[news.eclipse.platform.swt] Re: javaw.exe keeps running in Windows

["Bahram" <bsheibani@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi,
I think it happens when you do not dispose display object.
Bahram
"Bill Ewing" <ewing@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> After we run our app (under eclipse or standalone), an instance of
> javaw.exe (Windows' virtual machince launcher) remains in the Task
Manager.
>
> After coding and debugging for an hour, there's lots of them.  Eventually,
> system problems occur.
>
> This problem is very noticeable when we cannot delete or rename an
> application-related file because it is "in use."  Using Task Manager to
> kill off the javaw.exe remedies this problem.  However, one of the
> javaw.exe's was used to launch eclipse, so killing it immediately takes
> down eclipse (with no file saves).
>
> Our current hypothesis is that we are failing to dispose() of resources
> (probably a nonstandard Color object obtained from a GC).
>
> Does this sound like the right theory and does anybody have a similar
> experience they'd like to share?
>