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Small program designed to ease termination of unresponsive processes in Windows OS.
License: Other
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AppKiller 3.x -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Index ---------------------------------------- Content of this document divided into individual parts, with line numbers at which each part starts. Index ................................................... 7 Description ............................................. 26 Project information ..................................... 48 Installation ............................................ 60 How to use the program .................................. 75 Changelog ............................................... 117 Known issues and limitations ............................ 132 Licensing ............................................... 144 Repositories ............................................ 163 Authors, contacts ....................................... 175 Copyright ............................................... 181 Description ---------------------------------------- This program is designed to help terminate unresponsive applications in Windows operating system. Normally, a user would do it from task manager, but in certain situations, task manager might not be accessible or visible (fullscreen application cannot be minimized, task switching does not work, etc..), AppKiller can be used in such situation - it reacts to predefined system-global shortcut and starts terminating any program according to certain rules (see section "How to use the program"). Therefore, as long as the actual operating system and AppKiller itself both works, you can terminate unresponsive programs without opening new window of any kind. !!! A BIG WARNING !!! AppKiller does not care what program is about to be terminated, if you happen to kill important process or editor with unsaved document, it is only your fault. Only you are responsible for your actions, so take great care configuring AppKiller and be cautious while using its termination functions. This program is generally recommended only for experienced users. Project information ---------------------------------------- This project is primarily developed in Delphi 7 Personal and Lazarus 1.6 (FPC 3.0). It should be possible to compile it in higher versions of Lazarus/FPC and possibly newer Delphi too, code is also compatible with older versions of Lazarus, namely Laz 1.4+ (FPC 2.6.4). Project is configured in a way that you should be able to compile it without any preparations. It is also possible to compile it into both 32bit and 64bit binaries. Installation ---------------------------------------- Select proper build for your needs (any 32bit build for a 32bit system, 64bit build for a 64bit system) and place the executable to any directory where you have full access rights (program will write its configuration and log into the same folder it is placed in). Run the program - note that no window will appear, program runs only in the background - it will add its icon into notification area, you can use this icon to access the program and its settings. The program also automatically adds itself between programs run at system startup - if you don't want this feature, you can deactivate it in program's settings. How to use the program ---------------------------------------- Given the nature of this program, it has to run in the background the whole time you want to use it. The program has minimal footprint (uses only few MiB of memory - depending on build - and uses minimum time on CPU), so it is possible to let it run for indefinite time. Just let it start automatically at the system startup and leave it running in the background. First thing you should do after installation is to fill list of processes to be automatically terminated (processes you know are problematic) and list of processes that should be never terminated (eg. system processes, hardware managers, ...). Also note that in both lists, items that are not checked are ignored. You should also consider changing default shortcut that is used to start the termination. Description of termination methods (you can (de)activate any of them separately in general settings): Terminate process of foreground window This function finds current foreground window and terminates process it is belonging to as long as it is not listed in the no-terminate list. Be very careful about this function, as it can end processes that are actually fully working or are not clearly in the foreground (small window on the screen edge, ...). Terminate processes from the list This method will enumerate all running processes within the system and then tries to terminate any of those that happen to be listed in the terminate list and in the same time not in the no-terminate list. It can be used to end processes that have no visible window or processes that are known to be problematic. Terminate unresponsive processes This function enumerates all windows in the system and then tries all of them whether they are responding within a selected timeout period. Those, that are not, are terminated (process they belongs to). Changelog ---------------------------------------- List of changes between individual versions of this program. AppKiller 3.0.0 -> AppKiller 3.0.1 - program is now UAC-aware and runs at administrative privilege level - ...therefore it can access and terminate processes with higher privileges - changed how is the program started at system start (via Task Scheduler) - list of running processes can be sorted AppKiller 2.x -> AppKiller 3.0.0 - program rewritten from scratch Known issues and limitations ---------------------------------------- When installing new version over the old one, make sure you do the following: - in the old version, disable automatic run at startup - end the running instance - install new version (log and settings file are compatible with new version) - run the new version - enable autorun (if required) Licensing ---------------------------------------- Everything (source codes, executables/binaries, configurations, etc.), with few exceptions mentioned below, is licensed under Mozilla Public License Version 2.0. You can find full text of this license in file mpl_license.txt or on web page https://www.mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. Exception being following folders and their entire content: ./Documents This folder contains documents (texts, images, ...) used in creation of this program. Everything in this folder is licensed under the terms of Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0) license. You can find full legal code in file CC_BY-SA_4.0.txt or on web page http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode. Short wersion is available on web page http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/. Repositories ---------------------------------------- You can get actual copies of AppKiller on either of these git repositories: https://github.com/ncs-sniper/AppKiller https://bitbucket.org/ncs-sniper/appkiller Note - Master branch does not contain binaries, they can be found in a branch called bin (this branch will not be updated as often as master branch). Authors, contacts ---------------------------------------- František Milt, [email protected] Copyright ---------------------------------------- ©2010-2017 František Milt, all rights reserved
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