Filed under: Utilities, Windows, Freeware
Windows xKill stops running programs
by Brad Linder Oct 21st 2008 at 1:00PM
Want to kill a runaway process in Windows? No problem. Just hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete, choose the task manager, select the process tab, highlight the offending process (if you can figure out which process correlates to which program), and hit the End Process button. Or you could just use Windows xKill.This little utility is a Windows port of the Linux xKill tool. Basically when you launch it, a little skull and crossbones icon will hang out in your system tray. Just right click on the icon and select Kill Mode and the next application you click on will be killed. What happens if you can't access the system tray because Windows Explorer is locked? Just hit Ctr+Alt+Backspace to start Kill Mode.
The one problem I noticed is that Windows xKill can be a bit oversensitive to mouse clicks. I found that sometimes it would eliminate the program I clicked on, plus the program that was hidden away behind it. For example, if you have two instances of Firefox running, using Windows xKill could stop them both. If you have just one running, you might notice that killing Firefox causes Windows Explorer to terminate (although it should automatically restart itself).
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Tim Brazer said 2:14PM on 10-21-2008
I have been looking for a program like this. This makes it so much easier kill Safari on my notebook.
Safari on my Windows Vista machine seems to hang a lot. This will help so much. 8^)
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Your Name Here said 4:01PM on 10-21-2008
I go further than that:
win key + r
cmd
taskkill /f /im partofimagename*
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hazard said 6:56PM on 10-21-2008
FIY the Task Manager has a "Go To Process" [right-click] feature in the Applications tab.
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Chumplunt said 11:28PM on 10-21-2008
P.S. Ctrl-Shift-Esc. takes you straight to task manager. Since we all live in a shortcut'd shortcut world.
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jfjb said 3:16PM on 10-24-2008
if you really really really need a program to kill another program, try ProcessKO at
http://www.softwareok.com/?seite=Freeware/ProcessKO&language=english
>:-))
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miltuxon said 4:07AM on 11-06-2008
this is the best wKill http://www.miltuxon.com.ar/
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