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Solution Needed: Stop/Start multiple programs simultaneously? by kezz on 01-06-2010 at 03:53 AM
Hey guys,
I'm looking for a way to stop/start several programs simultaneously.
I have a relatively low-spec PC at the moment, and when using resource-intensive programs (games, photoshop etc), it helps if I'm running the least amount of sundry programs as possible. To do this at the moment, I have to spend a few minutes closing programs, killing processes etc, and then when I'm done, I have to restart everything again.
Does anyone know of a quick, efficient way to do this? (When I was first thinking of it I was thinking a .exe or two, but I have no idea of the capabilities of such things. Googling has yielded very little, as I think my problem is a little too specific, and my knowledge is very limited, but I have been proven wrong before.)
Any help would be appreciated.
RE: Solution Needed: Stop/Start multiple programs simultaneously? by Toxn on 01-06-2010 at 04:10 AM
What do you mean by restart everything again?
Like you restart your computer?
RE: Solution Needed: Stop/Start multiple programs simultaneously? by MeEtc on 01-06-2010 at 04:21 AM
probably the easiest way is to run a batch file to start/end processes
RE: Solution Needed: Stop/Start multiple programs simultaneously? by kezz on 01-06-2010 at 10:32 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Toxn
What do you mean by restart everything again?
Like you restart your computer?
No I mean, when I'm finished using memory intensive programs (games, photoshop etc) and want to resume using normal programs, I need a way to get all of those running again.(I hope that's a little easier to understand for you)
quote:
Originally posted by MeEtc
probably the easiest way is to run a batch file to start/end processes
Okay thanks I'll look into it, I may be back with questions on how to write those properly
but I'll do my best to write it myself.RE: Solution Needed: Stop/Start multiple programs simultaneously? by Mike on 01-06-2010 at 01:19 PM
On Windows XP Professional (not sure about which editions of Vista/7 this works on) you can use taskkill.exe to terminate a process. You can also use net stop to stop services and net start to start them (on any edition of Windows).
Also, take a look at this: http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html
It stops services/terminates processes that you probably don't need while gaming.
RE: Solution Needed: Stop/Start multiple programs simultaneously? by tony on 01-06-2010 at 02:10 PM
To run programs i always use this batch file:
code:
@echo off
start "Title" "C:\File_path\filename.exe"
start "Title" "C:\File_path\filename2.exe"
RE: Solution Needed: Stop/Start multiple programs simultaneously? by kezz on 01-07-2010 at 02:40 AM
quote:
Originally posted by Mike
On Windows XP Professional (not sure about which editions of Vista/7 this works on) you can use taskkill.exe to terminate a process. You can also use net stop to stop services and net start to start them (on any edition of Windows).
Also, take a look at this: http://www.iobit.com/gamebooster.html
It stops services/terminates processes that you probably don't need while gaming.
Thanks Mike, I'm using XP so I'll take a look at those commands and see where I get.
quote:
Originally posted by tony
To run programs i always use this batch file:
code:
@echo off
start "Title" "C:\File_path\filename.exe"
start "Title" "C:\File_path\filename2.exe"
Okay thanks tony, any idea how I could do the opposite? As in kill those processes?
RE: Solution Needed: Stop/Start multiple programs simultaneously? by Chrissy on 01-07-2010 at 03:04 AM
code:
@echo off
TASKKILL /F /IM "notepad.exe"