Sunday, 25 March 2012

Watermark Factory - Advanced Watermark Factory has stopped working error

One of my most useful pieces of software is Watermark Factory which is used to add watermarks to images that are used on the website as well as proof images sent to clients. It is exactly what you need from a piece of software to do a specific job - fast and does just what you need without any fuss.

Except it has recently stopped working and generates an error every time that Watermark Factory is launched. The error message is:

Watermark Factory - Advanced Watermark Factory has stopped working

and the software then closes. This is a fully licenced copy of the software and has been working perfectly until now. On further investigation it appears that something in an update to Windows Vista has affected the software

In order to run the software it was necessary to amend the properties set on the launch icon to change to Compatability Mode. I've set mine to Windows XP SP2. As soon as the change was made the software now runs perfectly!