EXE stays visible in task bar after closing

[Joe_H]

I created an EXE of my VI. First time I have done this with 8.20. When I run the EXE it runs fine but when I close it the windows task bar shows the EXE but when you click on it, it does nothing and takes quit a while to go away. This happens on the DEV machine and on two other machines both are running XP. I thought it may be because of VI being rather large so I created a simple VI with just a while loop an event structure and a stop button. I still have the same results. I do not remember this happening in other versions. Do i have to make sure to uncheck or check some settings for this to go away.

Any help or Ideas are welcomed.


Thanks,

[Raajit_Lall]

Hello Joe,

Something you could try is the Quit LabVIEW.vi under Programming > Application Control on the functions palette. The Quit LabVIEW.vi will stop all executing VIs and the current executable immediately.

Raajit

[Raajit_Lall]

Message Edited by Raajit L on 02-22-2007 11:41 PM

[Joe_H]

Already tried that before posting. It does the same. Any other suggestions

[Norbert_B]

Joe,

is there still a process running which is named LabVIEW or like your application?

Norbert B.

[Joe_H]

Yes the process stays running in the windows task manager for as long as it is visible in the task bar. It takes a long time  for it to go away ( 9-20 sec.) could this be because of the run-time engine. I rebuilt the exe in 8.0 and it works normally. And when I run EXE's that were built in lower versions of LV they all act normal. It is only the ones built with 8.20 that act this way. I have also noticed that LV itself takes a few seconds to close and not be visible in the task bar or manager.

Any more thoughts.

[Joe_H]

bump

[AdnanZ]

Hi Joe,

Can you please attach your simple executable to this post; the one with just a while loop an event structure and a stop button?

[Joe_H]

Here is the actual VI. Have a look. It is not just this VI it is all of them that I build.

[Joe_H]

I'm still having trouble with this. Does anybody else see this problem. I only see it with VI's built into an EXE with 8.20 and with 8.2.1.