This is a program which finds specific running processes on your computer and kills them.
- Reduce memory usage
- Clean up after another program exits
- Easier to read process list
- Get rid of unwanted tray icons
- Prevent unwanted services from being reenabled after you install an update
- Stop or change the start mode of Windows services (automatic, manual, or disabled)
- Uninstall AppX packages
- Avoid killing a process if certain other processes are already running
- Determine whether or not a process is suspended
- When killing one process, reevaluate other processes to see if they should also be killed now too, even if they weren't before.
- Download and extract
KillUnwantedProcesses.exe
from the most recent successful build. - Use Task Scheduler (
taskschd.msc
) to create a scheduled task that runs this program as often as you want.- I run it every 5 minutes.
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- Adobe Collaboration Synchronizer
- Adobe Creative Cloud Experience
- Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries
- Adobe Desktop Service
- Adobe Flash Updater
- Adobe Genuine Monitor Service
- Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service
- Adobe Notification Client
- Adobe Sync
- Adobe Update Service
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- FlexNet Licensing Service
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- Logitech G Hub
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- Office Document Cache
- Virtual CloneDrive
- Visual Studio Compiler
- VMware Authorization Service
- VMware DHCP Service
- VMware NAT Service
- VMware USB Arbitration Service
- VMware Workstation Server
- Windows Image Acquisition
Some of these are only killed if certain conditions are met, others are killed whenever they're running or installed.