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Giveaway of the day — AutoClose Pro 2.2
Gives you the power to specify how and when to close the running programs.
$29.95
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AutoClose Pro 2.2 was available as a giveaway on January 12, 2019!
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AutoClose is a handy Windows automation tool that gives you the power to specify how and when to close the running programs on your system. With AutoClose you get the choice to decide if you want to shut down, log off, hibernate or reboot your computer. It can support multiple tasks at a time and enable you to end background tasks effectively. This software truly gives you the peace of mind you need.
System Requirements:
Windows XP/ Vista/ 7/ 8/ 10 & Server (x32/x64)
Publisher:
AutoClose.netHomepage:
https://autoclose.net/File Size:
1.219 KB
Price:
$29.95
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Useless free verson. Not more than 2 programs can be operaated and that too for Not More Than 30 Minutes???
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Abdul Rasheed, Please activate the program with the key from Readme.
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I briefly looked over the AutoClose website and did not clearly find whether it can do the following:
Can AutoClose recognize and then automatically select a previously-chosen process/task whenever it runs and deal with it such that, for example, recurring programs (or background services) be allowed to run for a while then terminated, without having to manually select them each time?
The developer's comments would be welcome -- thanks!
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HMarx,
Or, as another example, can AutoClose recognize a previously-chosen process/task, be set to allow it to run for a while (enough time to, say, complete a job of some sort), then shutdown/sleep/hibernate the computer?
Currently I'm not expert enough at using Windows Task Scheduler to know what all is possible, yet I know some of this can be set up in Task Scheduler (say, launching a program on a schedule, with a maximum allowed run time before ending); but does AutoClose provide a more flexible range of possible outcomes?
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'CTRl + ALT + DELETE'...does the job for me...if I ever need it.
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Ian, CTRl + ALT + DELETE is also no progress. You still need a start/stop button to shut down the PC.
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As far as I know, all open programs are closed when I press the on/off button. Or by folding the lid down, if the laptop is not on stanby.
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I think that sort of depends on your settings in "choose what the power button does"...
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I hope you mean you click on the Start button on the screen sna then Start the shutdown rather than press the on/off button (unless you need an unusable computer eventually).
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Sorra... but most of the comments (till now) don´t get the point:
1) most named "alternatives" just shut down windows itself, but do not handle running programs - which is a BIG difference!
2) a comletely different thing is a discussion on the real usability of this tool (beside its regular price):
) as already mentioned, NO program should be able to end a virus scanner! - If, this would be a major fail f the virus scanner itsel, because then every malicious softwarte could do the same...
b) just forcing(!) a program to end, means, that this prg.could not reset altered screen settings (resolution, colours et. and even other sensible stuff) so what a program like the offered on should be able to do, is to end a/all program(s) in a regular way... - but that need fine tuning and at least knowledge how to end a certain task.
There is several software that must be !correctly! ended to not end up in some fuzz (not only the visible screen, but e.g. not saved .ini files and much other stuff.
You can test a program yourself, if it (at least most likely) guarantees to can be ended in a brute way: Hit Alt-F4 inside the program and watch what is offered it you ask it to end thru this (but even than: this will not really guarantee it).
What the more tech interested CAN do and use alternatively is, playing with AutoHotkey.exe: That great (free!) tool (as well as AutoIt.exe!) offers all needed fine tuning for such tasks - but it need sometimes some work to find out ALL needed (conditional!) key presses to end a task correctly (and such without data loss or other mess).
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is this able to close a widnow without killing its parent process?
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Can this program shut down programs like Microsoft Edge which always activates itself at start up?
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Sim, https://www.windowscentral.com/how-disable-microsoft-edges-first-run-page-windows-10
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[ Sim ],
No, this program only offers to close running programs at a specific time, but it does not offer to close a program anytime it reloads itself.
I use free Bitsum Process Lasso to block / "disallow" programs that incessantly try to restart themselves, like ctfmon.exe, werfault.exe and so on, then Process Lasso suspends them.
I've even quickly "disallowed" a virus in process and stopped it from continuing to corrupt a hard drive, giving me time to figure out what was happening.
I've found that registry tweaks, complete removal, creating locked empty directories out of the old program's directories, or locked files that are the same as the old directory name in hopes of causing failure if the program tried to create it's old directories again to be a cat and mouse game where somehow the program reinstalls itself anyway.
So, suspending it when it starts seems an acceptable compromise.
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Peter, I agree that Process Lasso is a most excellent utility for killing tasks that keep restarting, indeed it can be worth the license fee for just doing this, even ignoring its many other functions and capabilities. I don't know if the free version of Process Lasso provides this feature, it's under 'MAYBE' at bitsum.com/howfree (I use the Pro version, so cannot verify this one way or the other).
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[ Tony Austin ],
Yes, that's why I wrote "free Bitsum Process Lasso".
Though I have Pro licenses, I use the free version because it's easier, never expires, updates without a problem ( the pro version updates to the free version at some point anyway ), and I know when boot is pretty much finished because of the "please buy me" nag popup.
Funny that I find the free version of Process Lasso better behaved than the Pro version.
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G'day Peter,
I have a LIFETIME license for Process Lasso Pro, and perhaps this is why I don't have any problems with its automatic updates. (My Pro version never updates to the free version,)
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Sorry, but this seems to be too simple. It would be nice, if there is possibility do some if/else decisions and so on. Now 30 €uro price tag is quite ridiculous for tasks you can do with Windows Task Manager. Sorry if this sounds to unpleasant.
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Sorry, my intention was to write "tasks you can do with Windows _Task Scheduler_". :-)
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Here are a few freebies...
http://www.airytec.com/en/switch-off/
https://alternativeto.net/software/amp-winoff/about/
http://www.den4b.com/products/shutter
http://www.wisecleaner.com/wise-auto-shutdown.html
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Mothman, are you the great and powerful creature who terrorized West Virginia in 1967? Wow! You have to be at least 70 years old. You'll need a program like this one to shut your own self down soon on the die you die. All hail, the mighty Mothman!
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Great comments so far ... by late morning they'll all be positive mushy ones about how great it is...and an 85 % thumbs up.
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impossible d'atteindre les commentaires sur la page France
Ctrl+Alt+Suppr et "ouvrir le gestionnaire de tâche".
C'est intégré à Windows
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David, David, Vous avez raison, les "commentaires" ne fonctionnent pas!
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What's wrong with the "Task Manager?" Sorry.
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Thomas Roberts, Task manager has NO timer
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