thanks for your reply
and the link you gave me ! i copy pasted it below, Question
When the computer is shutting down the following warning message appears:
Remote and/or local applications are active and connected to the Pervasive database. Use the Pervasive Monitor utility to view the active Microkernel users.
If you choose to continue shutting down, applications will fail with unpredictable results and the system may not be properly cleaned up. Continue shut down?
Answer
This warning message appears because the Operating System is attempting to stop the Pervasive.SQL Workgroup Engine while applications are connected to it or the Pervasive Replication event handler mechanism is still holding files open
To prevent this message from appearing, close all applications that use the Pervasive.SQL Engine and allow some time for the Pervasive.SQL Workgroup Engine to shut down automatically, before shutting down the Operating System
<== how can i know what applications are using the Pervasive.SQL?
before i uninstall maximiser and when i was working on version 8! i used to exit the software and shut down automatically. nothing used to happen
any possibility of setting the Pervasive.SQL to stop running once i exit the database?