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| 1110529 | 2010-06-15 23:14:00 | Hi All Does anyone know of a utility, tweak or method to force programs to really close when you close them and not minimize to the system tray? I have a number of useful utilities that I'm happy with and don't want to replace with alternatives, but they have no setting to make close really mean close so it's always a double-step to get rid of them. It's a small but constant irritation. |
GordonBennet (13808) | ||
| 1110530 | 2010-06-15 23:16:00 | click the 'X' button in the top right corner.... | GameJunkie (72) | ||
| 1110531 | 2010-06-15 23:22:00 | use taskmanager to force process to end | nedkelly (9059) | ||
| 1110532 | 2010-06-16 01:51:00 | Some programs don't close when you click the X. They just minimize, as I said in my post. Using task manager is no improvement on going down to the system tray, right clicking and choosing close. I'm looking for a utility/method to permanently change the behaviour of the program, such that they close completely. I think I was pretty clear in my original post. |
GordonBennet (13808) | ||
| 1110533 | 2010-06-16 01:56:00 | Then there is obviously something wrong with your system. You would be better off trying to find out why programs are not closing. It's a new one on me. edit:www.google.co.nz |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 1110534 | 2010-06-16 02:21:00 | We would need to know which particular apps aren't closing - some are designed to minimize to the system tray rather than close. | wratterus (105) | ||
| 1110535 | 2010-06-16 02:22:00 | Maybe there's a program interfering to prevent closing; Anti virus, e.g. Norton's may cause this. Perhaps disable and try closing programs. Did problems occur after any changes you made? Maybe evaluate event viewer (if XP) to try track/trace any system events that may lead to issues. | kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 1110536 | 2010-06-16 03:01:00 | Some programs don't close when you click the X. They just minimize, as I said in my post. Some programs provide the options under their preferences that you can configure to your liking. OR you can simply click File > Exit or Quit instead of clicking on the X button. |
ronyville (10611) | ||
| 1110537 | 2010-06-16 07:52:00 | You could experiment and see if Alt+F4 kills the app. In the meantime, there are still plenty of people here who assume the X means the app must close, and are wrong to assume that. Example: Zone Alarm will not close from the X (it merely minimizes to the task-bar), and must be closed from a Right-Click on the task bar icon. Programatically, the X could be configured to do the same as the OK button, just as No or Cancel can actually be programmed to do the same as OK (this is my malware paranoia talking now, but it is a mistake to always assume No, Cancel, Quit and X will actually give you the result that you assume!) Forcing a closure from Task Manager is a solution, but risks corrupting the app . |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1110538 | 2010-06-16 11:02:00 | The Tskill command will do this - see www.microsoft.com |
decibel (11645) | ||
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