[Virtualacorn-list] Triple or quadruple click on Windows7

[Alan Adams]

In message <4E04C503.2080702 at sprie.nl>
          Paul Sprangers <p.sprangers at sprie.nl> wrote:

> Op 24-6-2011 17:59, Alan Adams schreef:


>> ctrl-shift-F12 - what happens?

> The well known question is asked (Are you sure etc.).
> After clicking on Shutdown, the Windows desktop returns with an empty VA
> window and a Windows error box, saying that VirtualAcornRPC isn't
> working and a solution is being searched (I use the Dutch version of
> W7). After some seconds I'm asked to terminate the program. It's all
> very Windows and nothing surprising (I mean: in comparison with other
> programs that sometimes fail).

Does anyone else see these symptoms? If not, I'm thinking there is 
something running within RISC OS which is refusing to quit.

>> ctrl-alt-delete, Stop Process on VA - what happens?

>  From a screen of choices, I click on Start Task Management (or
> something like that - again, I use the Dutch version).
> Then the Windows Desktop returns and the rest is as described above.

> By the way, if I return to the desktop from VA by clicking Alt-Return,
> and try to quit from there - either by clicking on the close button, or
> choosing Close Window from the task bar,

If I do this, I get a VirtualRPC-Adjust window pop up, asking "Do you 
really want to quit?". Do you get this?

Which version of VRPc are you running?

> or pressing Alt-F4, then
> nothing happens. The only way to shutdown from there is using
> ctrl-alt-delete.


>> Any other routes? what result?

> I haven't yet tried to throw the laptop out of the window, although I
> had to suppress the desire from time to time.
> However, that had nothing to do with VA, which works absolutely fine,
> except for these tiny little niggles.

> Kind regards,
> Paul Sprangers


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