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From: John Stone (johns_at_ks.uiuc.edu)
Date: Sun Feb 22 2009 - 17:44:19 CST

Robert,
  Thanks for the note. Nothing quite like hostile software killing
off other running programs.

Cheers,
  John Stone
  vmd_at_ks.uiuc.edu

On Sun, Feb 22, 2009 at 06:35:46PM -0500, Robert Mullen wrote:
> VMD exits immediately after starting
>
> Just a comment on a recent experience with VMD 1.8.6 on a windows xp
> notebook that may save others with the same problem.
>
> I installed VMD a six months ago on a Dell Core Duo notebook and it
> functioned well. After not using it for several months, I started the
> VMD program and it immediately flashed the command screen and then
> exited. I removed and reinstalled it without any change in behavior. I
> then ran it with a process monitor (from system internals) that records
> all system calls. The VMD program seemed to start up without errors and
> then exit with a condition code of zero. In frustration, I started to
> kill other processes running on the computer. When a program associated
> with an envision USB cam that I installed a few months ago
> (Fixcamera.exe) was terminated, the VMD program return to is normal
> function. I used a debugger program to examine what FixCamera.exe was
> doing. It look in the regristry for the ?software/Windows/current/run?
> registry key entries as well as looking at the current tasks running on
> the computer. I believe that Fixcamera.exe is a program that will
> terminate other USB camera drivers that may be running. It must identify
> VMD one of these programs. Removing the Fixcamera.exe program solved my
> problem with VMD
>
> Bob Mullen 

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