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RichBopp
Contributor
7 years ago

"The background TaskHost.exe process crashed."

Just upgraded to 12.6 yesterday.  Running a keyword script.  Getting a new error - "The background TaskHost.exe process crashed."      Does anyone know what this means?  How to make sure never ha...
  • tristaanogre's avatar
    tristaanogre
    7 years ago

    Hrm, that is strange.  The thing is, unless you specify not to in the project, TestComplete doesn't ignore processes in the Windows environment.  So, TaskHost may have been trying to do something that, with TestComplete "looking" at it, caused a failure.

     

    If you go to Tools | Current Project Properties | Open Applications | Process Filter, you can specify TestComplete ignore certain system processes.  Give this a try and see if it helps.

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tristaanogre
Esteemed Contributor
7 years ago

Hrm, that is strange.  The thing is, unless you specify not to in the project, TestComplete doesn't ignore processes in the Windows environment.  So, TaskHost may have been trying to do something that, with TestComplete "looking" at it, caused a failure.

 

If you go to Tools | Current Project Properties | Open Applications | Process Filter, you can specify TestComplete ignore certain system processes.  Give this a try and see if it helps.

  • Marsha_R's avatar
    Marsha_R
    Moderator
    7 years ago

    Was this right after your upgrade?  Perhaps TestComplete needed a reboot to clean things up.  

  • RichBopp's avatar
    RichBopp
    Contributor
    6 years ago

    Sorry for the late reply, all.  I took some time for Christmas.   Robert's suggestion seems to have worked.  I've not seen the issue since.  Kudos.