IDE Lock up

[sandyw]

Not sure if this is the spot for doing this.
Before I post anything back to CCS I thought I would ask here in case I'm doing something stupid.
I am currently running CCS compiler + IDE version 5.123 programming the pic18f8722 running on windows 11

The IDE etc. seems to run fine most of the time. Then it will just suddenly latch up and show the circular wait icon. It does not clear itself and I have to restart the IDE. It seems to happen mostly if I am cutting and pasting.

Has anybody seen this before. It is becoming very annoying.

Thanks for any help

SandyW

[newguy]

Where are your files located? Is it somewhere that onedrive could be doing syncs behind the scenes?

[sandyw]

Hi Newguy,

Thanks for the pointer. The files are stored on my local C drive so will not be doing any copying/updating to OneDrive.

But I will check to see if there is anything else going on in the background.

[Ttelmah]

I have seen this when there is a network issue on the machine, even when
the network is not actually being used. Had my hub dropping connection
intermittently, and this would happen. The machine was trying to pull
a Windows update, and the connection was getting lost. The machine
ran OK for most stuff, but the CCS IDE behaved as you are describing. .

[newguy]

I've seen it too but it was a onedrive issue. Onedrive, while syncing, locks the file (I think) and then the compiler hangs because it cannot access the file.

[sandyw]

Sorry for the late reply, but it looks like CCS has come back with the solution.
It appears that when our IT department sets up our machines they set it as a default that Windows 11 can turn off the USB ports when it decides its not needed( or maybe its just a windows default setting). This appears to be what was happening. I got our IT to stop windows doing that and so far no crashes.

Thanks for all the suggestions. Much appreciated.
They weren't the solution for me in this case but may help somebody else along with the "turning off of the USB port" issue.