I still see javaw.exe in Task Manager after I close app !

javaw.exe seems to like to hang around (45 mb in memory) after I close the app.
I'm running JWS 1.4.2.
I thought maybe it was because I wasn't doing the System.exit(0) on WindowClosed, but that doesn't seem to kill javaw.exe.
Unsolved mystery.

I am having the same problem.
When invoked from JWS, the javaw task does not exit when the app does.
I suspect this may be something related to a still running thread (the app does make use of threads).
If I exit the app prior to the "threading-heavy" logic, all behaves as desired/expected.
However, when the app is invoked from the command line via java or javaw, the app exits as expected, in all cases.
This confounds me.
Looking at the still active threads at the point at which the last window has been closed, it appears the only difference is that when running under JWS is that there is one additional thread ("traceMsgQueueThread", a daemon thread). Otherwise, the number and daemon state of these threads is the same.
Is there something other than a still running thread which could cause a JWS initiated process to remain running after the app has completed?

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