>> I have killed the process (making sure it was the LAST one). One
time I just stared hard at it - and SM started! <<
Re: seamonkey.exe and the XP problem
>> I have killed the process (making sure it was the LAST one). One
time I just stared hard at it - and SM started! <<
Not sure if the affected person is running XP or not, but the following has been seen in a few SM and other applications, AND can be occasionally seen in Vista and rarely but still seen in Win 7:
The XP problem - "Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process"
In Windows XP SP1 through SP3:
Control Panel > Folder Options > View tab
Clear or make sure that in the drop-down list, that the "Launch Folder Windows in a Separate Process" check-box is cleared (aka unchecked), especially IF one seems to be having a problem with applications mysteriously showing up multiple times in Task Manager or other third-party utilities that do task manager-like affairs.
If the above IS a problem, it can mean hours of head-scratching and operational problems with what appear to be multiple copies of SM, and as a primary root cause of the mysterious "it just launches itself..." as well.
Joe
29/07/10 20:55:15, <support-seamonkey-requ...@lists.mozilla.org>:
From: Beverly Howard <b...@bevhoward.com>
To: <support-seamonkey@lists.mozilla.org>
Date: 29/07/10 15:03:35
Subject: Re: seamonkey.exe
>> I have killed the process (making sure it was the LAST one). One
time I just stared hard at it - and SM started! <<
Several thoughts...
Make sure that SM's edit/pref/advanced/quicklaunch is off
Make sure that Task Managers "All Processes" is checked
Click Task Managers image name column header to sort alphabetically
which will group multiple SM instances together
if that does not narrow things down, drop to DOS and issue;
netstat -ano
This will show all current network connections as well as the PID of the
app or service that created the connection. If there is something bogus
going on, doing this will allow you to pin down who's doing what... tip,
use the up arrow to reissue this command at short intervals which will
help spot processes that are "phoning home" then quickly disconnecting.
If SM is still reloading by itself, I would then strongly suspect that
something malicious is launching it.
Beverly Howard
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