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pod runbook: schtasks /end orphans the game (dead-RIO trap) + self-cleaning runpod.bat

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Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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@@ -510,6 +510,16 @@ trailing-space payload) or use PowerShell `Add-Content`. Bit us arming BT_GLASS_
`Expand-Archive` → podkit → `schtasks /run` came up clean on the first try — rig config survived,
newest-install auto-resolve worked, no hand-edits. The cab genuinely upgrades like a tester box.
**9. ⚠ `schtasks /end` ORPHANS the game — the dead-RIO trap (2026-08-10):** `/end` kills the
batch, but `runpod.bat` `start ""`s the exe DETACHED, so the old btl4.exe survives, keeps COM1
open, and the NEXT launch boots with a dead cockpit board: `InitSerialPort() failed
[GetLastError() = 5]` (access denied) → `RIO initialization failed!` → buttons dead while the
banner still says "hardware RIO" (the banner is the PROFILE, not the init result). Diagnosis:
`tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq btl4.exe"` showing ≥2 instances. FIXED at the root the same day:
`runpod.bat` now `taskkill /F /IM btl4.exe`s FIRST (original saved as `runpod.bat.bak`), making
the BT411Run task an idempotent restart — but any hand-rolled launcher on a future cab needs the
same line, and a mid-mission `/run` now RESTARTS the game rather than failing quietly.
## The 1995 player manual — alignment audit (2026-07-18) [T1, primary source]
`reference/manual/Tesla40_BT_manual.pdf` (34pp, from Nick). CONFIRMS the reconstruction on
every checked control behavior: