CurrentlyHearing Bug & Fix

posted on october 25, 2002, tag: plugin

Many thanks to Pete of Monkiboi for catching this bug, and also for finding a simple fix! This only affects Windows 9x systems.

BUG: If you're running Windows 95, 98 (I would assume 98 SE or 98 ME as well), there is a slight bug when CH executes the FTP.EXE batch command. Windows initiates an application called "WINOLDAP," and this program does not automatically close upon the batch file's exit. "WINOLDAP" will therefore sit in your processes list, and will be cloned for each time a song is uploaded. This can cause hanging and stalling after many songs have played.

FIX: Browse to your Winamp/Plugins folder (usually c:program fileswinampplugins). You should see a folder called 'CurrentlyHearing.' Inside this folder, right-click ch_ftp.bat and select Properties from the context-menu. Then, click the Program tab, and check "Close on Exit." Click OK.

This should fix the bug. Note that it may also create a DOS shortcut to cf_ftp.bat, but you can leave that alone as it won't hurt anything. Please email me if you have questions, or post them in the forums.