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General Category => Process Lasso => Topic started by: MainTrane on February 06, 2011, 04:49:09 PM

Title: restart/rehook processes that lose mouse-hook
Post by: MainTrane on February 06, 2011, 04:49:09 PM
Using Win7Pro (64-bit) a lot of programs (usually 32-bit) that establish a hook into the mouse lose this ability after a while.

Why their hook into the mouse breaks? I don't know; but it would be great if there were a program that could automatically restart (or preferably rehook) these programs, once they lose their mouse-hook.

thanks for this incredible program Jeremy,
Jermain
Title: Re: restart/rehook processes that lose mouse-hook
Post by: Jeremy Collake on February 06, 2011, 09:26:08 PM
Quote from: MainTrane on February 06, 2011, 04:49:09 PM
Using Win7Pro (64-bit) a lot of programs (usually 32-bit) that establish a hook into the mouse lose this ability after a while.
Why their hook into the mouse breaks? I don't know; but it would be great if there were a program that could automatically restart (or preferably rehook) these programs, once they lose their mouse-hook.

I will have to think about the implementation. The same applies for Keyboard hooks, and also for other types of hooks (some that mask as that type of hook as a method of DLL injection into the process to hook APIs and other things). Anyway, restarting a process like that is fine, and might go along with the category of 'restart when the shell restarts'. A new possible option.
Title: Re: restart/rehook processes that lose mouse-hook
Post by: MainTrane on February 07, 2011, 02:16:43 AM
Thanks for the reply, and the willingness to look into this issue.
I'd really look forward to something that solves these lost hook problems ;D.