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re: Programs not Closing?
Tuesday, June 3, 2008 at 6:53 pm
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Brian
(1 messages posted)
I am suddenly having the same problem. It occurs primarily with Dreamweaver, Paint
Shop Pro, Express Thumbnail Creator so far but there are some inconsistencies. If
I track down the issue I'll post a response but in the meantime if any has had success
I'd appreciate the help.
On Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 2:45 pm, Kyle wrote:
>Many times when I close a program I find it still listed in Windows Task Manager
>-- sometimes multiple instances -- just found 4 instances of Acrobat, for example.
>Obviously eats up memory. InDesign, Excel do not close at all after I've opened
them
>once. They don't show in the Applications part of Task Manager but they show up
>in Processes. This also causes an issue when I try to open a program - it doesn't
>because there is already one (or 5) instances of it running. So I have to end process
>to the existing processes so that a functional one can open.
>
>What can cause this? No virii or spyware according to my various AV programs. Any
>fix short of format and reinstall of Windows? Dearly want to avoid this, if possible.
>
>I'm running XP Professional SP3.
>
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- Programs not Closing? (Kyle: Thursday, May 15, 2008 at 2:45 pm)
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