Wavelab running in background

[haloinreverse]

On Windows 11, PC.

Has anyone else noticed Wavelab running in the background, in task manager after it has been closed? I definitely have.

If I open Wavelab and use it, it stays open in the background after I exit the program. I noticed this about a month ago. I never noticed it before because I never had a reason to look for it before. I just happens to notice it while task manager was opened. So I decided to start checking task manager after every use of Wavelab, and sure enough every instance is still running in the background in task manager. If I used, for example, 4 times that day, there are 4 instances of it running in the background in task manager. They will continue to build up every time I use Wavelab unless I “end task” in the task manager. It’s very strange and I was wondering if anyone else has noticed this. If you haven’t noticed it before, start checking task manager and let me know if it does this for you as well.

[djtricky]

I’ve never seen this issue before, and I check Task Manager often. I’m on Win 10 running WL 12. I didn’t think it was possible to run more than one instance of WL at a time. Could there be a plug in or WL background process running that doesn’t let WL shut down completely? Sounds more like a Windows issue actually.

[stingray]

@haloinreverse

If I open Wavelab and use it…

What version of Wavelab? How do you launch Wavelab and how do you exit the program?

[Paul_Rat_Blakey]

Never seen that … are you quitting with Ctrl + Q ?

[haloinreverse]

@djtricky

I’ve never seen this issue before, and I check Task Manager often. I’m on Win 10 running WL 12. I didn’t think it was possible to run more than one instance of WL at a time. Could there be a plug in or WL background process running that doesn’t let WL shut down completely? Sounds more like a Windows issue actually.

It could be that you’re on Windows 10 and this is an issue with Windows 11.

When I use Wavelab I use Ozone 12 all of the time. I can’t see how that would cause Wavelab to hand in the background. I’ll take a photo of task manager tomorrow so you can see what I’m talking about.

[haloinreverse]

@stingray

What version of Wavelab? How do you launch Wavelab and how do you exit the program?

It’s the latest Version of Wavelab. I double click the icon. How I open it and exit it doesn’t matter at all, it is completely irrelevant.

[PG1]

@haloinreverse

When I use Wavelab I use Ozone 12 all of the time. I can’t see how that would cause Wavelab to hand in the background

When WaveLab exits, it must unload plugins from memory. At this time, some plugin code is executing, and a hang could occur if a plugin bug occurs. I don’t say this is your case. But this is a possibility.

[haloinreverse]

@PG1

When WaveLab exits, it must unload plugins from memory. At this time, some plugin code is executing, and a hang could occur if a plugin bug occurs. I don’t say this is your case. But this is a possibility.

That makes a lot of sense. I’ve been suspecting that it is Ozone causing the issue. I’ll have to email them and let them know.

[Thomas_W_Bethel]

I just had this happen yesterday. Never before…but WL refused to close and was still running in the background. I was NOT using any plugins and just listening to a track. I am using Windows 10 with all the updates and running WL 13.0.20. I had to use the “task manager” to close WL. Weird

[haloinreverse]

@Thomas_W_Bethel

I just had this happen yesterday. Never before…but WL refused to close and was still running in the background. I was NOT using any plugins and just listening to a track. I am using Windows 10 with all the updates and running WL 13.0.20. I had to use the “task manager” to close WL. Weird

Huh, so this could very well be a Wavelab issue. Next time I’ll leave it open for 10 minutes with a file opened in it, then shut it down and see what happens.