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

Mon, 08 Mar 2010 12:43:05 GMT

_Tschuess, Michael.

Steven Watanabe — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:06:18 GMT

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.

status changed; resolution set

Steven Watanabe — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 22:10:38 GMT

status new → closed
resolution → worksforme

cc set

Fri, 16 Apr 2010 01:27:22 GMT

cc gshapiro@… added

Replying to 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:

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

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

Regards,
Geoff Shapiro