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This utility was inspired by the Unix/Linux kill and pkill utilities. I needed a way to safely kill an application in such a way that it had time to perform normal cleanup procedures. Windows has no such capability (that I could find, anyway). Close quite simply searches the running Window list to matching applications. Two actions can be performed on matching applications:
Close Sends a close message to the application, just as if you had closed the window with your mouse. This is the safest method, as each application will prompt you to save changes, if applicable.
Exit Forces the application to exit. Unsaved changes will be lost, but the application is pretty much guaranteed to go away.
Hopefully, the help output below will be everything you need to understand the usage.

Requirements

  • Microsoft Windows: probably any version. I run it on 2000. Please let me know your experience on other versions.

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close_0.1.zip (27kb) v0.1, March 30, 2003

Usage

close v0.1 Copyright (c) 2002,2003, Rob Kodey.  http://www.Kodey.com/software

  Close running applications by NAME, using one of a variety of methods.


Usage:
  close [Switches]... NAME

Switches:
  -?, -help         Show this help screen and exit.
  -l, -list         List all applications, not just the matches.  Matching
                    applications will be noted.  Actions (if specified) will
                    be performed on matches only.
  -i, -ignore-case  Ignore case when matching application names.
  -c, -close        Close matching applications.  This is the safest method,
                    as each matching application will prompt you to save
                    changes, if applicable.
  -x, -exit         Force matching applications to exit.  Unsaved changes will
                    be lost.

Arguments:
  NAME              The application name, or partial name, to search for.
                    (Required)


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Nov 25, 2005
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