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
13/05/2026 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
30/05/2026 Topic: Symenu Crashing Periodically [Win11 24H2 26100] Gianluca Administrator	Nice! These apparently random bugs are my favourites, because it’s impossible to fix them the “right” way. So we’ll go with the wrong one: trial and error. Please be patient we have a loooong road ahead of us. I’ll get in touch with you privately as soon as possible with further instructions for you.
25/06/2026 Topic: Problem updating Speccy Gianluca Administrator	I've just tested and it works well for me. Can you report the entire error message please? You can even delete the old one and reinstall the new one because it could be a problem only with the update process.
26/06/2026 Topic: Problem updating Speccy Gianluca Administrator	What a pity! They've changed a lot the package and it would have been interesting to test a real update with the new SPS (I personally don't use speccy so it was difficult to test it by myself). Anyway problem solved!
08/07/2026 Topic: SyMenu 8.14 Gianluca Administrator	The SyMenu summer version is finally out! Great news (at least from a technical point of view): SyMenu has been migrated to .NET 10 to improve performance, security, and stability. Unfortunately, major upgrades like this can sometimes introduce unexpected bugs or graphical glitches. Please report any unusual behavior you might notice. For all the other updates, please check the changelog on the download page. Bye!
15 days ago Topic: VS Code Update Process Fails to Migrate Data Dir Gianluca Administrator	WTF! It was a regression bug when publishing the SPS definitions! I accidentally published an old version of VSCode instead of the newest one. Sorry for the inconvenience! I have just updated the program definition, so please proceed this way: - Open SyMenu - Go to SPS Manager - Refresh the program definitions using the force button (if you can't find it, check the manual here: https://www.ugmfree.it/manual#SPSForm and look for "you can force it pressing the special button") - Search for Visual Studio Code Portable (x64) - Right-click on the grid item and choose Force update from web site Everything will be fixed... provided you haven't moved the Data folder from its original location (it must be located in .\data). Please let me know the outcome!
6 days ago Topic: Unhandled Exception - X=0 Y=0 Gianluca Administrator	Hi PhredE, From what I’m seeing, the issue is related to how the menu is drawn. You mentioned that with the default white theme there’s no border, but the Border thickness selector cannot be set to 0 because the minimum value is 1. What I suspect is a combination of particular SyMenu’s drawing custom settings and some Windows graphical configuration (typically display scaling), because I’m unable to reproduce the issue on my systems in anyway. So I need your help to investigate further. First I need to know how your Windows scaling is set? (100%? 75%? 125%? Other?) Then please send me a private message through the website or the contact form. This way I can get your configuration file ([SyMenu]\Config\SyMenuConfig.zip), run it on my machine, and check whether the problem is simply a misconfiguration. Otherwise, if you don’t have a particularly complex setup, you can also try this yourself: - quit SyMenu - delete [SyMenu]\Config\SyMenuConfig.zip - run SyMenu again and reconfigure it Your configured programs will remain untouched, but your SyMenu configuration will be reset. Hopefully, this will allow you to change the theme and save the new settings correctly. Let me know which option you prefer to follow.

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