2nd instance of PixInsight - missing processes

[Howard]

Hi:

I've recently been having a problem when I launch a 2nd instance of PixInsight: several processes appear to missing from the Process Explorer in the 2nd instance. For example, ATrousWaveletTransform is usually missing when this problem occurs.

Moreover, when I try to load a project that uses one of the missing process into the 2nd instance, the following messages are displayed on the Processing Console at the end of the load attempt (and nothing actually gets loaded):

*** Error: Unknown process: ATrousWaveletTransform
** Warning: Skipping unknown 'instance' project element.

[[ My note: The above warning is repeated multiple times]]

* Regenerating masking relations
** Warning: The project has been loaded partially with 1 error(s).

I've routinely used several instances of PixInsight for a long time (for example, to compare the workflow on an older project with the workflow being developed for a newer one). This problem has cropped up recently, I think within the past few weeks.

Many thanks for any help with this.

Howard.

[Juan Conejero]

Hi Howard,

Sorry for the delay in answering this bug report. It seems something has been messed up in your PI installation --- nothing you've done; these things seem to happen automagically from time to time.

A simple solution is resetting all PI settings with the Ctrl backdoor: just launch PixInsight with the Ctrl key pressed, then answer yes to the dialog that asks if you're sure. Warning: you'll lose all custom settings in case you've changed some default preferences. So if you've customized PI, a good idea is saving a Preferences icon before resetting, and if you've set custom favorites, you can save them also with Process > Favorites > Save Favorite Process Collection.

Let me know if this helps.

[Howard]

Hi Juan:

Thanks for getting back to me with the Ctrl backdoor solution, which I only just now had a chance to try, and it did the trick!

Cheers,
Howard.