11-05-2003, 06:18 PM -
Ok, it was not coincidence, here's my test result:
Without the True Launch Bar, explorer.exe uses 500 GDI resources. As soon as I open TLB 2.2.0.8(a), this value jumps to 850, and it keeps rising! This doesn't happen with the previous version (2.2.0.7) or any other program...
When I disable plugins (by hiding them), it eventually stops rising, but it never drops... only when I close the True Launch Bar, it drops back to 500....
My conclusion, there is a resource leak in TLB, and it has probably something to do with updating the icons, images or bitmaps...
Plugins in use: Drive Space 1.2.0.0, Mail Monitor 1.9.0.0, Motherboard Monitor 1.0.0.0, Net Monitor 0.2.0.0, Clock 1.2.0.
0, Weather Monitor 1.2.0.0, Volume Control 2.1.0.0, Winamp Control 2.6.0.0 (hidden most of the time)
I tested the plugins individually, here are the GDI increase results:
Winamp Control: 20 GDI obj/second
Clock: 4 GDI obj/second
Drive Space (2 drives): 4 GDI obj/second
Net Monitor (1 connection): 1 GDI obj/second
Motherboard Monitor (1 temp. sensor): 0.5 GDI obj/second
Am I really the only one with this problem? In order to test it, please enable the column "GDI objects" in Task Manager, and make sure the Clock or Winamp plugin is visible... TLB is part of the explorer.exe process....
[edit]After typing this message, the value has risen to 2044!TLB has become a time bomb: when it reaches 9000+, explorer will fail to operate properly...[/edit]
Without the True Launch Bar, explorer.exe uses 500 GDI resources. As soon as I open TLB 2.2.0.8(a), this value jumps to 850, and it keeps rising! This doesn't happen with the previous version (2.2.0.7) or any other program...
When I disable plugins (by hiding them), it eventually stops rising, but it never drops... only when I close the True Launch Bar, it drops back to 500....
My conclusion, there is a resource leak in TLB, and it has probably something to do with updating the icons, images or bitmaps...
Plugins in use: Drive Space 1.2.0.0, Mail Monitor 1.9.0.0, Motherboard Monitor 1.0.0.0, Net Monitor 0.2.0.0, Clock 1.2.0.
0, Weather Monitor 1.2.0.0, Volume Control 2.1.0.0, Winamp Control 2.6.0.0 (hidden most of the time)
I tested the plugins individually, here are the GDI increase results:
Winamp Control: 20 GDI obj/second
Clock: 4 GDI obj/second
Drive Space (2 drives): 4 GDI obj/second
Net Monitor (1 connection): 1 GDI obj/second
Motherboard Monitor (1 temp. sensor): 0.5 GDI obj/second
Am I really the only one with this problem? In order to test it, please enable the column "GDI objects" in Task Manager, and make sure the Clock or Winamp plugin is visible... TLB is part of the explorer.exe process....
[edit]After typing this message, the value has risen to 2044!TLB has become a time bomb: when it reaches 9000+, explorer will fail to operate properly...[/edit]
Windows 7, IE 9.0, Shell 6.0.6000.16386, TLB 4.2.3 beta