Windows xKill stops running programs

Want to kill a runaway process in Windows? No problem. Just hit Ctrl+Alt+Delete, choose the task manager, select the process tab, highlight the offending process (if you can figure out which process correlates to which program), and hit the End Process button. Or you could just use Windows xKill.

This little utility is a Windows port of the Linux xKill tool. Basically when you launch it, a little skull and crossbones icon will hang out in your system tray. Just right click on the icon and select Kill Mode and the next application you click on will be killed. What happens if you can't access the system tray because Windows Explorer is locked? Just hit Ctr+Alt+Backspace to start Kill Mode.

The one problem I noticed is that Windows xKill can be a bit oversensitive to mouse clicks. I found that sometimes it would eliminate the program I clicked on, plus the program that was hidden away behind it. For example, if you have two instances of Firefox running, using Windows xKill could stop them both. If you have just one running, you might notice that killing Firefox causes Windows Explorer to terminate (although it should automatically restart itself).

[via gHacks]

Tags: freeware, windows-xkill, xkill