>if you have the system configured to have the guardian running, isn't

isn't a bit silly to shut it down?

Firebird runs on a little Win 2003 Ent server. I develop on XP using
.Net. IB Expert is loaded on the server. When i am running my app that
uses the .Net Provider 1.5.4 i can't use IB Expert until i restart the
server as it gives me an error - can't open the database while a alias
view of it is open somewhere else.

And if i run IBExpert on the server first the .Net provider in my app
can't connect - gives error something about - unable to create file?
So the only whay around this is to shut the guardian down - go to
service applet - start services and then the .net provider works
again? But no IB Expert now.

So i am trying to determin if i need the Guardian. Can i do a
reinstall of firebird and leave the guardian off? Will that help fix
my problems?

>What response do you expect?

Well i did not know about the command line stuff for the guardian. I
expected the guardian to startup.
Like for example on M$ SQL Server - if i stop the MS SQL Service - it
does not dissapear it stays and it has an option to restart the service.