The fact you said that shows that you simply don't understand what adding that line of code does.
Well, I know that it disables warnings. Are you telling me that it doesn't? Disable, conceal, hide... same difference, really.
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So if it can fix things sometimes, what's the problem with suggesting it?
It was merely an observation. Please calm down.
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There are no "magic wands" in software support. If, for instance, someone has a corrupted file, whether it got corrupted in the download or the upload, how do you propose to fix that without uploading a fresh copy of the files?
Perhaps by identifying which file is corrupted and replacing that file alone? But I understand that's not very easy to do or practical in many cases. Hence I get the reasoning behind the recommendation.
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It's one of the first things that gets suggested in cases like this, especially where someone has recently upgraded, because, in my personal experience, it fixes the issue in roughly 40% of cases. If it doesn't...well fine, we''ll try something else.
My point is that it seems the preferred approach in many cases rather than to try and identify which file(s)/code sections aren't working properly. Ok, granted, it makes sense in that uploading all of the files can be the shortest path to resolving a corrupted system and thus save a significant amount of time. I guess I'm just saying that it's an extremely common recommendation from vB support staff and that it's kind of reminiscent of OS support techs telling folks with OS issues they're not able to resolve to reformat and reinstall.
Sorry, I wasn't trying to offend anyone. I was merely replying to the OP with my spontaneous thoughts. Probably shouldn't have done that.
02-08-2015, 10:50 PM
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