admin wrote:The_Dude wrote:Gandolf wrote:admin wrote:In my opinion you shouldn't even close it

But is it not also bad practice to close Windows with applications open? So TrackerV3 must be closed before shutting down the system.
AFAIK, Windows closes any open applications as part of its shutdown process.
Yes, but you don't have to shut down Windows when you shut down your computer: if you don't know that look out for "XP hibernation".
But then you lose any advantages of shutting down - ie clearing memory.
XP is much better than previous Windows at managing memory and staying up for days and weeks. But individual programs can still create problems within their own memory area.
So, shutting down Windows and letting it close applications allows one to reset all those individual memory spaces.