Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3988: In MS windows stopping an (MSVC) debug-session kills its process, but leaves the "window open".

Subject: Re: [Boost-bugs] [Boost C++ Libraries] #3988: In MS windows stopping an (MSVC) debug-session kills its process, but leaves the "window open".
From: Boost C++ Libraries (noreply_at_[hidden])
Date: 2010-04-16 01:27:22

#3988: In MS windows stopping an (MSVC) debug-session kills its process, but
leaves the  "window open".
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  Reporter:  Michael Soliman. <boost@…>           |       Owner:              
      Type:  Bugs                                 |      Status:  closed      
 Milestone:  Boost 1.43.0                         |   Component:  None        
   Version:  Boost 1.43.0                         |    Severity:  Optimization
Resolution:  worksforme                           |    Keywords:              
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Changes (by Geoff Shapiro <gshapiro@…>):

 * cc: gshapiro@… (added)

Comment:

 Replying to [comment:2 steven_watanabe]:
 > I can't reproduce this.  What compiler version are you using?  Which
 Boost libraries and what version are you using?  Can you provide a minimal
 project that demonstrates the problem?  Without further information I
 would guess that this is a MS problem.



 I suspect that the originator of the bug report was running into the
 following:

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 ''These (the zombie windows) are caused by Microsoft patch KB978037.

 Kill them now by uninstalling the patch.

 VS2008 with KB978037 installed will leave zombie command windows open when
 you stop an application running in the debugger.

 You can fix this by removing KB978037. Here’s how:

 Go to C:\WINDOWS\$NtUninstallKB978037$\spuninst

 Run spuninst.exe

 Reboot
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 ...if you don't have the patch installed, you don't see the problem.

 Regards,[[BR]]
 Geoff Shapiro

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Ticket URL: <https://svn.boost.org/trac/boost/ticket/3988#comment:4>
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