I'm still pretty new to this PDA thing. My X51V is my first. I have upgraded to A12 and have not encountered any problems to date.

My question is that when I exit a program by touching the "X" top RH corner, the program closes but when I look in home/memory/running programs, it is still listed as running.

I have quickly got into the habit of checking every now and then to see what I have running and closing them off from this screen.....is this normal practise? Am I doing something wrong?

Welcome to Aximsite, This is by design so if you select files or menu and then exit it will close completely but the X won' so some program like music players will continue to play music even if you X out. Third party program including the included program named Switcher Bar ( Start -> Settings -> System tab) allows you to close program with he X instead of minimizing them. Another program doing this is Wisbar Advance 2.

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Frenchy

         

Welcome to aximsite.com. Both vbar 2.2 and Magic Button 2.0 are freeware and should do the trick.

Palm IIIxe ==> Handspring Visor Platinum ==> Dell Axim x51v

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vbar and magic button are two apps that do the job. For free.
There are lots of other free task managers out there. Just google it.

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thanks Frenchy.

You are welcome, Anything else we can help you with?

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Frenchy

         

You might also want to look into spb pocket plus. It will close on X and you have the option to minimize also. It also has a whole galaxy of other pleasant and useful features.