Bugzilla – Bug 5774
SqueezeCenter name is truncated in the task manager
Last modified: 2008-12-18 11:12:53 UTC
The process appears as SQUEEZ~1.EXE in the task manager.
isn't that just the standard "shortname" that windows uses?
(In reply to comment #0) > The process appears as SQUEEZ~1.EXE in the task manager. Yes, this is the default truncated file name. When services are added in Windows, a full name (with spaces and more than 8 characters) can be assigned. Check out in the Windows Task Manager. Most other services have a full name. I don't know what "wrapper" is used to run SqueezeCenter as a windows service, but it is possible that we simply left out one parameter that would give the service its description, and it would default to its 8+3 file name.
Eric - can you still confirm this with the latest builds? I'm seeing the full "squeezecenter.exe" in the task manager.
Several people here also report this happening. QA to try to reproduce
I'm not seeing this on Vista or XP, Eric are you still noticing this? Is it from a particular build?
I did see it on Vista, but not on XP. But the service is registered with its full name (to be found in the registry as squeezecenter.exe). I therefore assume it's up to Windows to decide why it's playing games with us.
I can show you on my XP SP2 laptop, Ross. I'll include a screenshot of the Windows task manager.
Created attachment 2369 [details] Task manager screenshot with Windows-truncated name From Mickey's XP laptop
Thanks Mickey. Michael is this worthy of any effort?
> Thanks Mickey. Michael is this worthy of any effort? First I wanted to say "no". But then I realised that SqueezeTray tried to kill a job called "squeezecenter.exe" - which obviously wouldn't always work (in fact I wouldn't have noticed if SC hadn't shown up as squee~1.exe on XP during tests...). I added some code in change 14413 to handle that case. Thus I'd consider this case closed. Feel free to re-open if you see more problems than just the short name showing up in task manager.
This bug is being closed since it was resolved for a version which is now released! Please download the new version of SqueezeCenter (formerly SlimServer) at http://www.slimdevices.com/su_downloads.html If you are still seeing this bug, please re-open it and we will consider it for a future release.