IB 7.5 Install

I had to install IB 7.5 on top of my 7.1 installation because the ZeroG Java 
uninstaller doesn't work -- it just hangs as an active task using zero 
memory. Thankfully, an IB Win installer has replaced that ZeroG junk.

But, I now have a PC that tries to start a second instance of the IB Server 
Guardian (even though I've always had the server run as a task in Win XP 
Pro, not as an app. How do I kill the second request for the instantiation?

-- 
Steven S. Weston 

Steve Weston wrote:

> But, I now have a PC that tries to start a second instance of the IB
> Server Guardian (even though I've always had the server run as a task
> in Win XP Pro, not as an app. How do I kill the second request for
> the instantiation?

If you look in the Services manager do you see two instances of IB
listed?

What is the message you get when the second instance tries to start?
Does it indicate a problem with a service that is trying to start?

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Two instances of Guardian and Server -- one each labeled as "7.5" and

"IBG_gds_db" and one each just Guardian and Server. The message is
basically 
noting that a second instance attempted to start and was disallowed with 
just an OK button.

Interestingly, both Guardians are shown as running. The IBG_gds_db (7.5) 
Server is running, but the IB Server for 7.1 (I presume) is shown as 
stopped. This is also the only one of the four that has a manual start mode.

In the running tasks list, two guardians (ibguard.exe) are running along 
with one server (ibserver.exe).

IB Manager applet will not display the SErver Properties or the Guardian 
Properties.

-- 
Steven S. Weston 

This is just a guess but I suspect that two installations were made to
the same directory so that there is only one set of files on disk hence
the attempt to start two copies of the same version.

You can either uninstall everything or just unregister one set of
services. If you need a way to do that download the Windows Service
Control Component at http://www.dbginc.com/download.html and use the
demo app that comes with it.

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The Service Control app works to solve 95% of the problem. The remaining 5% 
is the IB Manager control panel applet. It is still using the 7.1 
components, which is why the property buttons don't work and it shows IB as 
Stopped even though it is Started. Using the IBMgr (v 7.5.1.6) that is in 
the IB bin folder works correctly. Except startup mode must be left as 
Manual (otherwise the 7.1 components kick it and cause the 2nd instance 
error. Interestingly, leaving startup mode set to Manual has no effect with 
having IB start automatically.

I can live with this. But, I'll note again just how much grief the ZeroG 
Java installer has caused.

-- 
Steven S. Weston