There is a program that starts up shortly after I log on to windows and I would like to be able to close it after it fully opens/loads, or if that's not possible for it to close shortly after running.
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1)Have you researched any similar questions? 2)Tried anything? Many apps have a setting to not auto-start. 3)Can you advise which app this is? 4)Is this a work PC?– greggApr 27, 2020 at 16:48
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Two ways I can think to accomplish:
- Startup script waits then closes process (you can expand script to CHECK if process is loaded with
tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq iexplore.exe").
HOWTO
Copy below into Notepad, Save As with filename CloseApp.bat, move/copy to to %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup (run, shell:startup opens that location):
REM timeout is a pause for 60sec or if you set to -1 it'll wait for a key press
timeout /T 60
REM taskkill closes an app, T & F say terminate child processes & forcefully terminate process
taskkill /IM iexplore.exe /T /F
- Task Scheduler script/command
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I've edited my answered, please upvote (up arrow) it if you found it helpful– greggApr 27, 2020 at 16:47
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Alright, I've tried entering the following line into notepad: taskkill /IM C:\Program Files (x86)\GIGABYTE\RGBFusion\RGBFusion.exe /T /F and saving it as a batch file, but running it doesn't close the program. Apr 30, 2020 at 13:22
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Did you put that path in quotes because it has a space? If so then you must have the wrong EXE or there is a service that is automatically starting it back up. Use sysinternals procexp (Process Explorer) & target button (to right of binoculars) which can identify an app's location/path.– greggApr 30, 2020 at 19:44
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Just realized you specified a while path which you don't need to do, just the full filename. All commands have a help file: taskkill /?– greggMay 1, 2020 at 0:53