Scotty has disappeared from my taskbar.
We have had some reports of this and it appears to be related to a bug in Windows XP since they've added a "hide inactive icon" feature. Even if you've told XP to show Scotty sometimes Windows thinks he's not active enough. Microsoft acknowledges the problem and claims its been fixed in the most recent SP2.
What you can do is press CTRL-ALT-DEL and under processes you can verify that WinPatrol.exe is running. This indicates that Scotty is on patrol.
Our main tabbed interface is now a separate component which can be opened separately. You can access this from your Start button -> Programs -> WinPatrol -> WinPatrol Explorer. This was done so we could add more features but keep the monitor portion of WinPatrol as small and efficient as possible. When you click Close on the main tabbed interface it will remove WinPatrolEx.exe from memory but the monitor portion which should show up as an icon will still be on patrol.
What you can do is press CTRL-ALT-DEL and under processes you can verify that WinPatrol.exe is running. This indicates that Scotty is on patrol.
Our main tabbed interface is now a separate component which can be opened separately. You can access this from your Start button -> Programs -> WinPatrol -> WinPatrol Explorer. This was done so we could add more features but keep the monitor portion of WinPatrol as small and efficient as possible. When you click Close on the main tabbed interface it will remove WinPatrolEx.exe from memory but the monitor portion which should show up as an icon will still be on patrol.
- "Error 403 Forbidden" when trying to download WinPatrol setup program.
- A "Move To" window appears when I request PLUS Info or double-click selected item.
- Can I permanently disable a program from getting on my startup list?
- Does WinPatrol monitor my keystrokes?
- Errors trying to install WinPatrol?
- How do I remove a program if I know it's bad?
- How often do I need to update my WinPatrol software?
- My browser opens but it freezes trying to search for the PLUS data.
- Nothing happens when I click PLUS Info or double-click on a selected item.
- Nothing happens when I click the PLUS or Free Info... button
- Scotty has disappeared from my taskbar.
- Upgrading from previous WinPatrol PLUS version?
- What if I lose my my registration code?
- What is a HOSTS file?
- What is the difference between WinPatrol Free vs. WinPatrol PLUS?
- When I boot the main WinPatrol screen opens? or Two Scotties appear in my Task Bar.
- Why aren't my cookies being removed?
- Will WinPatrol conflict with other security programs.
- Will WinPatrol PLUS membership work with future versions of WinPatrol?
- WinPatrolEx.exe does not Exist.