Im looking for a little program...

[Mayflower]

Is there a program I could download that , with one click, close all my running programs (anti-virus/spaware), and when I finish playing BF, with another click, re-run all these programs.

thx

[« R²» P§I]

Re: Im looking for a little program...

smartclose

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/smartclose.html

[ThoughtForm]

Re: Im looking for a little program...

Since each computer setup is different, you will need to press ctrl+alt+del and go to the processes tab to make note of which running programmes you want to close prior to running Battlefield2.

For example my computer, the following processes run at startup on my computer and I want them to be closed prior to playing BF2:

ipoint.exe
vmnat.exe
vmnetdhcp.exe
vmount2.exe
vmware-authd.exe
itouch.exe

I open notepad and type the following:

taskkill /im ipoint.exe /F
taskkill /im vmnat.exe /F
taskkill /im vmnetdhcp.exe /F
taskkill /im vmount2.exe /F
taskkill /im vmware-authd.exe /F
taskkill /im itouch.exe /F

And save the file as "all files" and name it "bf2.bat" somewhere convenient, like the desktop.

Explaination:
taskkill (windows XP command to terminate a running process)
/im (this image name)
/F (force, i.e. no yes/no prompt)

I just run this when before I want to start BF2 to close all the unecessary programmes. To restart all these programmes when you are done playing BF2 you have to make another .bat file except this time you need to replace the process names with the full program path and any command line arguements that may be necessary. Since each program is different and may or may not have any command line arguements, I cannot really provide an example more elaborated then:

Open notepad:
Type
c:\program files\logitech\itouch.exe
c:\program files\mouse\ipoint.exe
c:\program files\vmware\vmnat.exe
c:\program files\vmware\vmnetdhcp.exe
c:\program files\vmware\vmount2.exe
c:\program files\vmware\vmware-authd.exe

Save as restore.bat somewhere convenient, like the desktop

Run this when you are finished playing BF2 and it should run all the programmes that were running before you started playing BF2

(someone is just going to say it's easier to create another account dedicated to gaming now.. )

edit: haha someone beat me to the solution with a better idea ^_^

[<}US{>BlackHawkPilot73]

Re: Im looking for a little program...

smartclose

http://www.snapfiles.com/get/smartclose.html

cool im going to check it out.

[stilla-killa]

Re: Im looking for a little program...

Since each computer setup is different, you will need to press ctrl+alt+del and go to the processes tab to make note of which running programmes you want to close prior to running Battlefield2.

For example my computer, the following processes run at startup on my computer and I want them to be closed prior to playing BF2:

ipoint.exe
vmnat.exe
vmnetdhcp.exe
vmount2.exe
vmware-authd.exe
itouch.exe

I open notepad and type the following:


taskkill /im ipoint.exe /F
taskkill /im vmnat.exe /F
taskkill /im vmnetdhcp.exe /F
taskkill /im vmount2.exe /F
taskkill /im vmware-authd.exe /F
taskkill /im itouch.exe /F

And save the file as "all files" and name it "bf2.bat" somewhere convenient, like the desktop.

Explaination:
taskkill (windows XP command to terminate a running process)
/im (this image name)
/F (force, i.e. no yes/no prompt)

I just run this when before I want to start BF2 to close all the unecessary programmes. To restart all these programmes when you are done playing BF2 you have to make another .bat file except this time you need to replace the process names with the full program path and any command line arguements that may be necessary. Since each program is different and may or may not have any command line arguements, I cannot really provide an example more elaborated then:

Open notepad:
Type
c:\program files\logitech\itouch.exe
c:\program files\mouse\ipoint.exe
c:\program files\vmware\vmnat.exe
c:\program files\vmware\vmnetdhcp.exe
c:\program files\vmware\vmount2.exe
c:\program files\vmware\vmware-authd.exe

Save as restore.bat somewhere convenient, like the desktop

Run this when you are finished playing BF2 and it should run all the programmes that were running before you started playing BF2

(someone is just going to say it's easier to create another account dedicated to gaming now.. )

edit: haha someone beat me to the solution with a better idea ^_^

nah thats to much trouble jk

[Blades]

Re: Im looking for a little program...

Well, I downloaded Smartclose and it is awesome, but it is nice to know the theory behind the program killing. Your post was still useful Thoughtform.
BHPilot, what happened to your Sir. Community Member tag?

[[UKNG]Tartan_Tar]

Re: Im looking for a little program...

Try *end it all *, i use it sometimes, u can manually do it or let it do it for you, and remember to read the instructions.

[JonnyMacFred102]

Re: Im looking for a little program...

Let me download Smartclose and see how it is.