FM10 special character

[Combs, Richard]

Stuart Rogers wrote: 

> Are your operating systems the same?  I had lots of problems with
> CharacterMap.exe (FM 9, Win XP). It would not close when FM was closed,
> and chewed up all my resources, bringing the system to a crawl.  I had
> to use End Process on it to get the OS freed up again.
> 
> I have not had the problem since changing to FM10 and Win 7 64.

Lin Sims wrote:
 
> Good point, Stuart.
> 
> This is a new computer for me (new job! yay!), and I haven't needed to
> run CharacterMap, so that may be a factor. The computer is running
> Windows 7, 64-bit.

Windows 7 Enterprise, 64-bit here. 

Lin, if you feel like experimenting a bit and have FM 10 running, open Character Palette. In Task Manager, verify that CharacterMap.exe is in the list of running processes. Then close FM 10 and reopen it. See if CharacterMap.exe starts up when FM 10 does. 

Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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