Options taking forever to open on LB & BB 13.6

[Karl der Heinz]

Hi, 

I've got a problem that doesn't go away with a new installation and I can't figure out what's happening.
Whenever I click on Options (both in LB and BB) it takes forever (about 2 minutes) to load.

This also happens on a new install without any games or changes to the config. I'm running Windows 11 version 22H2 22621.2134

Here the part of my Log I think is created when opening the menu and entering options (full log attached):

2023-08-23 05:34:19 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Activated Start
2023-08-23 05:34:19 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Activated Before JoystickTimer Enabled Set
2023-08-23 05:34:19 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Activated Before Resume Video
2023-08-23 05:34:19 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Activated Before Check Already Focused
2023-08-23 05:34:23 PM Resolving assembly Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.XmlSerializers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null, processorArchitecture=AMD64...
2023-08-23 05:34:23 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Could not load file or assembly 'Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.XmlSerializers, Version=1.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=null, processorArchitecture=AMD64'. The system cannot find the file specified.
   at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.InternalLoad(ObjectHandleOnStack assemblyName, ObjectHandleOnStack requestingAssembly, StackCrawlMarkHandle stackMark, Boolean throwOnFileNotFound, ObjectHandleOnStack assemblyLoadContext, ObjectHandleOnStack retAssembly)
2023-08-23 05:34:23 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Could not load file or assembly 'G:\Konsolen\Tools\LaunchBox\Core\Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.XmlSerializers.dll'. The system cannot find the file specified.
   at System.Runtime.Loader.AssemblyLoadContext.LoadFromPath(IntPtr ptrNativeAssemblyLoadContext, String ilPath, String niPath, ObjectHandleOnStack retAssembly)
2023-08-23 05:34:41 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
2023-08-23 05:34:41 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

2023-08-23 05:34:41 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token)
   at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer)
2023-08-23 05:34:41 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

2023-08-23 05:34:41 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: Unable to read data from the transport connection: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request..
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.ThrowException(SocketError error, CancellationToken cancellationToken)
   at System.Net.Sockets.Socket.AwaitableSocketAsyncEventArgs.System.Threading.Tasks.Sources.IValueTaskSource<System.Int32>.GetResult(Int16 token)
   at System.Net.Security.SslStream.ReadAsyncInternal[TIOAdapter](TIOAdapter adapter, Memory`1 buffer)
   at System.Runtime.ExceptionServices.ExceptionDispatchInfo.Throw()
2023-08-23 05:34:41 PM FIRST CHANCE CONTINUED INNER EXCEPTION: The I/O operation has been aborted because of either a thread exit or an application request.

This is the code when closing options again:

2023-08-23 05:36:04 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Deactivated Start
2023-08-23 05:36:04 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Deactivated Before Pause Video
2023-08-23 05:36:04 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Deactivated Completed
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Activated Start
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Activated Before JoystickTimer Enabled Set
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Activated Before Resume Video
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Activated Before Check Already Focused
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM DataManager.SaveInternal started.
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Saving InputBindings.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Saving GameControllers.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Saving ListCache.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Saving Settings.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Saving BigBoxSettings.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:09 PM Saving ImportBlacklist.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:10 PM DataManager.SaveInternal completed successfully.
2023-08-23 05:36:10 PM MainViewModel.Window.Closing event started.
2023-08-23 05:36:10 PM Music.Pause Start
2023-08-23 05:36:10 PM Starting SaveClosingSettings
2023-08-23 05:36:10 PM DataManager.SaveInternal started.
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Deactivated Start
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Deactivated Before Pause Video
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Saving InputBindings.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Saving GameControllers.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Saving ListCache.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Saving Settings.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Saving BigBoxSettings.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.Desktop.ViewModels.MainViewModel.window.Deactivated Completed
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM MainViewModel.window.Closed event started.
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Waiting on DataManager save thread to finish... (window.Closed)
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM Saving ImportBlacklist.xml...
2023-08-23 05:36:11 PM DataManager.SaveInternal completed successfully.
2023-08-23 05:36:13 PM Waiting on DataManager save thread to finish... (window.Closed 2)
2023-08-23 05:36:13 PM MainViewManager.window.Closed event finished. Calling Environment.Exit
2023-08-23 05:36:13 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: A task was canceled.
   at System.Runtime.CompilerServices.TaskAwaiter.ThrowForNonSuccess(Task task)
2023-08-23 05:36:13 PM FIRST CHANCE EXCEPTION: The operation has timed out.
   at System.Windows.Threading.Dispatcher.InvokeImpl(DispatcherOperation operation, CancellationToken cancellationToken, TimeSpan timeout)

Can somebody help me here?

I can provide further information if needed. 

Regards

Karl

Edit:

I just added a log of the clean install with the same issue, maybe it's a bit easier to read.

 

Debug 2023-08-23 05-33-23 PM.log

Clean Install.log

Edited August 23, 2023 by Karl der Heinz

[Karl der Heinz]

Little bump.

Can someone help me here?

[kodosamurai]

Exact same issue, same missing dll file, where is it? Launchbox\Core\Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.XmlSerializers.dll

i tried opening options in safe mode and it works fine, so i disabled all non microsoft services in msconfig including my virus software and still the options menu does not work right. 

tried installing a completely new build with no roms right on my C drive and the options menu still doesn't work right. 

[JoeViking245]

4 hours ago, kodosamurai said:

Exact same issue, same missing dll file, where is it? Launchbox\Core\Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.XmlSerializers.dll

I can't speak for the delay when opening Options, but for the (unrelated) XmlSerializers.dll 'issue', that's a known Microsoft issue.  And I'm pretty sure it's been around for quite a while (1 year? 2 years?).   To clarify, even though it says "Unbroken.LaunchBox.Windows.XmlSerializers.dll" it's not a LaunchBox thing.  The xml serializer still works as expected. It's just that the MS debugger spits out that "Exception" for whatever reason.  So I guess you can consider it an annoyance rather than an 'issue'.

[kodosamurai]

so i seem to have solved my issue.

noticed i was having a similar lag issue when opening retro arch and after searching for  a solution on that someone had mentioned their corsair keyboard was causing the lag, and wouldn't you know it, i unplugged my corsair keyboard and it solved the issue. got a new keyboard today and now retro arch opens immediately and the lunchbox options menu also opens with out issue.

 

Edited October 3, 2023 by kodosamurai