@fredo6
And anyway, even with your script it works on the second opening of the Master toolbar manager panel. At the first opening, the Custom toolbar panel is not present.

@fredo6 said in Why is the green section under my custom toolbars no longer visible in the Lord of the Toolbar menu?:

Traductor::ChromiumWdlg.dialog_info_reset 'LOTT_master'

Yes, with your script it works but if I close SketchUp I have to launch your ruby script from the console.
I don't have two monitors but I have one that is 3440x1440 wide.

@fredo6
I no longer see my toolbar window in the master toolbar manager, even though the toolbars work properly.
Can anyone help me? Thanks.

Why is the green section under my custom toolbars no longer visible in the Lord of the Toolbar menu? I tried resizing the window (both enlarging and reducing it), but the green bar still doesn’t appear. It was working correctly until a few days ago, so perhaps the recent freedo6Library update has modified something.

@Dave-R Some plugins have caused me issues with updates, some I want to finish current projects before updating, while others I'm confident are useful updates.

Is it possible to add an option to not update a particular plugin in the updates list, meaning it should no longer show the update for that plugin and display it with a flag?

@fredo6 After three days of work to figure out what was causing SketchUp to crash, I discovered that there's an incompatibility between the S4U plugins and the new Fredo libraries. Now I have the 2026 version working perfectly.

Dopo tre giorni passati a Cercare il colpevole l'ho trovato. In pratica sono i plugin di S4U che mandano in crash sketchup in quanto vanno in conflitto con Fredolib.

I tried deleting all the Fredo plugins and SketchUp starts up normally. If I install only LibFredo, I've tried both the latest version LibFredo6_v15.5a and the previous version LibFredo6_v15.4c and SketchUp crashes on startup.
Until a few days ago everything was working perfectly without problems, I only installed the new Sketchucation and apart from SketchUp 2026 which shouldn't affect my already installed SketchUp 2025 unless it installs something in common with SketchUp 2025 as well

@fredo6 windows 11

@fredo6 In practice, SketchUp closes without any warning or message. If I disable the Fredo library, SketchUp starts normally, but of course, the Fredo plugins — which are essential for me — do not work.

@TIG Nothing to do, I installed FredoLib5 02 and now SketchUp 2024, 2025, and 2026 all freeze. I don’t know what to do anymore — the programs close automatically right after startup without showing any message. I have no idea what to do, and it’s essential for me, especially Lord of the Toolbars, because of my issues — I simply can’t do without it anymore. If I delete the FredoLib5 folder, SketchUp starts again, but of course without all the plugins connected to Fredo. I also tried installing an older version (15.4e), but it still won’t start. Help.

@fredo6 I installed this new version on sketchup 2025 and everything crashes. How can I go back to the previous version?

I have no problem signing an NDA; it’s not that I’m an engineer or an expert in complex calculations. I have some experience and wherever I can, I help you, especially with the drawing, so don’t worry. If you can tell me which sector the idea is in, maybe it has been one of my experiences. My email is [Redacted]@gmail.com.

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@jgb Hi, first of all, congratulations. At your age, you still have a strong desire to create. I am retired and 100% disabled, and I still want to create something. If you want, I can give you a hand, but you have to show me with a rough drawing without gears what you want to do. At most, you can make the gears without the teeth. Then, if you want and without any obligation, I can help you; I have plenty of time.

@TIG If it can be useful to you, I use SketchUp in the Italian version because the UTF error seems to be a character issue.

@TIG I followed the steps you told me, reinstalled the plugin, and now I am attaching the errors that come up.

Rapporto errori estensioni
SketchUp: 25.0.660
Sistema operativo: Windows 11 
Ruby: 3.2.2

Estensione: SketchUcation (5.0.1)
Errore: ArgumentError (invalid byte sequence in UTF-8)
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:805:in `block (4 levels) in getMyPlugins'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:804:in `each'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:804:in `block (3 levels) in getMyPlugins'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:798:in `each'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:798:in `block (2 levels) in getMyPlugins'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:796:in `each'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:796:in `block in getMyPlugins'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:751:in `each'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_dialog.rbe:751:in `getMyPlugins'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_loader.rbe:99:in `<module:SCF>'
c:/users/roberto.bolletta/appdata/roaming/sketchup/sketchup 2025/sketchup/plugins/sketchucation/scf_loader.rbe:13:in `<main>'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2025/SketchUp/Tools/EXTENSIONs.rb:197:in `eval'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2025/SketchUp/Tools/EXTENSIONs.rb:197:in `require'
C:/Program Files/SketchUp/SketchUp 2025/SketchUp/Tools/EXTENSIONs.rb:197:in `load'
C:/Users/roberto.bolletta/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2025/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation.rb:173:in `register_extension'
C:/Users/roberto.bolletta/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2025/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation.rb:173:in `<module:SCF>'
C:/Users/roberto.bolletta/AppData/Roaming/SketchUp/SketchUp 2025/SketchUp/Plugins/SketchUcation.rb:17:in `<top (required)>'

As I mentioned, if I try to reinstall the plugin, I close SketchUp and open it again, but when I go to the SketchUp Extensions panel, it still says it’s deactivated. I try turning it off and restarting it, but it remains deactivated.

@TIG I actually made a serious mistake because I didn’t copy to the clipboard the error that appeared in SketchUp. However, the problem now is that if I try to reinstall SketchUcation, it gets reinstalled from SketchUp’s native Extension Manager, but I can’t activate it, and therefore I can’t reproduce the error. If there is another way to reinstall it, let me know; otherwise, I’ll wait for further updates and will try reinstalling the plugin once you’ve resolved the issue.!