Editor doesn't recognize changed files

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Hi all.

My name is Eduardo David and I’m evaluating Defold. And this is the first post I make in the Forum :slight_smile:

I’m having an issue with the Editor in my Windows 7 desktop computer (works fine in my wife notebook) where the editor doesn’t recognize any changes I make to files (happens with every version of Defold I tried - now I have latest version installed 1.2.87).

I always have “Changed Files” window empty even if I add,delete or change files. I already installed and run Defold to another location but with the same results.

Please tell me how can I help you trace this issue.

Thank you.
ED

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I’m uncertain how the Changed Files window detects the changes. @Ragnar_Svensson, does it do something similar to “git status”?

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Yes, periodically. Do you find anything suspicious in the log? (Defold/workspace/.metadata/.log)

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I’m afraid not…

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Could you try deleting the log file and restarting the app? One error at the start of the application would kill the thread that periodically checks for git status and it’s likely it happens within 5 seconds after you have opened your project. Kill the editor after that time and check if there is any error in the log file.

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Strange… Did as you say and no log file was created after I deleted it.

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I didn’t expect that, but that only means there are no errors to log.

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This problem started to appear recently (Windows 7 Home Premium). I think that I might have experienced it before, though it seems persistent this time.

I’ve looked for errors in the log but it’s quiet most of the time. This came once:

An internal error occurred during: “Searching for local changes”.

java.lang.NullPointerException
at org.eclipse.core.internal.refresh.PollingMonitor.run(PollingMonitor.java:149)
at org.eclipse.core.internal.jobs.Worker.run(Worker.java:54)

I guess since it works perfectly in Linux, it’s related to my Windows installation somehow.

I’ll post a message here again if it gets resolved somehow.

Defold Version 1.2.92

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Where do you have Defold “installed”? Could it be that you unzipped and moved it to a folder where there’s some user access rights problem, like Program Files instead of the user home directory?

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Thank you for the reply.

I discovered that the problem is present only when the F-Secure antivirus software is configured to use the “DeepGuard” setting “Use advanced process monitoring”.

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Oh, ok, can you somehow exclude the Defold exe or the whole folder?

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