# EVE-O Preview v5.1.0 "Able Actor" (multi-client preview / switcher) \[ 2021-05-08 \] + limited Linux support **URL:** \ **Category:** Third Party Developers\ **Created:** [June 20, 2017, 5:15pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202 "2017-06-20T17:15:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Bubbarabb\_Stjames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bubbarabb_stjames/32/120707_2.png) [@Bubbarabb\_Stjames](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bubbarabb_Stjames)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 12:57am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/255 "2019-02-16T00:57:12Z")
full screen ---
**Author:** ![Bubbarabb\_Stjames](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bubbarabb_stjames/32/120707_2.png) [@Bubbarabb\_Stjames](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bubbarabb_Stjames)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 1:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/256 "2019-02-16T01:12:13Z")
I’m dumb. i see it now. fixed windowed mode it is. ---
**Author:** ![Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phrynohyas_tig-rah/32/420039_2.png) [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phrynohyas_Tig-Rah)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2019, 11:06am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/257 "2019-02-16T11:06:51Z")
> [@Bubbarabb\_Stjames](#): > > I’m dumb. Definitely no, you are not 🙂 . You just missed a minor and not so obvious thing (after all `Fullscreen` and `Fixed Window` look exactly the same from user POV) ---
**Author:** ![Lillith\_Sakata](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/lillith_sakata/32/255593_2.png) [@Lillith\_Sakata](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Lillith_Sakata)\ **Post date:** [February 25, 2019, 11:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/258 "2019-02-25T23:06:13Z")
[edit] I’ve actually noted that it’s just the default character-select window that renders at 0,0, and doesn’t matter if I save the window elsewhere either positive or negative value. What I’d like to happen is that is doesn’t cover up my main window while I’m logging in. ---
**Author:** ![Helena\_Tremere](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/helena_tremere/32/14081_2.png) [@Helena\_Tremere](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Helena_Tremere)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/259 "2019-03-06T19:06:10Z")
I’m having troubles even launching the program. A .txt file is created when launched. Here is the contents: System.Reflection.ReflectionTypeLoadException: Unable to load one or more of the requested types. Retrieve the LoaderExceptions property for more information. at System.Reflection.RuntimeModule.GetTypes(RuntimeModule module) at System.Reflection.RuntimeAssembly.get\_DefinedTypes() at EveOPreview.LightInjectContainer.Register(Type serviceType, Assembly container) at EveOPreview.Program.InitializeApplicationController() at EveOPreview.Program.Main() ---
**Author:** ![Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phrynohyas_tig-rah/32/420039_2.png) [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phrynohyas_Tig-Rah)\ **Post date:** [March 6, 2019, 7:44pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/260 "2019-03-06T19:44:38Z")
You have to install .NET Framework update. Take it from here: [https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework-runtime](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework-runtime) ---
**Author:** ![Serg\_Sinist](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/serg_sinist/32/386249_2.png) [@Serg\_Sinist](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Serg_Sinist)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2019, 5:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/261 "2019-03-29T17:34:09Z")
Also, minimize not works good on latest win10 if you not run eve-o with admin rights. ---
**Author:** ![zuzzik](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/zuzzik/32/255501_2.png) [@zuzzik](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/zuzzik)\ **Post date:** [April 6, 2019, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/262 "2019-04-06T09:12:35Z")
Thanks a lot, I’ve been looking for this for a long time. ready to donate isk// ---
**Author:** ![Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phrynohyas_tig-rah/32/420039_2.png) [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phrynohyas_Tig-Rah)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 2:03pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/263 "2019-04-10T14:03:49Z")
> [@zuzzik](#): > > Thanks a lot, I’ve been looking for this for a long time. ready to donate isk// ISKies are always more than welcome 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phrynohyas_tig-rah/32/420039_2.png) [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phrynohyas_Tig-Rah)\ **Post date:** [April 10, 2019, 2:06pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/264 "2019-04-10T14:06:42Z")
> [@Serg\_Sinist](#): > > Also, minimize not works good on latest win10 if you not run eve-o with admin rights. For the future reference: You start your EVE clients with elevated privileges. Obviously a program started using an ordinary user privileges (ie NOT as an Administrator) cannot do certain things with Admin-user windows. Windows security and so on. Actually I am really surprised (and disappointed) that Windows did not prevent all access to EVE clients from EVE-O Preview running with lower privileges. Still, that’s a Win security issue and we cannot do anything here ---
**Author:** ![Arisha\_Moon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arisha_moon/32/420765_2.png) [@Arisha\_Moon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arisha_Moon)\ **Post date:** [April 14, 2019, 5:41pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/265 "2019-04-14T17:41:46Z")
Hi, i am using your great tool and it work perfect! i wanted now to expand my windows and installed eve on second computer and installed same settings as on main computer. when i am using a regular monitor, then the “preview” windows show the correct window of eve. BUT when i am connecting to that computer via remote desktop or teamviewer or VNC etc… it works, but the preview windows are only black ☹ . do you have an idea? ---
**Author:** ![Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phrynohyas_tig-rah/32/420039_2.png) [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phrynohyas_Tig-Rah)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 12:13pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/266 "2019-04-15T12:13:44Z")
Hey Well, apparently the tech used by EVE-O can’t work on remote desktops. Wait for the next Beta - there should be a new ‘potato’ mode that should work on remote desktops too (at expense of less smooth live previews, they will be limited to 1 FPS) ---
**Author:** ![Arisha\_Moon](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/arisha_moon/32/420765_2.png) [@Arisha\_Moon](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Arisha_Moon)\ **Post date:** [April 15, 2019, 3:02pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/267 "2019-04-15T15:02:53Z")
and an other issue that i have. when i open e preview. it place often some windows wrong, not at the last position: example [https://i.gyazo.com/e57bf53e6eeebe7bd55f58725d05eb38.jpg](https://i.gyazo.com/e57bf53e6eeebe7bd55f58725d05eb38.jpg) maybe there should be a template that can be saved and loaded and not autosaved? ---
**Author:** ![Bullzark](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/bullzark/32/128370_2.png) [@Bullzark](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Bullzark)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/268 "2019-04-20T16:17:31Z")
I’ve been using eve-o for the last 4 months without issue. Love the program and pass it onto others to use. Today, after acting normally for awhile, I encountered an odd error. The preview client window was ‘frozen’ for one of the windows. When I opened the client that had an issue, it would automatically open the other clients with just a mouseover. Usually, I would have to click that for it to work. I restarted my eve clients, and the problem spread to all of the clients. I restarted my computer, and again it happened. I uninstalled eve-o, rebooted, and re-installed. The issue persists. Any suggestions to troubleshoot this? EDIT: Fixed it! For some reason, my eve clients reset to fullscreen mode. ---
**Author:** ![Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phrynohyas_tig-rah/32/420039_2.png) [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phrynohyas_Tig-Rah)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2019, 5:59pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/269 "2019-04-20T17:59:54Z")
> [@Bullzark](#): > > I uninstalled eve-o, rebooted, and re-installed. Just for the protocol - EVE-O doesn’t write anything outside of its folder, So just deleting the .json file would be sufficient to fully reset the configuration. > [@Bullzark](#): > > The preview client window was ‘frozen’ for one of the windows. A nice new “feature” of Win10 - if your client (or any other app) is minimized, then Windows does NOT refresh its thumbnail. Literally nothing can be done here. I guess that when an EVE client runs in fullscreen mode, all other clients are being treated by Windows as minimized, thus their previews are turned into still images. ---
**Author:** ![Fegnoidina](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/fegnoidina/32/463529_2.png) [@Fegnoidina](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Fegnoidina)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 11:50am UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/270 "2019-04-24T11:50:55Z")
is anyone else having the problem with CTRL+ click to lock a target? I have CTRL as my locking but it isn’t working still ---
**Author:** ![Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phrynohyas_tig-rah/32/420039_2.png) [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phrynohyas_Tig-Rah)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2019, 1:05pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/271 "2019-04-24T13:05:11Z")
> [@Fegnoidina](#): > > is anyone else having the problem with CTRL+ click to lock a target? I have CTRL as my locking but it isn’t working still How exactly this question is related to this topic? ---
**Author:** ![Ox\_Fast](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/ox_fast/32/132582_2.png) [@Ox\_Fast](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Ox_Fast)\ **Post date:** [May 3, 2019, 2:50pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/272 "2019-05-03T14:50:34Z")
> [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](#): > > > [@Ox\_Fast](#): > > > > doesn’t update unless it is my active window. > > With one of the latest updates Windows 10 stopped to update preview images for minimized windows. Not only EVE but also all and every software - from video players to games. > > Currently there is no other solution than to disable the ‘minimize inactive clients’ option. I forgot to mention that I actually got in contact with Microsoft about this issue and they had no idea it had occurred, I also didnt recall which windows update screwed this part of windows. On another topic, is it possible to make it so that only one instance of eve-o preview can be launched? I know its silly, but sometimes I accidentally launch a few instances to only notice down the line when I move the login preview. Not the end of the world, you’ve done an amazing job taking over this and for all intent and purposes, this is an amazing tool. o7 ---
**Author:** ![Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phrynohyas_tig-rah/32/420039_2.png) [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phrynohyas_Tig-Rah)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 11:34pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/273 "2019-05-04T23:34:09Z")
> [@Ox\_Fast](#): > > On another topic, is it possible to make it so that only one instance of eve-o preview can be launched? I know its silly, but sometimes I accidentally launch a few instances to only notice down the line when I move the login preview. Fixed. Actually it HAD to be single-instance always, but there was a nice non-obvious bug in that part of the code ---
**Author:** ![Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/eveonline/user_avatar/forums.eveonline.com/phrynohyas_tig-rah/32/420039_2.png) [@Phrynohyas\_Tig-Rah](https://forums.eveonline.com/u/Phrynohyas_Tig-Rah)\ **Post date:** [May 4, 2019, 11:53pm UTC](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202/274 "2019-05-04T23:53:40Z")
A new Beta has been published: [https://github.com/Phrynohyas/eve-o-preview/releases/tag/4.1.0-b-2](https://github.com/Phrynohyas/eve-o-preview/releases/tag/4.1.0-b-2) What’s new: - Alternate thumbnail render that doesn’t use Aero - Improved support for multi-display systems where each display has different DPI set - Improvements in the thumbnail opacity management (stability and performance) The render is disabled by default can be enabled via config file (see page 5 of the documentation .pdf file). This render doesn’t use advanced DWM API to create live previews. Instead it is a screenshot-based render with the following pros and cons: - Doesn’t require Aero to work - Should work even in remote desktop environments - Consumes significantly more memory. In the testing environment EVE-O Preview did consume around 180 MB to manage 3 thumbnails using this render. At the same time the primary render did consume around 50 MB when run in the same environment. - Thumbnail images are refreshed at 1 FPS rate - Possible short mouse cursor freezes Theoretically the new render should work even on Mac and Linux hosts (unfortunately I don’t have the appropriate hardware to test this). I would be really grateful for all feedback on this new mode (both positive and negative), especially for non-Win hosts. [Previous page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202.md?page=12) [Next page](https://forums.eveonline.com/t/eve-o-preview-v5-1-0-able-actor-multi-client-preview-switcher-2021-05-08-limited-linux-support/4202.md?page=14)