Process without name and icon in the Windows Task Manager
My customers told me that they detected a strange "empty" process without a name and meaningful icon in the Windows Task Manager when they are using my ActiveX control developed in Visual Basic 6 in their Microsoft Office VBA apps. It turned out that even Visual Basic 6 itself spawns this process:
I tried to figure out what it could be using tools like SysInternals Process Explorer but I couldn't. Does anybody knows what is this thing?
windows process task-manager visual-basic
asked Dec 18 '18 at 15:36
TecManTecMan
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My customers told me that they detected a strange "empty" process without a name and meaningful icon in the Windows Task Manager when they are using my ActiveX control developed in Visual Basic 6 in their Microsoft Office VBA apps. It turned out that even Visual Basic 6 itself spawns this process:
I tried to figure out what it could be using tools like SysInternals Process Explorer but I couldn't. Does anybody knows what is this thing?
windows process task-manager visual-basic
asked Dec 18 '18 at 15:36
TecManTecMan
49911024
Well it seems linked to the project1 possibly. Does it start and go away when project 1 is loaded / compiled?
– Eric F
Dec 18 '18 at 15:45
@EricF, this process is always present regardless the execution state. I think it may be related to the VB6 runtime, but the question is how to find the source of this 'noname' process. Is it really a process? Maybe, it's a helper invisible window?
– TecMan
Dec 18 '18 at 15:52
add a comment |
My customers told me that they detected a strange "empty" process without a name and meaningful icon in the Windows Task Manager when they are using my ActiveX control developed in Visual Basic 6 in their Microsoft Office VBA apps. It turned out that even Visual Basic 6 itself spawns this process:
I tried to figure out what it could be using tools like SysInternals Process Explorer but I couldn't. Does anybody knows what is this thing?
windows process task-manager visual-basic
asked Dec 18 '18 at 15:36
TecManTecMan
49911024
My customers told me that they detected a strange "empty" process without a name and meaningful icon in the Windows Task Manager when they are using my ActiveX control developed in Visual Basic 6 in their Microsoft Office VBA apps. It turned out that even Visual Basic 6 itself spawns this process:
I tried to figure out what it could be using tools like SysInternals Process Explorer but I couldn't. Does anybody knows what is this thing?
windows process task-manager visual-basic
windows process task-manager visual-basic
asked Dec 18 '18 at 15:36
TecManTecMan
49911024
asked Dec 18 '18 at 15:36
TecManTecMan
49911024
asked Dec 18 '18 at 15:36
TecManTecMan
49911024
asked Dec 18 '18 at 15:36
TecManTecMan
49911024
asked Dec 18 '18 at 15:36
TecManTecMan
49911024
49911024
Well it seems linked to the project1 possibly. Does it start and go away when project 1 is loaded / compiled?
– Eric F
Dec 18 '18 at 15:45
@EricF, this process is always present regardless the execution state. I think it may be related to the VB6 runtime, but the question is how to find the source of this 'noname' process. Is it really a process? Maybe, it's a helper invisible window?
– TecMan
Dec 18 '18 at 15:52
add a comment |
Well it seems linked to the project1 possibly. Does it start and go away when project 1 is loaded / compiled?
– Eric F
Dec 18 '18 at 15:45
@EricF, this process is always present regardless the execution state. I think it may be related to the VB6 runtime, but the question is how to find the source of this 'noname' process. Is it really a process? Maybe, it's a helper invisible window?
– TecMan
Dec 18 '18 at 15:52
Well it seems linked to the project1 possibly. Does it start and go away when project 1 is loaded / compiled?
– Eric F
Dec 18 '18 at 15:45
Well it seems linked to the project1 possibly. Does it start and go away when project 1 is loaded / compiled?
– Eric F
Dec 18 '18 at 15:45
@EricF, this process is always present regardless the execution state. I think it may be related to the VB6 runtime, but the question is how to find the source of this 'noname' process. Is it really a process? Maybe, it's a helper invisible window?
– TecMan
Dec 18 '18 at 15:52
@EricF, this process is always present regardless the execution state. I think it may be related to the VB6 runtime, but the question is how to find the source of this 'noname' process. Is it really a process? Maybe, it's a helper invisible window?
– TecMan
Dec 18 '18 at 15:52
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Well it seems linked to the project1 possibly. Does it start and go away when project 1 is loaded / compiled?
– Eric F
Dec 18 '18 at 15:45
@EricF, this process is always present regardless the execution state. I think it may be related to the VB6 runtime, but the question is how to find the source of this 'noname' process. Is it really a process? Maybe, it's a helper invisible window?
– TecMan
Dec 18 '18 at 15:52