diff --git a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index 60f72710..e7732590 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -2555,9 +2555,7 @@ void PTextEdit::musrView()
   if (fAdmin->getMusrviewShowOneToOneFlag())
     arg << "-1";
 
-  QProcess *proc = new QProcess(this);
-  connect(proc, SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(musrViewFinished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)));
-
+  QProcess proc;
   // make sure that the system environment variables are properly set
   QProcessEnvironment env = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment();
 #if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
@@ -2569,34 +2567,15 @@ void PTextEdit::musrView()
              env.value("DKS") + "/lib:" +
              env.value("LD_LIBRARY_PATH"));
 #endif
-  proc->setProcessEnvironment(env);
-  proc->setWorkingDirectory(workDir);
-  proc->start(cmd, arg);
-  if (!proc->waitForStarted()) {
-    // error handling
-    QString msg(tr("Could not execute the output command: ")+cmd[0]);
-    QMessageBox::critical( nullptr,
-                           tr("Fatal error"),
-                           msg,
-                           tr("Quit") );
-    return;
-  }
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/**
- * <p>Checks if musrview terminated with error, and if yes pop up a message box.
- * @param exitCode
- */
-void PTextEdit::musrViewFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus)
-{
-  if (exitCode != 0) {
+  proc.setProgram(cmd);
+  proc.setProcessEnvironment(env);
+  if (!proc.startDetached(cmd, arg, workDir)) {
     QString msg = QString("musrview failed. Possible reasons:\n");
     msg += QString("* corrupted msr-file.\n");
     msg += QString("* cannot read data-file.\n");
     msg += QString("* many more things can go wrong.\n");
     msg += QString("Please check!");
-    QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, tr("Fatal Error"), msg, tr("Quit"));
+    QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, tr("FATAL ERROR"), msg, QMessageBox::Close);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.h b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.h
index b864dfda..680ff04b 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.h
+++ b/src/musredit_qt5/musredit/PTextEdit.h
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ private slots:
   void musrFit();
   void musrMsr2Data();
   void musrView();
-  void musrViewFinished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus);
   void musrT0();
   void musrFT();
   void musrPrefs();
diff --git a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
index 3b7540fc..cdd212c8 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
+++ b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.cpp
@@ -2555,9 +2555,7 @@ void PTextEdit::musrView()
   if (fAdmin->getMusrviewShowOneToOneFlag())
     arg << "-1";
 
-  QProcess *proc = new QProcess(this);
-  connect(proc, SIGNAL(finished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)), this, SLOT(musrViewFinished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus)));
-
+  QProcess proc;
   // make sure that the system environment variables are properly set
   QProcessEnvironment env = QProcessEnvironment::systemEnvironment();
 #if defined(Q_OS_DARWIN)
@@ -2565,31 +2563,15 @@ void PTextEdit::musrView()
 #else
   env.insert("LD_LIBRARY_PATH", env.value("ROOTSYS") + "/lib:" + env.value("LD_LIBRARY_PATH"));
 #endif
-  proc->setProcessEnvironment(env);
-  proc->setWorkingDirectory(workDir);
-  proc->start(cmd, arg);
-  if (!proc->waitForStarted()) {
-    // error handling
-    QString msg(tr("Could not execute the output command: ")+cmd[0]);
-    QMessageBox::critical( nullptr, tr("FATAL ERROR"), msg, QMessageBox::Close );
-    return;
-  }
-}
-
-//----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-/**
- * <p>Checks if musrview terminated with error, and if yes pop up a message box.
- * @param exitCode
- */
-void PTextEdit::musrViewFinished(int exitCode, QProcess::ExitStatus)
-{
-  if (exitCode != 0) {
-    QString msg = QString("musrview failed. Possible reasons:\n");
-    msg += QString("* corrupted msr-file.\n");
-    msg += QString("* cannot read data-file.\n");
-    msg += QString("* many more things can go wrong.\n");
-    msg += QString("Please check!");
-    QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, tr("FATAL ERROR"), msg, QMessageBox::Close);
+  proc.setProgram(cmd);
+  proc.setProcessEnvironment(env);
+  if (!proc.startDetached(cmd, arg, workDir)) {
+      QString msg = QString("musrview failed. Possible reasons:\n");
+      msg += QString("* corrupted msr-file.\n");
+      msg += QString("* cannot read data-file.\n");
+      msg += QString("* many more things can go wrong.\n");
+      msg += QString("Please check!");
+      QMessageBox::critical(nullptr, tr("FATAL ERROR"), msg, QMessageBox::Close);
   }
 }
 
diff --git a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.h b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.h
index 4352e097..6a060146 100644
--- a/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.h
+++ b/src/musredit_qt6/musredit/PTextEdit.h
@@ -140,7 +140,6 @@ private slots:
   void musrFit();
   void musrMsr2Data();
   void musrView();
-  void musrViewFinished(int, QProcess::ExitStatus);
   void musrT0();
   void musrFT();
   void musrPrefs();