Launching a group does not always combine all group members in the group (intermittent issue)

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Hello,

I think that the 1.1 version is a great step forward, it feels very usable now.

I noted one thing though: when I launch a predefined group - in my case consisting of four programs - only in about half of the launches it will actually group all four of them. Sometimes only three are grouped, leaving the fourth window ungrouped. In a few cases even only two windows are grouped, leaving the other two programs in separate windows. There does not seem to be any predictability in this behavior. It does seem to be dependent on the speed in which individual programs start up, as if some start too early thereby not allowing the previous one to be grouped. Could you have a look at it, as it is annoying that you still sometimes have to manually add a program to the group? My system: Surface 3 (non-pro, which is a nice but slow - Atom-based - machine) with the latest update of Windows 10.

BR, Jurjen

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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top

Thank you for your feedback will inform support

Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top

Exactly the same problem here. Sometimes opens all in a group. Sometimes just some of them. My system is a Desktop HP Wave (i5, 8ram, ssd hd and win 10 latest)

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Reply #3 from Stardock Forums Top

Quoting nachogoberna, reply 2

Exactly the same problem here. Sometimes opens all in a group. Sometimes just some of them. My system is an P Wave (i5, 8ram, ssd hd and win 10 latest)

Would need to know a bit more about what apps are in any said group and what 'sometimes' averages out to.

Reply #4 from Stardock Forums Top

Surface 3 (non-pro, which is a nice but slow - Atom-based - machine)

That is pretty old / slow and would be difficult to examine (for us to even attempt to reproduce).

Reply #5 from Stardock Forums Top

For example: 3 file Explorer folders in a group. Sometimes  -that means aproximatly 20% of times that I open that previously saved group-, one of the explorer windows open out of the group. This +-20% error -opening but not grouping 1 or 2 of the windows/programs in the group- also had happend with other groups ( 7 chrome desktop windows group / a group with notepad, onenote, code writer and apply text). So, this odd behaviour, at least in my system, althought not an all the times problem, "sometimes" it´s there.

Anyway, let me say, please, that Groupy is great and the 1.1 inprovements adding Groups is a huge step forward. You´re doing a great job with this amazing app. Thanks. 

Reply #6 from Stardock Forums Top

Hello,

Thank you for your report. I have push the problem to our CM support Team for help. We appreciate your help.

Reply #7 from Stardock Forums Top

How quickly is the group reopening when it happens?