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dhundley's avatar
dhundley
Regular Contributor
2 days ago

Is it possible to bounce TCLauncher.exe without doing a reboot

First, what exactly is TCLauncher.exe? does it need to be running for TestExecute to work properly? i located it in the C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestExecute 15\x64\Bin\ folder but after i ending the process using Task Manager it is no longer there. so how do i restart it? Is it only started following a reboot of the VM?

I have a powershell script that cleans up my azure work folder on my VMs (c:\agents\_work\#\* where # is a one or two digit number) and it gets stuck because the file/folder is in use by another process. i've determined that the process that is "using" it is this TCLauncher.exe application. Is it okay to just terminate that process? if not, then how do i restart it when, as i explained above, it no longer appears to be in the bin folder after i killed it?

thanks!

  • Hassan_Ballan's avatar
    Hassan_Ballan
    Contributor
    2 days ago

    I am using Version: 15.67.1.7 x64 and do not have such executable in the \x64\Bin folder.

    The "TCLauncher.exe" exist only in TestComplete and TestExecute "\Bin" 32 bit processes, by default you should be using the 64 bit that exist in "\x64\Bin" folder. 

    Such "TCLauncher.exe" is not running on my machine even when I run the "TestExecute.exe" not that I am an actual user of TestExecute.

     

  • rraghvani's avatar
    rraghvani
    Champion Level 3
    2 days ago

    I'm using v15.55.53 and I also don't see it in the x64\Bin folder, and I've never seen it before!