https://github.com/aldaviva/killunwantedprocesses

🧨 Stop background tasks that get left behind after they are needed.
https://github.com/aldaviva/killunwantedprocesses

cleaner process-killer

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🧨 Stop background tasks that get left behind after they are needed.

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/aldaviva/killunwantedprocesses
• Owner: Aldaviva
• License: apache-2.0
• Created: 2019-09-02T14:25:53.000Z (about 5 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2023-11-10T10:25:19.000Z (about 1 year ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-04T18:21:07.840Z (about 1 month ago)
• Topics: cleaner, process-killer
• Language: C#
• Homepage:
• Size: 92.8 KB
• Stars: 3
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 0
• Open Issues: 0
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: Readme.md
  • License: LICENSE

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README

        
KillUnwantedProcesses

===

This is a program which finds specific running processes on your computer and kills them.

## Benefits

- 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

## Features

- 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.

## Requirements

- [.NET Framework 4.8](https://dotnet.microsoft.com/download/dotnet-framework)

## Installation

1. Download and extract [`KillUnwantedProcesses.exe`](https://nightly.link/Aldaviva/KillUnwantedProcesses/workflows/netframework/master/KillUnwantedProcesses.exe.zip) from the [most recent successful build](https://github.com/Aldaviva/KillUnwantedProcesses/actions?query=is%3Asuccess).

1. 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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- .NET Runtime Optimization Service

- Acrobat Notification Service

- AcroTray

- Adobe Acrobat Updater

- 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

- Autodesk Licensing Service

- FlexNet Licensing Service

- GPG Agent

- Logitech G Hub

- Nvidia Control Panel

- 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.*