Suddenly, Workrave is suspended for a non-admin user and he can't change it. Workrave was OK for a long time. No problem for an admin user.

(Sorry guys, I know that this problem existed before and that there was a simple trick to solve the problem. But I couldn't find that anymore.)

I believe this is the first time I've read of this issue. Can you provide more information please?

Hi Ray,

I remember that some years ago, the same problem occurred. A simple trick brought Workrave to Normal mode again.

Additional info on the problem:
- Workrave version 1.8.4
- OS: Windows XP Professional SP3, English
- User having the problem has no administrator rights, another user (admin) is OK.
- Workrave mode is suspended for this user after computer startup and login.
- Right-clicking Workrave icon > Mode > Normal: does not change anything.
- Giving this user administrator rights and logging in again: does not help.
- Copying the files of c:\my documents\<OK user>\application data\workrave\ to the
  same folder of the user having the problem: does not help.
- In the Registry, I found "HKEY_USERS\S-1-....\Software\Workrave\gui\operation-mode=1". Is this OK?

Any suggestions on how to fix this problem?

Reproducible in 1.8.4 but not 1.9.0. Please do the following:

Exit Workrave
Delete (HKEY_CURRENT_USER)\Software\Workrave on the user's acc
Upgrade to 1.9.0

Thanks,

Ray

I was wrong, this is not the first time I've heard of this issue. The mode selection in 1.8.4 was broken.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 598 ***