1) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Multiple MLDS.exe apps running (Message 1368) Posted 26 Sep 2021 by Peter Post: After exiting BOINC and removing the mlds tasks from Task Manager, can I safely delete the slots folders that contain the mlds.exe for any slot that is currently not in use? Are there any other BOINC files that need to be updated?

2) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Multiple MLDS.exe apps running (Message 1365) Posted 24 Sep 2021 by Peter Post: No active tasks and seven inactive instances of MLDS.EXE showing in Task Manager. I would have to conclude that they are not exiting properly at the conclusion of a WU.

3) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Multiple MLDS.exe apps running (Message 1362) Posted 19 Sep 2021 by Peter Post: I continue to see evidence of "ghost" occurrences of the MLDS app after computation of WUs has completed. There a six MLDS tasks with no CPU usage reported in Task Manager.

4) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Multiple MLDS.exe apps running (Message 1361) Posted 13 Sep 2021 by Peter Post: I removed the MLC project, restarted the client and killed all the mlds.exe task that were running. I then reattached the MLC project. One WU has completed and a second is in progress. Two mlds.exe tasks appear in Task manager; one is showing CPU usage and varying amounts of memory in use., the other is showing 0 CPU % but varying amounts of memory. I guess it is possible these are both threads for the same WU. When reviewing the BOINC client event log, there are error messages corresponding to the completed WU. I have copied the latest set of messages. I will continue to monitor to verify that there are no lingering tasks. 9/12/2021 4:44:22 PM | MLC@Home | Starting task ParityModified-1630699508-15369-1_1 9/12/2021 9:56:41 PM | MLC@Home | Sending scheduler request: To fetch work. 9/12/2021 9:56:41 PM | MLC@Home | Requesting new tasks for CPU 9/12/2021 9:56:47 PM | MLC@Home | Scheduler request completed: got 1 new tasks 9/12/2021 9:56:47 PM | MLC@Home | Project requested delay of 31 seconds 9/12/2021 9:56:49 PM | MLC@Home | Started download of ParityModified-1630380152-25517-6 9/12/2021 9:56:50 PM | MLC@Home | Finished download of ParityModified-1630380152-25517-6 9/12/2021 10:12:38 PM | MLC@Home | [error] Can't rename output file slots/0/mlds.stderr to projects/www.mlcathome.org_mlcathome/ParityModified-1630699508-15369-1_1_r935545738_2: Error 32 9/12/2021 10:12:44 PM | MLC@Home | [error] Can't rename output file slots/0/mlds.stdout to projects/www.mlcathome.org_mlcathome/ParityModified-1630699508-15369-1_1_r935545738_3: Error 32 9/12/2021 10:12:50 PM | MLC@Home | Computation for task ParityModified-1630699508-15369-1_1 finished 9/12/2021 10:12:51 PM | MLC@Home | Starting task ParityModified-1630380152-25517-6_0 9/12/2021 10:12:52 PM | MLC@Home | Started upload of ParityModified-1630699508-15369-1_1_r935545738_0 9/12/2021 10:12:52 PM | MLC@Home | Started upload of ParityModified-1630699508-15369-1_1_r935545738_1 9/12/2021 10:12:55 PM | MLC@Home | Finished upload of ParityModified-1630699508-15369-1_1_r935545738_0 9/12/2021 10:12:55 PM | MLC@Home | Finished upload of ParityModified-1630699508-15369-1_1_r935545738_1

5) Questions and Answers : Issue Discussion : Multiple MLDS.exe apps running (Message 1358) Posted 12 Sep 2021 by Peter Post: I have noticed that over a dozen copies (13 total) of the MLDS.exe app are running on my Win 7 machine even though there are currently no WUs in progress. There are WUs being reported as completed as recent as 11 am 9/11/21. Is this expected behavior. If I kill these tasks, will a new WU spawn a new app?

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