Posts by Andrew Horsford

1) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc Manager loads twice on Windows start (Message 2272)
Posted 27 Dec 2005 by Andrew Horsford
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Thanks guys!

I've got it sorted out now: I removed the Startup Item & made sure that the Value in HKLM\\SOFTWARE\\Microsoft\\Windows\\CurrentVersion\\Run (which didn't exist, actually!) was properly named & that there weren't extra items in MSCONFIG (which I should have remembered to check myself)

Now I only get one BOINC Mgr window, that minimises itself into the System Tray.

YAY!

Cross-posted into the "BOINC manager opens at startup" thread also:
http://einstein.phys.uwm.edu/forum_thread.php?id=3409
2) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc Manager loads twice on Windows start (Message 2073)
Posted 19 Dec 2005 by Andrew Horsford
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I just checked Task Manager this time after booting up & I found that I have one "boinc.exe" entry two "boincmgr.exe" entries and the empty one that stays minimized is the second one to load ie. the PID for the one that disappears normally is 672 & the other one is 2716 or something

Hopefully this is helpful

Andrew
3) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc Manager loads twice on Windows start (Message 2043)
Posted 18 Dec 2005 by Andrew Horsford
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I'm also having the same problem & just now (since clearing up the issue with two copies) checked Task Manager & I have "boinc.exe" and "boincmgr.exe"

I only have one (B) icon in the System Tray right now, though

Does this help?


Andrew,

Both modules of Boinc should be running and visible in TaskMan. boinc.mgr is the GUI, the interface window, while boinc.exe does the work of scheduling, contact, etc. There should be only one boinc icon in the system tray.

Michael


Ok. So what I've got NOW is fine & so the next thing to check is what processes I find running the next time I start Windows and have the two BOINC windows show up.....

I'll keep you all posted on what I find.

Andrew
4) Message boards : BOINC Manager : Boinc Manager loads twice on Windows start (Message 2040)
Posted 17 Dec 2005 by Andrew Horsford
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mjacobs,

Are you sure that two instances of Boinc are starting, or is one of these "boinc.exe" and the other one "boincmgr.exe"? The latter case would explain the fact that with one of them closed, the other couldn't properly communicate.



I'm also having the same problem & just now (since clearing up the issue with two copies) checked Task Manager & I have "boinc.exe" and "boincmgr.exe"

I only have one (B) icon in the System Tray right now, though

Does this help?
5) Message boards : BOINC Manager : 2 copies of BOINC manager on startup?! (Message 2037)
Posted 17 Dec 2005 by Andrew Horsford
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I just upgraded from v4.19 to v5.2.13 because I just hadn't got around to it and now I find that whenever Windows starts, I get two copies of BOINC manager opening, and one is completely empty.

One of them loads & then disappears to the System Tray (as expected) and the other just hangs about minimized and won't display a window until I right-click on it on the taskbar and choose 'Restore' - then I can see that it's completely blank, as if I've not attached to any projects.

I've tried uninstalling & reinstalling the new BOINC & the same thing happens.

Any suggestions?



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