Can't enable add-on in Blender 3.3.1 LTS.

[HixonECG]

System Information

• OS: Windows 10
• Blender version: 3.3.1 LTS
• Add-on version: 3.8.0

Expected behavior

Installing and enabling the addon

Description about the bug**

I installed the latest, and when I click on the checkbox to enable the addon, I get this error:

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:\Program Files\WindowsApps\BlenderFoundation.Blender_3.3.1.0_x64__ppwjx1n5r4v9t\Blender\3.3\scripts\modules\addon_utils.py", line 369, in enable
    mod.register()
  File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\3.3\scripts\addons\screencast_keys\__init__.py", line 153, in register
    register_updater(bl_info)
  File "C:\Users\Admin\AppData\Roaming\Blender Foundation\Blender\3.3\scripts\addons\screencast_keys\__init__.py", line 100, in register_updater
    updater.init(config)
TypeError: AddonUpdaterManager.init() missing 1 required positional argument: 'config'

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Additional comments [Optional]

[JOppelix]

I found a way to get Screencast 3.8 working with Blender 3.3.1 LTS on Windows 10:

• Download version 3.8 Zip file from here (found in doc files (docs/installation.md)): https://github.com/nutti/Screencast-Keys/releases/tag/v3.8

• Extract zip file to a temporary location (eg. Downloads or Temp folder)

• Copy or move folder "screencast_keys" from your extracted folder (Screencast-Keys-3.8/src) to the addon folder of Blender -> %appdata%/Roaming/Blender Foundation/Blender/3.3/scripts/addons

• Start Blender

• Open menu "Edit" (1) and select "Preferences" (2), search for "screencast" (3) and activate the addon (4).

• Activate the checkbox "Enable On Startup" (5) inside Screencast Keys settings.

• Restart Blender

• Screencast Keys (6) is activated an can be controlled (deacted and re-activated) as usual (7).

[nutti]

@HixonECG

Could you reinstall this add-on or try workaround from @JOppelix ? This issue has already fixed in the latest version (v3.8).

[HixonECG]

Apparently... I STUPIDLY installed this using the Microsoft Store, thinking "Oh, it will automatically update Blender for me so I won't forget". But instead, it locks all the files behind impenetrable permissions that I can not override. I have tried using the PowerShell, I tried changing the registry, I tried using the takeown/take ownership command, I tried changing the advanced security user permissions, but nothing works. I am fed up with how Microsoft wants to completely control all aspects of these folders, making it impossible for users to go in and... say... manually install an add-on. I am going to delete it and install Blender from the website like I should have from the start. I will report back if I can get it to work that way.

[HixonECG]

I am happy to report that it does now seem to work! That fixed it. I didn't even need to manually install it, I just needed to NOT use the Microsoft Store version of Blender. So... as far as I can tell, using the Microsoft Store is the worst thing you can do, and there is no way to regain full permissions and control over your files and programs. I deleted it as best as I could from there and reinstalled Blender from their website. Now that I had complete control, everything works just fine.

Except for one thing... when I select "Show Mouse Events" and choose "Event History + Hold Status", the mouse click names stop showing up. It just shows the icon for the mouse as I click the buttons, but the mouse click names go away.

[nutti]

when I select "Show Mouse Events" and choose "Event History + Hold Status", the mouse click names stop showing up.

This is same as #131 The unstable version fixes this issue.

[HixonECG]

Thanks. I'll look into it. Good work on the add-on!