On 03/02/2012 10:47 AM, Eli Zaretskii wrote: > Please see if ... the second one is the child of the first one and > the parent of the third one, etc. This is the case. > Are you able to run cmdproxy under a debugger and see what is going on > here? Not currently. > If you cannot run cmdproxy under a debugger, please tell: > > . how exactly did you invoke cmdproxy from the command line to get > the infinite spawning problem? Just by executing "cmdproxy.exe" while in "C:\emacs-24.0.92\bin". > . do you have other copies of cmdproxy.exe somewhere on your Path? Nope: C:\Users\Simon>where cmdproxy INFO: Could not find files for the given pattern(s). > . is this Windows 7 box a 32-bit or a 64-bit system? 64-bit. > . what is the value of the following Registry key? > > HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\SafeProcessSearchMode It doesn't exist. -- The fundamental asymmetry of consciousness means triangulation is the only path to understanding.