https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48664 François Gouget <fgouget(a)codeweavers.com> changed: What |Removed |Added ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Assignee|wine-bugs(a)winehq.org |fgouget(a)codeweavers.com --- Comment #1 from François Gouget <fgouget(a)codeweavers.com> --- Pids cannot be used to identify processes on Windows. https://testbot.winehq.org/JobDetails.pl?Key=65720 Here's what happens: * Process.exe with pid 1234 starts Child.exe. * Process.exe exits which means its pid can now be reused because despite Child.exe having 1234 as its ppid, it does not hold a handle to Process.exe. * Test.exe comes around and starts Nested.exe which gets pid 1234. * Nested.exe starts Dump.exe and exits. ' Test.exe then numerates all processes on the system and latches onto the first process where ppid == 1234. Whether it gets Child.exe or Dump.exe is entirely up to chance. -- Do not reply to this email, post in Bugzilla using the above URL to reply. You are receiving this mail because: You are watching all bug changes.