[GNC] GnuCash 5.4 background process left running in Windows

[David H]

.LCK file disappears normally when I "X" out of Gnucash so I'm assuming
it's all good and then kill the background process via Task Manager.  When
I shut down the process is going to disappear anyway :-)

Cheers David H.


On Sat, 30 Sept 2023 at 07:06, Fross, Michael <michael at fross.org> wrote:

> 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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