Connected Components Workbench - Crash on Load of Project

With the common practice of syncing the documents folder, Connected Components Workbench's default folder may be problematic if you are using a sync utility such as Dropbox or OneDrive.  

Connected components workbench does not work well with these utilities and you may experience crashes/application hangs on startup.  If this happens, move your project folder to a different directory, and also move your default directory from a synced folder, to a location that is not synced.  This will ensure that OneDrive/Dropbox do not interfere with CCW.  

You can change the default folder that CCW creates project in by going to the Tools Menu, then selecting Options.

 

In the CCW/Preferences selection, find the Default Folder setting, change the path to a location that is not synced by Dropbox or Onedrive:

New projects that you create will now not be synced by Dropbox/Onedrive, and your projects should open if the data is not corrupted in them.