> ok..here we go again...
>
> The fact that you get it today only is purely accidently and is NOT related to
> 3.116. It happens since years. Guess why the allow_restart option was added
> years ago. It happens with other applications as well if they use the
> FindWindow() API call. The WindowsTitle of the already quit application is
> simply still in memory and the API call returns a valid handle. Easy as that.
> Usually it goes away after a couple of minutes...most likely you experienced
> this when you removed the folder (which was not necessary).
>
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> Roman Scherzer
>

Thats fine and may well be the case. In no way am I complaining or trying to start a war over this. Just came here for help and to report a possible bug, thats all. In, my defense, I waited for a good while between attempts to restart and only a complete reboot allowed me to run cmp again. A new cmp install with a fresh dir was created as a last resort.