This is what I was used to for the preprocessing - so what has changed here?! CPU is busy at 100% for 1:20 and then things progress as usual. Nothing has changed in my settings anywhere - the effect is reproducible.

Will hunt it down a little with Sysinternals tools - there is no subprocess started from osbuilder, unlike the cutil.exe for the imgfs build.

---------- Post added at 04:41 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:29 PM ----------

It seems OSBuilder is reading all the files including imageinfo.bin and all the modules sections - for each and every single one. No clue why that happens. It seems that dedicated info from the imageinfo.bin is read step by step:

19773	16:39:05,5762617	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryOpen	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	CreationTime: 02.12.2011 19:00:48, LastAccessTime: 02.12.2011 19:00:48, LastWriteTime: 04.09.2009 01:37:08, ChangeTime: 02.12.2011 17:57:59, AllocationSize: 208, EndOfFile: 208, FileAttributes: RSA
19774	16:39:05,6380824	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryOpen	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	CreationTime: 02.12.2011 19:00:48, LastAccessTime: 02.12.2011 19:00:48, LastWriteTime: 04.09.2009 01:37:08, ChangeTime: 02.12.2011 17:57:59, AllocationSize: 208, EndOfFile: 208, FileAttributes: RSA
19775	16:39:05,6697828	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryOpen	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	CreationTime: 02.12.2011 19:00:48, LastAccessTime: 02.12.2011 19:00:48, LastWriteTime: 04.09.2009 01:37:08, ChangeTime: 02.12.2011 17:57:59, AllocationSize: 208, EndOfFile: 208, FileAttributes: RSA
19776	16:39:05,7317359	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CreateFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Generic Read, Disposition: Open, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Open No Recall, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
19777	16:39:05,7638651	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 208, EndOfFile: 208, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19778	16:39:05,7638794	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 208, EndOfFile: 208, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19779	16:39:05,7639126	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 208
19780	16:39:05,7639461	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 208, I/O Flags: Non-cached, Paging I/O, Synchronous Paging I/O
19781	16:39:05,7640056	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 208, EndOfFile: 208, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19782	16:39:05,7640218	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	Offset: 112, Length: 96
19783	16:39:05,7640484	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	Offset: 136, Length: 72
19784	16:39:05,7640699	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	Offset: 160, Length: 48
19785	16:39:05,7641029	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	Offset: 184, Length: 24
19786	16:39:05,7641498	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CloseFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\imageinfo.bin	SUCCESS	
19787	16:39:05,8262381	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CreateFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S000	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Generic Read, Disposition: Open, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Open No Recall, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
19788	16:39:05,9210116	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S000	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 24.576, EndOfFile: 24.312, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19789	16:39:05,9210429	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S000	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 24.576, EndOfFile: 24.312, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19790	16:39:05,9210767	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S000	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 24.576, EndOfFile: 24.312, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19791	16:39:05,9210940	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S000	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 24.312
19792	16:39:05,9211306	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S000	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 24.312, I/O Flags: Non-cached, Paging I/O, Synchronous Paging I/O
19793	16:39:05,9515831	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CloseFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S000	SUCCESS	
19794	16:39:06,0137432	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CreateFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S001	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Generic Read, Disposition: Open, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Open No Recall, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
19795	16:39:06,1077968	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S001	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 4.096, EndOfFile: 760, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19796	16:39:06,1078287	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S001	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 4.096, EndOfFile: 760, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19797	16:39:06,1078407	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S001	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 4.096, EndOfFile: 760, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19798	16:39:06,1078717	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S001	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 760
19799	16:39:06,1079027	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S001	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 760, I/O Flags: Non-cached, Paging I/O, Synchronous Paging I/O
19800	16:39:06,3772777	OsBuilder.exe	6036	Process Profiling		SUCCESS	User Time: 438.9687500 seconds, Kernel Time: 25.3750000 seconds, Private Bytes: 64.434.176, Working Set: 42.360.832
19801	16:39:06,4050824	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CloseFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S001	SUCCESS	
19802	16:39:06,4678736	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CreateFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S002	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Generic Read, Disposition: Open, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Open No Recall, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
19803	16:39:06,7449515	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S002	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 4.096, EndOfFile: 1.376, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19804	16:39:06,7449870	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S002	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 4.096, EndOfFile: 1.376, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19805	16:39:06,7449990	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S002	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 4.096, EndOfFile: 1.376, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19806	16:39:06,7450317	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S002	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 1.376
19807	16:39:06,7450655	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S002	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 1.376, I/O Flags: Non-cached, Paging I/O, Synchronous Paging I/O
19808	16:39:06,9011513	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CloseFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S002	SUCCESS	
19809	16:39:07,1980273	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CreateFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S003	SUCCESS	Desired Access: Generic Read, Disposition: Open, Options: Synchronous IO Non-Alert, Non-Directory File, Open No Recall, Attributes: n/a, ShareMode: Read, AllocationSize: n/a, OpenResult: Opened
19810	16:39:07,1989676	OsBuilder.exe	6036	Process Profiling		SUCCESS	User Time: 439.2812500 seconds, Kernel Time: 25.3750000 seconds, Private Bytes: 64.434.176, Working Set: 42.360.832
19811	16:39:07,4328535	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S003	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 272, EndOfFile: 272, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19812	16:39:07,4328901	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S003	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 272, EndOfFile: 272, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19813	16:39:07,4329029	OsBuilder.exe	6036	QueryStandardInformationFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S003	SUCCESS	AllocationSize: 272, EndOfFile: 272, NumberOfLinks: 1, DeletePending: False, Directory: False
19814	16:39:07,4329225	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S003	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 272
19815	16:39:07,4329585	OsBuilder.exe	6036	ReadFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S003	SUCCESS	Offset: 0, Length: 272, I/O Flags: Non-cached, Paging I/O, Synchronous Paging I/O
19816	16:39:07,4330493	OsBuilder.exe	6036	CloseFile	F:\OSBuilder\Tornado\WM65-tobbbie\SYS\BaseApps\shptutil.dll\S003	SUCCESS

---------- Post added at 04:44 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:41 PM ----------

The usual call to rgucomp is what takes 2 seconds at the end - so the sequence of accessing imageinfo.bin and all modules sections is what takes so long - and what was not done before.
Need to find the switch to get that off again...

---------- Post added at 04:48 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:44 PM ----------

I cross checked all the lists that require a file-by-file processing in the "Configurations" drop-down, all of them are empty - like before with 1.3.199

Adding a dummy.dll entry to all lists does not help either here - will revert to the old version for now.

What is supposed to happen in the "preprocessing" phase? It is strange to see that all the imageinfo.bin are inspected and then all the modules sections.
Why is that triggered and how can I switch this off?
Do you need more symptoms (did you look at the procmon trace in my initial post)?

I noticed that the various lists dealing with modules treatment seem to be handled only AFTER the strange behavior, so I have no more clue what else to do.

I could not check on the 1.4.205 as I missed that one and it is not available for download anymore - but on the 1.4.206 it always happens. Getting back to 1.3.199 everything is back to normal. I would like to stay on the latest version and not be stuck on 1.3.199 for unknown reasons.

Wake up - new version available in the first posts - see topic title.

---------- Post added at 04:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:50 PM ----------

Sad to notice that still the "preprocessing" part is lasting "forever" (4:08) and hogs the CPU 100%. I am willing to assist in the debugging if you care for my symptoms - was ignored for 1.4.206.

Must go back to 1.3.199 - sigh... - where the same kitchen takes 3 seconds for the pre-processing part. Mind that the IMGFS creation takes just 1:30 so the wasted time in preprocessing is really a "forever".

Kitchen can be made available if you need that.

---------- Post added at 04:58 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:35 PM ----------

My latest Hurricane Kitchen (removed temp) - just unpack, double-click the OSBuilder.osb and push the button to create the build. Share is here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?a5o619j9ot2zk

---------- Post added at 05:09 PM ---------- Previous post was at 04:58 PM ----------

1.3.199 timings on my old PC:

-------------------- TIMING ------------------------
Porting/Rebuilding XIP                      00:00:05
Correcting template                         00:00:00
Preprocessing                               00:00:13
Registry                                    00:00:05
Metadata                                    00:00:00
Postprocessing                              00:00:00
Relocating/Writing modules                  00:00:08
Copying files                               00:00:00
Merging/Writing dsm                         00:00:00
Building IMGFS partition file (LZX)         00:01:33
Building ROM file                           00:00:01
Net time                                    00:02:09
Total time                                  00:02:29
----------------------------------------------------
PACKAGES                                    138
MODULES                                     399
FILES                                       953
----------------------------------------------------

I could not reproduce the problem on my company laptop. So it seems to be problem with my home PC only - however repeatable as described.

This should make debugging possible - will get you updated once tracked down.

Originally Posted by tobbbie

I could not reproduce the problem on my company laptop. So it seems to be problem with my home PC only - however repeatable as described.

This should make debugging possible - will get you updated once tracked down.

How many cores do you have on your home PC?

It is an old Pentium IV 2.6 GHz Single Core with 2GB RAM - even older than the smartphones I cook for. You have changed the threading to get the GUI more responsive - an unwanted side effect?

Originally Posted by tobbbie

It is an old Pentium IV 2.6 GHz Single Core with 2GB RAM - even older than the smartphones I cook for. You have changed the threading to get the GUI more responsive - an unwanted side effect?

ok here comes a real quick awnser :

GET A NEW PC

Originally Posted by ceesheim

ok here comes a real quick awnser :

GET A NEW PC

Why should I do that? I neither need 3 D games nor any other new fancy stuff. Browsing and Office is fast enough as well - runs nicely with 2GB RAM and good old XP.
So still old PC and still old phones :) I will rather buy a new phone (or a tablet maybe...) than a new PC.

Originally Posted by tobbbie

It is an old Pentium IV 2.6 GHz Single Core with 2GB RAM - even older than the smartphones I cook for. You have changed the threading to get the GUI more responsive - an unwanted side effect?

Sort of. Probably we'll fix, er, remake some things for you, but I can't guarantee that.