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Question What's "UnityAutoQuitter.exe"?

Discussion in '2021.1 Beta' started by Peter77, Dec 27, 2020.

  1. Peter77

    Peter77

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    Starting with Unity 2021.1, I see a process called 
    UnityAutoQuitter.exe
    .

    What is it doing?

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    Peter77, Dec 27, 2020
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  2. tertle

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    You know how Unity just random crashes sometimes? In their continued improvements for modularity they've split this behavior off into its own application /s
     
    tertle, Dec 27, 2020
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  3. superpig

    superpig

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    This isn't actually new in 2021.1, it's been around since 2008 (if not earlier). Its job is to clean up one or more child process if the main Unity process exits. I think for most Unity processes it's not necessary, but sometimes when interacting with third party applications (such as 3DSMax and Maya) it's needed to get things cleaned up.
     
    superpig, Dec 30, 2020
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