Program to automatically close and open other programs?


  1. thx1139
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    Program to automatically close and open other programs?


    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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  3. Prisoner
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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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  4. Staple Head
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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?
    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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  6. Kari
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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.

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  7. Prisoner
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    ^ That works too. xD
    I just feel in a coding mood.. Probably need to go work on my project.
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  8. thx1139
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    At some point I found that GameBooster is perfect for the above.
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