Trinket

Win XP Pro SP2; Trinket shortcut in All Users' Startup folder

When booting up Windows after an improper shutdown (e.g., hung while saving
settings and had to cycle power; battery fell out while walking down the
hall :) ... etc.), trinket.exe will load and show in Task Manager with
fewer thank normal handles in use and lower than normal memory use.
Trinket icon never comes up in system tray. I can either start it again
(in which case a second instance of Trinket.exe will start and work
normally) *or* end task on the existing trinket.exe and start a new one
that works normally.

Once the problem occurs, Trinket will behave this way on successive reboots
unless I manually start it myself at least once. After Trinket has run
properly once, the symptom will not be seen again on successive reboots
until/unless the next time Windows shuts down improperly. Then the problem
comes back, consistently.