2004 Task Scheduler background activity

Oct 10, 2003 5 Replies
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I've noticed interesting activity with the new Task Scheduler found in SolidWorks 2004. It runs as a process called swBOEngine.exe that shows up under Task Manager. Even if SolidWorks is not running or there are no tasks scheduled it just sits there and creates and then deletes a file named Swbo1.ldb about once every second. This file doesn't show up in explorer but fills my Norton protected Recycle bin very quickly. I have also noticed explorer flashing as if updating at this same rate at times. This flashing stops when I stop the process from running. It also shows using 1-2% of CPU time while running.



Dave H


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I'm thinking this may have something to do with the Beta testing I did. I've checked two other seats that never had the Beta installed and the process doesn't start on them until the Task Scheduler is run. There must be a left over registry setting that didn't get corrected when SP0 was installed. I cleaned all the normal registry settings before installing SP0 so it must lie elsewhere.

Dave H

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Dave,

To rid yourself of this mess, go to:

( C:\Documents and Settings\All Users\Start Menu\Programs\Startup ) and remove SWBOengine.exe from your start-up group.

HTH,

Ken B.

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Thanks Ken. That did it..

Dave

remove SWBOengine.exe from your start-up group.

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Some more info...

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Mike Wilson

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Dave, don't forget to restart swBOengine.exe before you use the task scheduler or it won't work.

if you remove it from the start menu you'll have to restart it manually.

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