Using Boinc version 6.10.58 and have been trying to get boinc to stop so my grandaughter can play her games without messing with the completion times and DCF for Boinc.

<exclusive_app>Gameprogram.exe</exclusive_app>
<exclusive_gpu_app>Gameprogram.exe</exclusive_gpu_app>

In both cases or even with both in the cc_config file Boinc just keeps on going. Checking program manager confirms that the GameProgram.exe is running.

Is this a known problem with this version of Boinc?

edit Using Winbows 7 (64)

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Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc

Also make sure that you run BOINC based on preferences.

One other thing that could be the problem is the game launcher. Some games use game launchers that only run for a bit (only during game launch), after which a totally different executable takes over. So check that the game in question doesn't do this as well.

Watch out with excluding 'game environment servers', such as Steam. If you exclude Steam and then forget to quit out of it after playing, your BOINC may do nothing for a long long time.

By the way, I was running Fear 2 last night during a spell where I couldn't sleep, and since I have set Steam as an excluded program, my BOINC did go into suspend mode as soon as Steam loaded:
08/07/2011 05:44:25 | | Suspending computation - an exclusive app is running
08/07/2011 05:44:25 | | Suspending network activity - an exclusive app is running

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Thanks ageless......I'll keep messing with it.

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Boinc....Boinc....Boinc....Boinc