[GNC] GnuCash 5.4 background process left running in Windows

[Fross, Michael]

In addition to Bill's question, is there any risk?  Do those "zombie"
processes have the data file open?  I just looked and GNUCash is not
running but I had two processes running in the background.  I killed them,
but then wondered if that is something I should have done....

Michael

On Fri, Sep 29, 2023 at 3:45 PM WR D <dullege at hotmail.com> wrote:

> I am not sure if this is something new with 5.4, but I notice when I exit
> from GnuCash (windows 11), there is a background process left running.
>
> In task manager the process is called "GnuCash Program File (32 bit)" ...
> it uses 0% CPU, takes 76.9MB memory, and 0% disk.  But it is always running.
>
> The reason I found this is that I observed something was locking up one of
> the Gnucash log files - I know this because I keep by Gnucash files on
> OneDrive and I now sometimes get sync errors due to log file being "in use"
> even after I shut down Gnucash.  I assume it is the background process that
> is using a log file preventing it from being synced properly even after
> GnuCash shuts down.
>
> I also observe the online finance quote retrieval has changed with 5.4.
> Specifically, previously there was always a window frame pop-up while quote
> retrieval was happening.  Since 5.4, this no longer happens.  The retrieval
> happens but there is no window showing anywhere ... did online quote
> retrieval move to a background process perhaps.
>
> I wonder if the background process issue is related to some change in how
> GnuCash triggers online quote retrievals?
>
> I am considering to revert back to previous GnuCash version to confirm the
> background process locking issue goes away.
>
> Regards,
> Bill
>
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