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#261: Ignore USB GetDrives crash (#272)
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some users have problems with their USB drive (hardware?) such that GetDrives throws an exception which if not caught, results in a fatal exception for Chorus
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bobeaton committed Nov 1, 2021
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using System;
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.ComponentModel;
using System.IO;
using System.Threading;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using SIL.Reporting;

namespace Chorus.UI
{
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private void ScanForUsbDrives()
{
while (_keepRunning)
// https://github.com/sillsdev/chorus/issues/261
// some users have problems with their USB drive (hardware?) such that GetDrives throws
// an exception, which if not caught, results in a fatal exception for Chorus
try
{
var usbRoots = new SIL.UsbDrive.RetrieveUsbDriveInfo().GetDrives()
.Select(u => u.RootDirectory.FullName);
// In Balsa, the boot device (SD Card or USB Stick) shows up as one of the
// drives and it shouldn't be used for S/R. Balsa will be changed to
// include a .chorus-hidden file in the root paritions that should not be
// used for S/R. A user can include this file in USB attached drive that
// they don't want Chorus to use.
var usbDrives = System.IO.DriveInfo.GetDrives()
.Where(d => usbRoots.Contains(d.RootDirectory.FullName) &&
d.RootDirectory.GetFiles(".chorus-hidden").Count() == 0);
lock (_usbDrives)
while (_keepRunning)
{
_usbDrives.Clear();
_usbDrives.AddRange(usbDrives);
var usbRoots = new SIL.UsbDrive.RetrieveUsbDriveInfo().GetDrives()
.Select(u => u.RootDirectory.FullName);
// In Balsa, the boot device (SD Card or USB Stick) shows up as one of the
// drives and it shouldn't be used for S/R. Balsa will be changed to
// include a .chorus-hidden file in the root paritions that should not be
// used for S/R. A user can include this file in USB attached drive that
// they don't want Chorus to use.
var usbDrives = System.IO.DriveInfo.GetDrives()
.Where(d => usbRoots.Contains(d.RootDirectory.FullName) &&
d.RootDirectory.GetFiles(".chorus-hidden").Count() == 0);
lock (_usbDrives)
{
_usbDrives.Clear();
_usbDrives.AddRange(usbDrives);
}

Thread.Sleep(3000); // check again after 3 second
}
Thread.Sleep(3000); // check again after 1 second
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
ErrorReport.ReportNonFatalException(ex);
}
}

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