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On Windows FahClient sometimes can run twice #1456

Open informatorius opened 4 years ago

informatorius commented 4 years ago

On Windows FahClient sometimes can run twice. When I start FahClient again although it is already running then I get 2 FahClient instances. While the frontend one with Windows tray icon shows not running, the background FahClient instance is running with FahCore_2x.exe

There should only be one instance of FahClient running ever

bb30994 commented 4 years ago

I reported this issue several years ago. My ticket was closed with a "cannot reproduce." Nevertheless, it still happes "sometimes" while other times the second instance if prevented from starting. I have been unable to identify the race condition that differentiates between the conflicting results.

informatorius commented 4 years ago

I got it several times now with FahClient v7.6.13 beta

shorttack commented 4 years ago

@informatorius How did you reproduce the problem? What steps for a programmer to walk through the exact conditions that create the problem? "When I start FahClient again" means double-click icon on desktop, click on tray icon, use Command Line?

Or is it random and not easily reproducible?