Can you start GP4 in Safe Mode Alt Question

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This is different than another topic concerning starting GP4 in safe mode, but marked solved so I have created a new topic. If it should be in the original, please consider moving this.

I set the plugin manager to scan C and D drives for plugins rather than specific locations - I know, dumb idea and GP4 asked me twice if I really, really wanted to do that. It wasn’t that big of a deal while I was in GP BUT - when subsequently starting GP4 and it started scanning for plugins and testing them it started raising all kinds of exceptions and other errors. See the screenshot below as an one example of many different types. These halt GP loading until the error dialogs are answered/closed, and it has already been a lengthy time so I have no idea if this will crash GP or something else even if I wait it out.

So the question is in dumb cases like mine, it there a way to get GP to start without scanning for plugins (e.g. ignore previously set scan instructions in GP)? If not, how could I delete and reinstall GP without inheriting the plugin scan instructions from the previous install? And is it possible to still preserve my gig files if there is a way to do a clean reinstall?

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Just hold down the shift key while starting GP

One of the options that will be available to you is to disable the plugin scanner.

In general - please never select your normal entire drive to scan for plugins. If you had a separate drive just for your plugins you could use just a drive letter and that’s why we allowed this to happen in the first place, but you should never select the entire drive that not exclusively populated with your plugins.

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@djogon Many thanks, that worked as you knew it would. One of my drives does have only plugins so I though what the heck, I’ll see what it does and how long it takes to put my main drive - which does have some plugins - on the list. Apparently it just doesn’t scan, it tests them too which creates the problem with the errors. All very interesting, it’s a wonderful program :slight_smile: