Now I have to figure out *why*...
Certainly in the case of Avidemux, you should look at codecs. While everyone knows what codecs "are", they often don't realise that they are greedy little critters which are invoked when needed and (in the case of poor ones) often "don't let go" of their prey when their race is over. Some of them are polite and show tray-icons when active to allow for options, but most run (and continue to run) without any real notification. They don't usually show up as separate processes either (being DLL's most often). As Avidemux is a project which is primarily developed under the Linux flag, the Windows ports are usually treated as after-thoughts and do not always behave precisely as the original developers intended for any given platform. This happens with Gimp all the time - not enough to force me to stop using such programmes of course, but enough that I question them first when a dead body washes up on my beach. ![Wink :wink:](https://forum.zabkat.com/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Not that codecs would be the only culprits, but they are good place to start. And especially any programmes which have active shell-extensions relating to their intended aspects (such as file-uploaders, photo-converters, la, la, la... you get the idea). The majority will be kosher, but even the most innocent of children can grow up to be a serial killer given an inattentive developer. ![shrug :shrug:](https://forum.zabkat.com/images/smilies/shrug.gif)
Considering that you have had this recurring difficulty over different operating systems, the second port of call is to look at "all the programmes you use everyday and have trusted for donkey's years and are the first to be installed on a fresh system". Those usually show themselves to be the least trustworthy of evil cheating spouses, despite what we like to think of as our better judgement.
(Yes, my therapist has said I shouldn't judge everyone like that just because I got burned once by a bad-apple - but who trusts therapists anyway? I mean, what do they really know anyway... bloody self appointed experts... "I'll show her a thing or two about the real world...", etc.)Statistics: Posted by Kilmatead — 2014 Dec 10, 14:53
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