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WiXkill : Knows how to terminate Windows program

WiXKill is windows application which not only kills or terminate program ( which might be hanged or you want to kill ) but also lets you manage and set advanced options to decide how to to terminate kill windows applications.

Before using the program you will need to set how to terminate the applications to be killed. When you activate WiXkill to terminate program it allows you to select the target window or the object with mouse. When you hover the mouse it turns green and prints the process name.

wixkill

WiXkill options has to be set so it knows how to handle the application when its pointed by the mouse. You can

  • Hide |Close | Exit
  • Kill Thread ( This will terminate any other process which depends on program top be terminated)
  • Kill process.

Options on how to kill windows process

After you are done with this, all you need is to use the program which is activated from the tray or  shortcut key WINDOW-ALT-X combination key. Press ESC key in case you want to quit targeting windows.

if you aren’t conformable to use this way, WixKill comes with screen which lists all the running process. This is easy to use but then you will have to know the process name. Select any process and then choose to kill.

Process list

Process list

Overall its an excellent options on killing windows application which either dont response or are consuming. You can also kill it using task manager but it doesn’t lets you target windows application by mouse which is why you need this program. Download a copy of Wixkill

Related: How to automatically terminate hung program

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Posted on 29th March 2009 by Ashish Mohta , A Professional Tech blogger, Editor and Writer who talks about solving day to day problems of people who use computer. He also writes on How to use the applications like Office, PC tips, Online tools,Browsers and more. All posts by Ashish Mohta | Connect with me @ Twitter | Linkedin | Facebook | Stumble

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