Once you’ve designated a process as a Favorite, a small icon denoting it is added to the ProcessKO Windows. Clicking this option brings up a list of your PC’s processes, from which you can select those that you’d like to add as Favorites. KO Timer lets you select which processes you’d like to terminate on a schedule you set, while Favorites lets you add processes that you know you need to deal with regularly. My laptop often has problems with iTunes, which can stall and freeze the entire PC, so I was able to use ProcessKO to terminate iTunes before the deep freeze set in.
#PROCESSKO PC#
I was able to use ProcessKO to terminate the toolbar’s process–and sometimes the IE process–to prevent my PC from stalling. The desktop usually runs without any problems, though I do notice that my Google toolbar sometimes slows down Internet Explorer.
#PROCESSKO WINDOWS#
I tested ProcessKO on two systems: a Dell laptop and a Dell desktop, both of which run Windows 7. Clicking on this option instantly brings up a list of all of your PC’s running process you simply scroll down the list and highlight the one you’d like to terminate. works the most like your Windows Task Manager, albeit much more quickly. It offers three main options for managing your PC’s processes: Favorites, Instant K.O., and KO Timer. It still needs to be used with care (closing processes without warning brings a real risk of data loss), but if you know what you're doing ProcessKO should work very well.ProcessKO resides in a small (43KB) executable file that you run whenever you’d like to use it–no installation required. Verdict:įrom launching, closing or restarting Windows processes, to shutting down or restarting your system, ProcessKO crams a lot of functionality into its tiny executable. "Normal" acts just like the regular Windows options, but "Aggressive" works immediately, forcing programs to close even if they've unsaved data. This offers the usual "Shut down", "Restart", "Log off", "Hibernate" and "Standby" options, and in two flavours. There's even a system shutdown menu, also accessible from the system tray.
Right-click a favourite and there's an option to run that process, too, which turns ProcessKO into a simple launcher.Ī "KO Timer" feature monitors your system for whatever processes you specify, closing them automatically after a given delay (2 to 19 seconds).Ī "Restart" hotkey (Ctrl+Alt+F5) restarts the foreground application on demand. Fortunately you only need to do this once.) (Terminating any process without warning is risky, so ProcessKO demands that you check an "I am an expert and I know what I am doing" before this will work. Tiny icons are displayed for every Favourite, and you can then close them instantly with a click. Launch the ProcessKO console and you're also able to add "Favourites", processes you're working with on a regular basis. A similar "Restart" menu will close and relaunch a process, perhaps useful if it's locked up.
#PROCESSKO PORTABLE#
ProcessKO is a portable free tool which helps you to close, restart and work with Windows processes.Īt its simplest, ProcessKO allows you to close any user program (not system processes) by right-clicking its system tray icon, selecting "Instant K.O." and choosing your target process from the list.
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