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Finding a Disappearing Application in Windows?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the program-execution-audits dept.

siuengr asks: "I have a computer that has a window that pops up every few minutes, but disappears before I can figure out what it is. I have run every virus program and spybot cleaner I have, but they do not find any problems. How can I figure what is causing this window to pop-up all the time, when it doesn't stick around long enough to see anything about it? Is there any software that tracks what applications have ran over a period of time, even if they are not currently running?"

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  1. Spy++ by storem · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Spy++ (comes with Visual Studio and probably other packages) should be able to list the window, even after it disappears and trace it to the owning process. Used it many times to find information about "rogue" dialogs.

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  2. Re:What.... by east+coast · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Since when did Slashdot become Experts Exchange?

    At least we don't need to login to see the solution. That site is annoying.

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  3. Re:Same here. by joto · · Score: 4, Insightful

    buy a new computer? It really irks me when people cite this as a solution.

    It is a solution!

    Just because it's not the techiest, or generally lowest-cost, or whatever, doesn't disqualify it from being a solution. It solved his problem. Therefore, by definition it is a solution.