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Re: "workspace in use or cannot be created" [message #69386 is a reply to message #69385]

Thu, 14 January 2010 11:26

Bruce Bowler
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On Thu, 14 Jan 2010 11:19:01 -0800, wlandsman wrote:

> This is question from a Windows newbie -- and probably not directly an
> IDL question.
>
> I am trying to debug a widget program on a Windows XP machine that is
> often crashing IDL. Each time I try to restart IDL I get a message,
> "Workspace in use or cannot be created, choose a different one", and so
> I choose a different workspace. I am now up to 12 different directory
> workspace ;-)
>
> On linux I would find the hanging processes and kill them -- what do I
> do on Windows XP?
>
> Thanks , --Wayne

Reboot (that is the Micro$haft way after all :-)

Alternately, start the task manager (ctrl/alt/del, select task manager),
click on the "processes" tab, find the ones running anything remotely
like IDL, click on them, then click the "end process" button.

Bruce

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