[nzdreamer55]

Hello everyone,

I am stepping away from mediaportal after 10 years of loyal support after I tried Kodi.  Right out of the box, Kodi played all my files and was super fast compared to mediaportal.  I have been pretty happy as I learn how to navigate Kodi.  One issue that has been present from the start is that when I try to exit from Kodi (either back to windows or restart my computer through Kodi) my computer hangs.  It has been this way since the first time I installed Kodi.

Any help is much appreciated

Thanks
-S

[Klojum]

Try installing the latest RC3 of Kodi 18. Install it in a separate folder, and use the portable mode to run separately. See if that works better for you, as Kodi 17.6 itself is EOL already.

[nzdreamer55]

Thanks so much for the ideas.  So got the v18 rc3 installed in a new folder.  Followed the instructions here to launch form a shortcut in portability mode https://kodi.wiki/view/Windows_FAQ#Portable_mode
My computer gave me and error "ERROR:Unable to create application. Exiting".  Changed it to a capital P and the application launched.  Not sure if it was in portability mode or not.  Tried to exit and Kodi froze.  I can bring up the task manager and end the application so it isn't hanging my entire machine.  Also I think it might have to do with it searching my movie and tv database looking for new files.  This seems to take a while given that I have a lot and it is across a slow network.  I'll stick with 18 rc3, but what can I try next to see why it hangs when exiting?

Thank you very much.

[PatK]

"Changed it to a capital P" then it launched as a regular install and you would now have most of the data-files internally and not limited to the portable folder.  If you can launch then let's have a log file of that "I think it might have to do with it searching my movie and tv database looking for new files" the log would show that, under settings>system>library turn off update library on startup, and let's see if it's stable and plays something.

[nzdreamer55]

Thanks again for the help.  When I go to setting>system all I see is
Display
Audio
Input
Internet access
Power saving
Add-ons
logging

I don't see where I can change the library or when it scans. :-(

[Karellen]

I don't see where I can change the library or when it scans.

Paragraph 2.1 here... https://kodi.wiki/view/Settings/Media/Library