected network drives. The workaround is now available to everyone through the new SyMenu release. Here are all the details: https://www.ugmfree.it/forum/messages.aspx?TopicID=969&MessageID=3724#post3711
13/04/2026 Topic: SYMenu shows only discontinued applications Gianluca Administrator	When all programs appear as discontinued, it means SyMenu wasn’t able to download the program definitions. Without definitions, every single program becomes unknown and, consequently, marked as discontinued. Anyway you can easily force SyMenu to download the definitions again. However, since SyMenu downloads new definitions every time it starts and therefore should automatically fix this kind of issue, why doesn’t the problem resolve itself? There are four possible cases: Something went wrong during the download and the definitions file became corrupted. This is the easiest case to fix, because you can simply force a new download using the special button (read here). Eventually you can manually download the file if SyMenu is not able to do that by itself. The _Cache folder of your SyMenu suite is no longer accessible. Restore the correct permissions and everything will work again. Your firewall is blocking SyMenu’s web connection. In this case, it’s up to you: if you want online services, you need to trust the program. You are using an old version of SyMenu. In the past, older versions caused several problems (misuse, abuse, and false errors), so I blocked them from accessing the SPS service. If you want to access the SPS suite, you must use the most recent version of SyMenu. With these four tips, you will definitely solve the problem. If you want to let me know which one worked for you, I’d be glad to hear it.
18/04/2026 Topic: Elemental Tracker - A major rewrite of the Publish Gianluca Administrator	Not at all. PortableFreeware community is larger than SyMenu’s, and there will probably be more people who can make good use of Elemental Tracker. Here, instead, the users who can benefit immediately are the SPS editors who are still using the old PAT. And, almost forgot, PortableFreeware has always been friendly toward SyMenu… unlike the other one BTW great job with ET! edited by Gianluca on 18/04/2026
10 days ago Topic: A crazy new adventure! Gianluca Administrator	And it's now published in the SyMenu suite. Differently from what I asserted in my previous message, I haven’t redirected the AppData\Local\GANI folder into the program folder because I want to keep hands free with the SPS Clean Update feature for future versions. For the same reason, I strongly advise against placing the WSL virtual disk inside the program folder. That file grows huge (it starts around 20 GB), so its natural location is a dedicated folder on your data drive. And of course, don’t put it on a removable drive, as one user did. You need power and speed to run this thing properly

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