VSE Pro 2015 on Mac - all windows invisible

[Chris Hann]

I used SlickEdit on a previous project which has since been archived. When I try to start it for a new project it Opens a blank frame and promptly vanishes. I do get the menu bar at the top of the screen. If I select view-options I get the options panel on another screen. If I use view-reset SlickEdit appears to exit. Whenever I re-open SlickEdit and right click the icon it shows the old projects again. I created a new project and in the menu bar it shows the main file is open for editing, but if I use "show all windows" I still get no visible windows. If I open a new instance it has the same behavior. If I select tools-options I get the tools pop-up, but when I close it SlickEdit exits.

I have tried deleting and re-installing but that doesn't remove the history.

How can I clean out all options and history to restore default behavior?

[Rodney]

First try the menu: Window>Reset Window Layout

++rodney

[Chris Hann]

Ah, sorry, I thought I had covered that.

Resetting the window layout results in SlickEdit exiting without comment.

A second attempt results in a pop-up box "Are you sure you want to restore the default window layout?" and selecting yes on that results in SlickEdit exiting without comment.

When I open SlickEdit the list of windows only contains ft.c which is a file that exists and which I can edit, and have edited since this issue arose, with vim or emacs.

[Rodney]

Exit SE, then delete your (assuming you are running v20.0.1) config-dir/21.0.1/vrestore.slk

Hopefully that resets it. If not you may have to blast the contents of 21.0.1/ folder (not the folder itself) to get a really clean config.

++rodney

[Chris Hann]

I actually had two vrestore files under 20.0..1 and 20.0.3, so I deleted both of them... with no improvement.

[Chris Hann]

Is it possible this is a compatibility issue with MacOS Sierra? I deleted everything and re-installed, the initial configuration went as expected but then the main window never shows up and SlickEditPro2015 exits.

[Rodney]

Yes quite possible. Here is a link to a 20.0.4 for Sierra to try:
https://www.slickedit.com/images/stories/support/sierra/se_20000400_mac.dmg

[Chris Hann]

Bingo! That was it. Thank you!