tiny window with "chromium render s..."

bigjohns · Unread post by **bigjohns** » 2017-09-18, 19:12

So I've got this tiny little window that has no close buttons, and right click on the title bar brings up no options.
The window title says "chromium render s...", and has just a black line. it's maybe 100px wide? I know it's part of palemoon process (or i guess I suppose it is) because when I shrink all to desktop (use the start bar "show desktop" option to minimize all windows) and then bring up ONE of my 2 windows (which one does not matter) of Pale Moon it pops up too, in the top left corner.

any thoughts??

doofy · Unread post by **doofy** » 2017-09-18, 19:43

Is it there in safe mode?

bigjohns · Unread post by **bigjohns** » 2017-09-18, 19:46

Just saw it today. i'm going to reboot the whole computer later. I can't see anything with a similar label in task-manager - even under processes. It does not seem to be harmful, but it's ODD?

doofy · Unread post by **doofy** » 2017-09-18, 19:58

Safe mode:

Help / Restart with addons disabled.

A useful diagnostic.

bigjohns · Unread post by **bigjohns** » 2017-10-19, 14:01

just to bring this to a close...
vboxheadless is the culprit, not PaleMoon or any browser at all.

I have a win10 VM running, and, as win10 is about as stable as a 2 wheeled tricycle, when it crashes in the vm sometimes it leaves a tiny 'window' behind.

found that by using winlister from nirsoft. << full credit!

John

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