Loading screen does not go away on Windows 7

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Start Growl.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
I expect that the splash/loading screen will go away once the program is
done loading.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
2.0.0.25

Please provide any additional information below.
I'm running Windows 7 Ultimate 64 bit.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by abob...@gmail.com on 7 Dec 2009 at 5:22

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can you post a screenshot? in v2.0.0.25, there shouldnt even be any 
splash/loading
screen showing at all. i dont have a Win7/64bit box to test on, but no one else
running that OS has reported this behavior, so thanks for reporting it.

Original comment by briandun...@gmail.com on 7 Dec 2009 at 6:31

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I had the problem once (Win7 32) but it never occured again. The program was 
usable
wWhile the splash screen was visible.

Original comment by fuzzykiller on 15 Dec 2009 at 5:41

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The problem went away a couple days ago and hasn't come back (but I could 
recreate it
when I posted this bug). Sorry for the hassle.

Original comment by abob...@gmail.com on 15 Dec 2009 at 8:07

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no problem. it sounds like there is a bug somewhere, especially if multiple 
people
had it happen. the fact that it is so hard to recreate just means that it will 
just
be harder to find and fix. =(

glad to hear it went away though and hopefully it will not reappear.

Original comment by briandun...@gmail.com on 15 Dec 2009 at 8:22

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I am having this problem also, but it is only when I first boot up my laptop.  
If I
exit Growl (right-click on the task bar icon -> Exit) and restart from my 
desktop
icon, the splash screen doesn't appear at all.  In both cases I get the 
notification
"Growl is running."  This only happens on my laptop (which I don't do a full 
reboot
often so it's not a big deal), but not my other machines.

What is strange is that in playing around, trying to see if I could figure out 
what
was causing it, it is no longer happening.  It stopped when I switched my 
default
display from TranslucentDark.  I switched to Plain, rebooted, and no splash 
screen. 
I switch it back to TranslucentDark, rebooted, and now it's not happening any 
more.

Growl Version: 2.0.1 (build 2.0.0.27)
Additional Displays: TranslucentDark 1.6.0.0 (set as default)
Laptop OS: Win 7 64 Professional (this is the box it happens on)
Desktop 1 OS: Win 7 64 Ultimate (doesn't happen)
Desktop 2 OS: XP 32 Pro (different box, doesn't happen)

Original comment by pdand...@gmail.com on 4 Jan 2010 at 2:10

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I've just had exactly the same thing happen to me.

Growl Version: 2.0.1 (build 2.0.0.27)
Revo 3610, 4GB RAM, 16)GB HDD, Win 7 x64 Ultimate
All patched up

This happens on restart only; I didn't have the ability to end the program 
through 
the system tray as it wasn't there but was able to easily close w/ the Task 
Manager.

On reload, no splash screen and no issues.

This was on a 1920 x 1280 screen (Home Theatre PC) and the Splash Screen was 
normally-sized, but I could only see a small corner of the Growl icon and could 
only 
make out the 'Windows' in large typeface.

I am running uGrowl (uTorrent) app as well, and this also has issues (not 
closing on 
shutdown) and this loads up before GrowlWin does on reboot - could this be a 
source 
of issues?

D.

Original comment by davejame...@gmail.com on 13 Feb 2010 at 4:03

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Very strange indeed. I am not sure if it is related to uGrowl or not (though i 
cant
think of how it would affect it), but the entire startup process has been 
revamped
for the next version. the splash screen has been removed completely (as opposed 
to
now where is it just hidden to work around a bug) and the rest of the startup 
process
(including loading display plugins and other plugins, reading history, etc) has 
all
been rewritten and improved. hopefully that will solve these types of issues.

Original comment by briandun...@gmail.com on 15 Feb 2010 at 8:50

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When can we expect this new version?

Original comment by vSanjo...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2010 at 6:29

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the new version is being beta tested right now. if you would like to try it 
out, the
link and information is posted in the forums:
http://groups.google.com/group/growl-for-windows/browse_thread/thread/50ee00e506
78e4d3?hl=en

Original comment by briandun...@gmail.com on 12 Mar 2010 at 7:01

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this issue is resolved in v2.0.2 (2.0.2.8). please upgrade and report back if 
the
issue remains.

Original comment by briandun...@gmail.com on 22 Mar 2010 at 5:41

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