Debug information

In certain situation we might ask you to turn on the "debug" mode in ASAP Utilities. This writes down certain actions in a log file and it will most likely help us to find the cause of the problem and create a solution quicker.
This all works in the background, you won't notice anything of it.

Methode 1: If you can start ASAP Utilities

Step 1: Turn the "debugger" on

If you can start ASAP Utilities, then you can do it from within the program itself.
In the Excel menu choose ASAP Utilities » ASAP Utilities Options » Settings, language and contact information...
Then choose the tab "debug" and turn on the option "Create a debugger log file in Windows Temp folder": Create a debugger log file  in Windows Temp folder

Do the action

Now perform the steps where the problem appears.

Send us the information

If you can run ASAP Utilies then you can open the debug log file from within ASAP Utilities.

Method 2: If you cannot start ASAP Utilities

Step 1: Turn the "debugger" on

Create a file named "debug.txt" in the folder where ASAP Utilities is installed.
By default this folder is "C:\Program Files\ASAP Utilities".
You can also download a debug.txt file here (right-click and then choose "save target/link as").
Create a debug.txt named file

Do the action

Now (try to) start ASAP Utilities. All the steps that are important during the startup will now be documented.

Send us the debug log file

By default the debug log file is created in your Windows Temp folder.
You can quickly browse to this folder by choosing in Windows: Start > Run
(or hold down the Windows key on your keyboard and press r)
and then enter "%TEMP%" (without the quotes) and pressing enter:
Start > Run
Enter %TEMP% to browse to the Windows Temp folder
The file 'asap-utilities-debug.txt' contains important information for us
Please send the file "asap-utilities-debug.txt" as an attachement in an email to us.
If it is the first time that you contact us about a certain problem, then please send a detailed description of the problem too. If the problem is related to certain workbooks only, then please send us an example workbook too which we can use to reproduce the problem.
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