Getting WinCVS out of flat mode

If you accidentally browse up to the root directory or some other level that is too large for WinCVS to initially deal with and you have the flat mode browser view toggle button of WinCVS on, WinCVS will freeze indefinitely.  If killing it in Task Manager and restarting doesn't fix your problem, you need to hack the registry.
 
Launch regedit (Start -> Run   "regedit") and browse to:
 
        HKEY_CURRENT_USER/Software/WinCvs/wincvs/CVS settings
 
In CVS settings, find the variable  P_DisplayRecursive in the right hand window.  Right-click on P_DisplayRecursive and select Modify from the right-click menu.  in the window that gets displayed, change the Value data set with only two numbers in it from the 01 to 00.  Then click Ok at the bottom of the window, shut down Registry Editor, start up WinCVS again, and you should now have the flat mode button toggled off.
Published 19 February 2004 03:54 PM by Ted_Graham
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# Fabian said on 06 May, 2004 05:29 AM
This is not fixing wincvs freeze on start-up for me :-(
# Please post .reg file said on 19 July, 2004 11:49 AM
Some companies don't let their employees run regedit, but do allow employees to run .reg files. Could you please post the above changes in a downloadable .reg file?

Thanks!
# Ted Graham said on 19 July, 2004 12:03 PM
If you put the following into Unflatten.reg it should work for you:

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00 /S
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\WinCvs\wincvs\CVS settings]
"P_DisplayRecursive"=hex:00
# learner said on 15 June, 2009 03:41 PM

You can press esc and it should come out of flat mode...

# longfelt said on 15 October, 2009 10:33 AM

learner, thanks a bunch, that's the tip i needed.

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