Could be a useful program?

Xkalibur · March 30th, 2004, 02:08

Is there a way to close certain programs all at once by just running like a batch file, or is there a program that can so this. And also being able to run them again afterwards.

For example say you want to play a game. You double click this file, it automatically closes programs such as ICQ, MSN Messenger and others and also closes itself so it doesnt sit in the background. Then when you finish playing a game you just double click it again and itll start up what it had closed before. Is there such thing? Or could it be done in a batchfile or something. And having the ability to add and remove the programs you want to run.

It could be a stupid idea but i was just wondering anyway. Thought it would be nice to close the things that were useless there when im playing a game. Things that were just there taking up precious power. And sometimes if i have a few programs running in the background its annoying to close them all.

Any idea are welcome?

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**Kurbster** · March 30th, 2004, 03:13

here's a start:

http://www.monkeyjob.com/MaxMonk.html

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Xkalibur · March 30th, 2004, 03:32

Hmm from what I read itll only minimize programs maybe even close them (not manyt options though), ive been looking around as well and thats all i can seem to find, prgrams that minimize to tray.

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**Kurbster** · March 30th, 2004, 03:37

a little something else I found:

http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/13949.html

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Xkalibur · March 30th, 2004, 03:58

I made this batch file that closes the few programs that i want to close heres what it looks like.

@echo off
TASKKILL /F /IM YPager.exe
TASKKILL /F /IM msnmsgr.exe
TASKKILL /F /IM Icq.exe
exit

I dont know if thats exactlt right though but it seems to work. I takes some a few seconds though to actually close them all. Like tells me every second in the DOS window when each of them closes. Then if there is more i can just add them to the list.

But now to make one that opens them as well. And if its possibly to make them in one file so that its able to close them when they are open, and open them when they are closed. Having a batch file that does this seems to be the way to go. Maybe if you know a site that you'd reccomend for learning about batch files i could do some research on the matter and then fix it up so it does what i want. Thanks for your help Kirby

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**Kurbster** · April 6th, 2004, 13:30

http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...-us/batch.mspx

try this place (if you can understand with it's saying

)

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**FLaRe85** · April 6th, 2004, 21:35

Just make one that runs YPager.exe, msnmsgr.exe, and Icq.exe.

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Ramsus K · April 6th, 2004, 22:03

Here's an idea: Add OS support for application "save states." This would work by allowing you to go to the task manager and "save/quit" an application, then "restore" it later in the exact state it was in when you closed it, thanks to a memory dump saved to the hard drive. Then you could add support for creating "quicklists" of apps to save/close/restore at a quick click to the system tray.

Then opening a savestated application can prompt the user whether or not they want to restore their state. Exiting normally would then prevent this from happening.

Seta-San · April 6th, 2004, 22:43

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Originally Posted by Ramsus K

Here's an idea: Add OS support for application "save states." This would work by allowing you to go to the task manager and "save/quit" an application, then "restore" it later in the exact state it was in when you closed it, thanks to a memory dump saved to the hard drive. Then you could add support for creating "quicklists" of apps to save/close/restore at a quick click to the system tray.

Then opening a savestated application can prompt the user whether or not they want to restore their state. Exiting normally would then prevent this from happening.

they do have a save state, but it's for system recovery not playing games

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Kabuto · April 7th, 2004, 15:47

Why don’t use Speed Up from Aldos Tools, I found it very useful, you can change the priority of the applications and you can do a list of programs that you like to kill, and it allows you to recovery memory too before kill them .

With a error / try approach you can left only the real process needed to run your games, specially in Windows 98. I kill firewall, antivirus, messengers, even modem support when I don’t use Internet connections. To restore all the apps. I just reboot.

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March 30th, 2004, 02:08	#1
Xkalibur Belldandy you r0x0r!!! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 434	Could be a useful program? Is there a way to close certain programs all at once by just running like a batch file, or is there a program that can so this. And also being able to run them again afterwards. For example say you want to play a game. You double click this file, it automatically closes programs such as ICQ, MSN Messenger and others and also closes itself so it doesnt sit in the background. Then when you finish playing a game you just double click it again and itll start up what it had closed before. Is there such thing? Or could it be done in a batchfile or something. And having the ability to add and remove the programs you want to run. It could be a stupid idea but i was just wondering anyway. Thought it would be nice to close the things that were useless there when im playing a game. Things that were just there taking up precious power. And sometimes if i have a few programs running in the background its annoying to close them all. Any idea are welcome? __________________

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March 30th, 2004, 03:13	#2
Kurbster Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9,439	here's a start: http://www.monkeyjob.com/MaxMonk.html __________________

March 30th, 2004, 03:32	#3
Xkalibur Belldandy you r0x0r!!! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 434	Hmm from what I read itll only minimize programs maybe even close them (not manyt options though), ive been looking around as well and thats all i can seem to find, prgrams that minimize to tray. __________________

March 30th, 2004, 03:37	#4
Kurbster Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9,439	a little something else I found: http://www.computing.net/dos/wwwboard/forum/13949.html __________________

March 30th, 2004, 03:58	#5
Xkalibur Belldandy you r0x0r!!! Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 434	I made this batch file that closes the few programs that i want to close heres what it looks like. @echo off TASKKILL /F /IM YPager.exe TASKKILL /F /IM msnmsgr.exe TASKKILL /F /IM Icq.exe exit I dont know if thats exactlt right though but it seems to work. I takes some a few seconds though to actually close them all. Like tells me every second in the DOS window when each of them closes. Then if there is more i can just add them to the list. But now to make one that opens them as well. And if its possibly to make them in one file so that its able to close them when they are open, and open them when they are closed. Having a batch file that does this seems to be the way to go. Maybe if you know a site that you'd reccomend for learning about batch files i could do some research on the matter and then fix it up so it does what i want. Thanks for your help Kirby __________________

April 6th, 2004, 13:30	#6
Kurbster Administrator Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Massachusetts, USA Posts: 9,439	http://www.microsoft.com/resources/d...-us/batch.mspx try this place (if you can understand with it's saying ) __________________

April 6th, 2004, 21:35	#7
FLaRe85 Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Waterloo, NE Posts: 2,583	Just make one that runs YPager.exe, msnmsgr.exe, and Icq.exe. __________________ .: Flaretech.Net :: Flaretech.Biz Web Hosting :: H3 Stats :: My Blog :. .: Mac Pro :: Dual Quad-Core Intel Xeon 5400s :: 6 GB 800MHz DDR2 ECC FB-DIMMs :: NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT 512 MB GDDR3 :. .: Macbook Pro 17" :: 2.33 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo :: 2 GB 667 MHz DDR2 :: ATI Radeon X1600 :.

April 6th, 2004, 22:03	#8
Ramsus K A1C Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: California Posts: 230	Here's an idea: Add OS support for application "save states." This would work by allowing you to go to the task manager and "save/quit" an application, then "restore" it later in the exact state it was in when you closed it, thanks to a memory dump saved to the hard drive. Then you could add support for creating "quicklists" of apps to save/close/restore at a quick click to the system tray. Then opening a savestated application can prompt the user whether or not they want to restore their state. Exiting normally would then prevent this from happening.

April 7th, 2004, 15:47	#10
Kabuto Neverwinter Paladin Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Between the doors of life and death Posts: 323	Why don’t use Speed Up from Aldos Tools, I found it very useful, you can change the priority of the applications and you can do a list of programs that you like to kill, and it allows you to recovery memory too before kill them . With a error / try approach you can left only the real process needed to run your games, specially in Windows 98. I kill firewall, antivirus, messengers, even modem support when I don’t use Internet connections. To restore all the apps. I just reboot. __________________ Another happy owner of a Dreamcast! My PC specs: Mobo: Asrock k7vm2, Processor:Athlon XP 2400+, Memory: 512MB DDR 333 RAM (Running at 266Mhz), Video Card: nVidia Geforce 2 MX400 64 MB, Sound Card: AC 97 On board Card. HHDD: Maxtor 80Gb (7200 rpms), DVD Drive: LG DVD-R/RW, OS: WinXP SP2