Kill Hung Applications Faster

Modifying your registry can cause serious problems. Please make a restore point or export the keys affected by these registry files. The batch files export the registry keys for you and are placed in My Documents under RegBackup.

If you are not sure how to export or merge registry keys, I have written a quick tutorial.

This registry file decreases the time that windows waits to shutdown application that aren't responding. This affects programs while they are running and when windows is shutting down.

This value shouldn't but could be too short for your computer. This could result in applications that are working properly to be reported as a "hung application" and shut down. If this is the case, undo the change.

Windows Registry Editor Version 5.00

[HKEY_USERS\.DEFAULT\Control Panel\Desktop]
"AutoEndTasks"="1"
"HungAppTimeout"="5000"
"WaitToKillAppTimeout"="5000"

1. HungAppShutdownApp.bat
2. HungAppShutdownApp.reg
3. UNDO_HungAppShutdownApp.reg

Save #1 to your desktop, double-click the batch file, the affected registry key will be exported for you, and the registry file will be merged. If you want to undo just merge the EXPORT_Filename.reg file.

Usually your computer must be restarted for these to take effect.

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Created 1/23/05 at 3:29 am GMT. Last editted: 2/19/05 at 4:52 am