CS corrupting / hanging on PCB files? - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: Superglob
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 28, 2025, 10:37:59 pm
content: I have this love / hate relationship with CS. Apart from the (somewhat) livable bugs such as the vault being temperamental as hell, it has now decided to hang whenever you open CS.Basically it starts to load your workspace, starting the schematic editor and then, when it hits the PCB file, just hangs trying to start the PCB editor.One way around this is (well, was) to kill the workspace file before starting CS but even then trying to open a PCB file makes it grind to a halt. It looks like it's actively sabotaging itself to not be useful anymore.Anyone else come across this and found a way to fix it?

author: voltsandjolts
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 29, 2025, 08:11:21 pm
content: With CS closed/not running, you could try removing the csPcbDoc file from the project directory.Maybe it's corrupted and CS chokes on it. Might start if not there.

author: Superglob
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 29, 2025, 08:15:07 pm
content: Yeah, I've done that as well as deleting the project file, reloading it (so it doesn't open any files) and then go back into local history, which does open. I thought it was some other process that could potentially interrupt writing, thereby corrupting it, but that wasn't it either.I'll keep at it. Just wondering if anyone had similar issues and potentially a fix.

author: voltsandjolts
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: April 30, 2025, 03:49:39 pm
content: Is it just one project causing the issue?If so, maybe something corrupt in project settings.You could try creating a new project and copy the csSchDoc in, check its OK, the copy in csPcbDoc, etc.

author: Superglob
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2025, 03:59:47 pm
content: I've gone full nuclear and went through the registry to delete any info from Altium. The next hurdle is that I need to login but for some reason I've tried too many times and am being told to 'try again later' which has been err, 18 hours since I last tried.I guess I'll give them a call and see if they can reset it from there. WRT your other question, it's not just a single project. Opening others will sometimes work but then likely corrupt the PCB and we're back to square one. I'll keep everyone updated on my quest for justice :-)

author: Superglob
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 30, 2025, 04:27:23 pm
content: Seems to primarily that PCB file (or others that have been corrupted somehow). Managed to retrieve it by going into the local history and getting a copy that works. Again, not ideal but with the fresh install it at least boots again.The other thing I get is that CS frequently pauses, particularly when you right click on something in your project. Takes about 10-15 seconds before it's all good again.I've tried turning off my firewall, virus checker, all that jazz with little to no result. Might just get a clean machine with nothing on it and see how CS runs on that.

author: Superglob
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: May 01, 2025, 04:05:01 pm
content: Just a quick update. It seems to (almost) be working again the way it was. It looks like a number of files were corrupted. So after the complete (registry) clean + re-install, most of it is back to its former glory.Thanks to everyone helping out!