Need utility to shut down programs running in the tray

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John Corliss

Does anybody know of any freeware that'll quickly (say, with a
shortcut combination keystroke) shut down groups of programs that are
running in the system tray?

Note: I'm not looking for a "shutdown" program that turns off your
computer. Also, I'm not looking for something that always runs in the
background.

Possible wishlist candidate? New category for the Pricelessware list?

TIA
 
RUN msconfig
click startup tab
remove ticks of progs that you dont want to run at startup
 
John said:
Does anybody know of any freeware that'll quickly (say, with a
shortcut combination keystroke) shut down groups of programs that are
running in the system tray?

Note: I'm not looking for a "shutdown" program that turns off your
computer. Also, I'm not looking for something that always runs in the
background.

Possible wishlist candidate? New category for the Pricelessware list?
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I use the commandline program (42K) that comes as part of PrcView (100K)
http://www.teamcti.com/pview/prcview.htm

Just write a batch file full of commands like:
D:\Utilities\pv\pv.exe -k -f PROXOMITRON.EXE

to close any list of running apps you like.
 
Does anybody know of any freeware that'll quickly (say, with a
shortcut combination keystroke) shut down groups of programs that
are running in the system tray?

Note: I'm not looking for a "shutdown" program that turns off your
computer. Also, I'm not looking for something that always runs in
the background.
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You should try EnditAll.

Regards
 
kreatikl said:
RUN msconfig
click startup tab
remove ticks of progs that you dont want to run at startup
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No, that's not what I mean. See, I have a fiber optic connection so
I'm always online. When I decide to surf, I have a batch file that
opens Mozilla, WebWasher and Cookiecop (not necessarily in that
order.) That works fine for starting the programs, but unfortunately I
can't come up with a way to shut down WebWasher and CookieCop, both of
which run in the tray. Mozilla is easy to close, of course.
 
John Corliss said:
No, that's not what I mean. See, I have a fiber optic connection so
I'm always online. When I decide to surf, I have a batch file that
opens Mozilla, WebWasher and Cookiecop (not necessarily in that
order.) That works fine for starting the programs, but unfortunately I
can't come up with a way to shut down WebWasher and CookieCop, both of
which run in the tray. Mozilla is easy to close, of course.
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try Process Viewer from http://www.blehq.org/
 
John Corliss said:
Interesting. Same name as one recommended by Alan. Is it the same program?
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doesn't look like the same name to me. Why don't you try the link and find
out for sure?
 
John Corliss said:
Does anybody know of any freeware that'll quickly (say, with a
shortcut combination keystroke) shut down groups of programs that are
running in the system tray?
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Normal app killers.

Things don't run in the tray.

They hide their taskbar icon and tell the tray what to display.

They should respond to normal close operations, but may not tidy up the
tray.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/pla
tform/shell/reference/functions/shell_notifyicon.asp

also illustrates perambulating goalposts
 
John said:
Does anybody know of any freeware that'll quickly (say, with a
shortcut combination keystroke) shut down groups of programs that are
running in the system tray?

Note: I'm not looking for a "shutdown" program that turns off your
computer. Also, I'm not looking for something that always runs in the
background.

Possible wishlist candidate? New category for the Pricelessware list?
Click to expand...

John,

Batchrun will do it for you. Has the power to kill even the biggest
critters like Zone Alarm. Doesn't have to run in the background either.
Just create a shortcut for it. It also has some other invaluable
features. Check it out:

http://www.outertech.com/

Free. Go to the downloads page.

-Toad
 
olfart said:
doesn't look like the same name to me. Why don't you try the link and find
out for sure?
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It isn't the same. Alan's download is 93 kb, yours is 426. Also, Alans
is a simple .zip without install and yours is an install executable.

I should probably mention that I'm very leary of downloading
executables from simple sites like these two. If a program is listed
at a place like Nonags, then I know it's more likely to have been
tested and found to be safe. Neither of those programs seem to be
listed at any major freeware site.

Still, ya gotta do what ya gotta do. Thanks for the link!
 
Terry said:
Normal app killers.
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Netlaunch was always unable to close WebWasher. It would close
CookieCop though. Or maybe it was the other way around. I forget.
Things don't run in the tray.
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Well, that's semantics kinda .
They hide their taskbar icon and tell the tray what to display.
They should respond to normal close operations, but may not tidy up the
tray.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/shellcc/pla
tform/shell/reference/functions/shell_notifyicon.asp

also illustrates perambulating goalposts
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Sorry Terry, I don't program. Never really wished I could, either. 80)>
 
Toad said:
John,
Batchrun will do it for you. Has the power to kill even the biggest
critters like Zone Alarm. Doesn't have to run in the background either.
Just create a shortcut for it. It also has some other invaluable
features. Check it out:

http://www.outertech.com/

Free. Go to the downloads page.
Click to expand...

I've checked that one out before, but maybe not closely enough. I'll
look again. Thanks!
 
John said:
No, that's not what I mean. See, I have a fiber optic connection so
I'm always online. When I decide to surf, I have a batch file that
opens Mozilla, WebWasher and Cookiecop (not necessarily in that
order.) That works fine for starting the programs, but unfortunately I
can't come up with a way to shut down WebWasher and CookieCop, both of
which run in the tray. Mozilla is easy to close, of course.
Click to expand...

John

I have *exactly* the same requirement. I gave up on NetLaunch and
similar because they were buggy with certain things. The shutdown is as
I described in the batch file. The startup I achieve using a similar
batch file, but with shortcuts to the appropriate programs (don't forget
required startup switches). You can then put a shortcut to your StartUp
batch file in your Startup folder and that's it.

I also cleaned out msconfig (mine was full of old duplicates) and
extracted the appropriate registry keys as backup - also to get the
appropriate commandlines to start the "startup" programs. Whew!
Longwinded but now everything starts & shuts down cleanly from good ol'
batch files. My shutdown one is this FYI:

D:\Utilities\pv\pv.exe -k -f OUTPOST.EXE
rem D:\Utilities\pv\pv.exe -k -f AVGCC32.EXE
D:\Utilities\pv\pv.exe -k -f PROXOMITRON.EXE
D:\Utilities\pv\pv.exe -k -f cookie.exe
D:\Utilities\pv\pv.exe -k -f vmail.exe
rem D:\Utilities\pv\pv.exe -k -f trayman.exe

Note that these are "forced" process kills, which can have their
drawbacks. For instance, if I've added a filter to Prox while surfing,
and not saved the config, then changes will be lost. Had I tried to
close it normally, I'd have been offered the chance to save changes.

HTH
 
[email protected]# said:
Does anybody know of any freeware that'll quickly (say, with a
shortcut combination keystroke) shut down groups of programs that are
running in the system tray?

Note: I'm not looking for a "shutdown" program that turns off your
computer. Also, I'm not looking for something that always runs in the
background.

Possible wishlist candidate? New category for the Pricelessware list?

TIA
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Starter may be a good addition to your software.Its rather like
"startman" only as well as the startup (msconfig options)it also includes
a processes viewer which can be terminated.
http://codestuff.mirrorz.com/
me
 
John said:
It isn't the same. Alan's download is 93 kb, yours is 426. Also, Alans
is a simple .zip without install and yours is an install executable.

I should probably mention that I'm very leary of downloading
executables from simple sites like these two. If a program is listed
at a place like Nonags, then I know it's more likely to have been
tested and found to be safe. Neither of those programs seem to be
listed at any major freeware site.
Click to expand...

I can only talk about Alan's recommendation, PrcView.

I must say that when I look at their website, they do not look to be
obscure at all.
They offer services and commercial software and 3 freeware programs.

On their site it says that PrcView was at some time a ZDNet editor's
pick. There's also a link to e.g. PCWorld and C|Net/Download.com

For the GUI version there is a lot of competition.
The commandline version is not very much sought after.
These might be the reasons that could explain why you do not find it on
e.g. NoNags.

Still if you Google for it:
Web: 2.780 results and groups: 1760 results Not bad.

And of course : Pricelessware in 2001/2002/2003 and seconded for 2004
 
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