" " is already running error

[Duane777]

Hi,



XP Home SP2 All Updates



I have a program call DeskPins. (A small free program that allows me to put
pin a window to the top of other windows - quite handy)



When Starting computer, I get and error pop up saying "DeskPins is already
running" (a small rectangular box in middle of screen)



It looks like a standard windows error indicating that the program is
already loaded and the same program is trying to start again.

I uninstalled deskpins and remove all instances from the registry.

Then I reinstalled.

Still the same problem.



Is there another location I should look for a startup program.

In msconfig it is in startup and common startup (which looks normal - other
programs are setup the same way)



DeskPins works fine and I have it on another computer without any problems.



Thanks, Duane

 

[smlunatick]

Hi,

XP Home SP2 All Updates

I have a program call DeskPins. (A small free program that allows me to put
pin a window to the top of other windows - quite handy)

When Starting computer, I get and error pop up saying "DeskPins is already
running" (a small rectangular box in middle of screen)

It looks like a standard windows error indicating that the program is
already loaded and the same program is trying to start again.

I uninstalled deskpins and remove all instances from the registry.

Then I reinstalled.

Still the same problem.

Is there another location I should look for a startup program.

In msconfig it is in startup and common startup (which looks normal - other
programs are setup the same way)

DeskPins works fine and I have it on another computer without any problems..

Thanks, Duane

Deskpin could have placed a "shortcut: into the "Startup" folder in
yout user(s) account or the AllUsers one.

 

[Nih]

Click on Start then All Programs. Navigate to the Startup folder and check
if there is an entry there for Deskpins, if there is delete it

 

[Duane777]

I had already tried that, but I tried it again.

I deleted it from the startup folder. It did not start at all on startup. I
could still start it manually. I reinstalled a shortcut in the startup folder
and it started when windows started, but still had the error pop up saying it
was already running.

I checked for it in other startup folders, but there are none.