How to Use "End It All" to Shut Down Programs

If you play a lot of games on your PC or use other types of software that place a high demand on you CPU, video card and RAM, you are probably aware that these applications will work better if you shut down other applications that are running at the same time. Normally, when your computer boots up, a lot of hidden background applications are started up, and will run unnoticed for as long as your computer is on. Each one of these programs is taking up a little bit of your PC's resources. Some of these programs are useful to you and some are not. A few of them are critical. Shutting down these programs one by one is tedious, and you may accidentally shut one that you really needed. An application called End It All can safely shut down all these programs for you with a single mouse click. You can even configure it to shut down some programs and leave others alone.

Instructions

Difficulty: Easy

1. Acquire and install End It All. The program was once freeware, but is now payware.
2. Run End It All.
3. Look at the main window of the program. You will see a list of all the programs currently running on your machine. You will probably be surprised by how many there are.
4. Study the list carefully, making a note of any programs that you need and want to keep running. These are the programs you will protect in the next step. All other programs will be shut down in Step 6.
5. Left-click each program, one by one, that you wish to protect. After you highlight each selection, click on the padlock icon at the top of the window. You should see a padlock appear next to the name of the program. Each program you put a padlock next to will be ignored by End It All when you execute the kill feature.
6. Find the double skull and crossbones icon (red/green) at the top of the window. This is the "Kill All" button. Once you click it, all unprotected programs will be shut down or killed. During this routine, End It All will first attempt to shut down each program normally, and if that does not work, it will shut down the program by force ("kill" it). Using the icons at the top of the screen, you have complete control over how this is done. For example you can tell End It All to attempt to shut down a program normally, but not to kill it if that does not work. The choice is up to you. Consult the help file if it is not obvious how to do this.

Tips & Warnings

• Once you set up your preferences, any programs you protect will be protected every time you run them, unless you change the settings.

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