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ghost task in WinXP

Postby MoeBass » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:57 am

I noticed something lately when I use alt-tab to taskswitch between WeBuilder and other apps I have running: There's a second WeBuilder icon in the list of tasks!!
I got a screenshot of it: Image
any idea what this could possibly be?
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Postby mwb1100 » Mon Oct 24, 2005 8:05 am

There was another thread on this a while back: http://forums.blumentals.net/viewtopic.php?t=581&highlight=alttab

It seems that this is a problem that happens only with the WinXP TaskSwitch Powertoy.

I use a similar Alt-Tab tool that does not have this problem. You may want to take a look at it: http://www.ntwind.com/taskswitchxp/

It's open source so it's free (and can be fixed if such a problem arises).
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aaaaaaaaah!! cooool!!

Postby MoeBass » Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:36 pm

decent! I'm using TaskSwitchXP Pro 2.0 and it's niftyNIFTYnifty!
Thanks for the tip!
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Postby Karlis » Mon Oct 24, 2005 4:53 pm

Offtopic: I'm wondering if these tools are very much better than Alt+Tab? They are getting popular, I have never tried one though.

Should I ? :)
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CHOICES!! what to play with today?!?

Postby MoeBass » Mon Oct 24, 2005 5:16 pm

that's up to you.
I tried the MS Powertoy out of curiousity and I found it to be worthwhile keeping around (ie, i didn't grimmance and push 'uninstall' after the first minute of use)
TETO (to each their own)
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Postby mwb1100 » Mon Oct 24, 2005 6:50 pm

admin wrote:Offtopic: I'm wondering if these tools are very much better than Alt+Tab?


Personally, I find it to be a bit more than just eye-candy. I often run with many, many windows open (especially IE), and I find that I can zero in on the window I want a bit better with the thumbnail and description that the enhanced Task Switchers provide.

The biggest drawback I've heard of, especially with the Powertoy, is that it's too slow. I have not found that to be the case for me with TaskSwitchXP Pro.
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Postby Karlis » Mon Oct 31, 2005 5:39 pm

I guess, I'll have to miss this fun for now, but will look into it if the classic Alt+Tab won't keep up with my needs. :)
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