Program to automatically close and open other programs?

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thx1139

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When I'm running on battery power, I'd like to be able to close certain programs to save power (e.g. that send a smile/frown thing for MS Office 2010 beta, Skype, MSN, my dictionary program etc), but instead of closing them one by one, which is a bit of a kerfuffle, I'd like to able to do it with a single click. Does anyone know of a way that I can assign particular programs and services to be closed and later restarted with just a couple of clicks?
 

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Well, give me some time and the list of programs that you would want to close (all of them and any that you might get later ;)), I could script one for you.
 

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thx1139 said:
When I'm running on battery power, I'd like to be able to close certain programs to save power (e.g. that send a smile/frown thing for MS Office 2010 beta, Skype, MSN, my dictionary program etc), but instead of closing them one by one, which is a bit of a kerfuffle, I'd like to able to do it with a single click. Does anyone know of a way that I can assign particular programs and services to be closed and later restarted with just a couple of clicks?
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the smile / frown program can simple be uninstalled by going to programs and features in control panel. it will not uninstall office 2010.
 

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You could quite easily write your own batch file to do that. Use 'taskkill' command to stop processes you want.

This example closes down the gadgets and Skype:

Code: 
taskkill /F /IM sidebar.exe
taskkill /F /IM skype.exe

Save on desktop as a batch (.bat), run when you need it.

Kari
 

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^ That works too. xD
I just feel in a coding mood.. Probably need to go work on my project. :p
 

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12GB DDR3 1333MHz @1400 (9-9-9-24)
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2x AMD Radeon HD 6770
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Acer S231HL + Acer E19T5W
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1920x1080 + 1440x900
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At some point I found that GameBooster is perfect for the above.
 

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