Starting Testexecute with powershell hanging process windows update 1803

Hey,

Problem:

The process TestExeute.exe keeps runnning after the test has finished.

The powershell script that is waiting for the process to finish never continues and gets stuck.

 

The test is started on a windows 10 (build 17134) machine with TestExecute 11 on it using the following command:

Start-Process "C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestExecute 11\Bin\TestExecute.exe" -ArgumentList '"C:\testprojectPath\TestProject TEST.pjs" /project:"TestProject TEST" /test:"Script|TestCentrum|TestCentrum_Main" /r /e /SilentMode /ForceConversion'

 

This script has worked until we installed the windows update 1803.

After rebooting the virtual machine and starting an instance of testcomplete or testexecute a edge browser would start.

I followed the advice on the forum to not enable support for microsoft store apps.

the Edge browser didn't start anymore but the TestExecute process still didn't close at the end of the test.

 

This would happen sometimes, there have been times that I was able to interupt the test and it would close the process.

 

What I have found so far:

I found a process CFTmon.exe that when I analyse the whaitchain says it's waiting for the testeExecute proces.

 

in the testexecute proces it says it's waiting for CFTmon.exe.

when I kill the CFTmon.exe process it restarts immidiatly and the testexecute process is closed.

 

I hope I was clear in my explanation any help would be appreciated.

 

greetings,

Not sure if this will help with the latest windows update, but you might try something similar to how we run TE from powershell.

 

function closeTestExecute() {
	$testExecute = Get-Process TestExecute -ErrorAction SilentlyContinue
	if ($testExecute) {
		# try gracefully first
		$testExecute.CloseMainWindow()
		# kill after five seconds
		Sleep 5
		if (!$testExecute.HasExited) {
			$testExecute | Stop-Process -Force
		}
	}
	Remove-Variable testExecute
}
closeTestExecute
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$arg1 = "/r"
$arg2 = "/project:$projectName"
$arg3 = "/SilentMode"
$arg4 = "/e"
$arg5 = "/DoNotShowLog"
$arg6 = "/Timeout 7200"
$AllArgs = @($NextTest, $arg1, $arg2, $arg3, $arg4, $arg5, $arg6)
& "C:\Program Files (x86)\SmartBear\TestExecute 12\x64\Bin\TestExecute.exe" $AllArgs | Out-Null