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Re: Why is Vidalia trying to launch dwwin.exe?

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From: Tim McCormack <basalganglia@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 11:04:10 -0400
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R. Snyder wrote:
> Vidalia apparently tried to launch dwwin.exe, which is apparently the
> name of Microsoft's Doctor Watson error reporting tool.  Does Vidalia
> utilize Doctor Watson to report errors that occur during its operation?

My guess is that Doctor Watson inserts itself into running programs. But
that's a good point about what Doctor Watson might report!

 - Tim McCormack

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