Aqua-Soft ForumsDoes anyone know if there is anything like xKill for windows ?
[request] Xkill For Windows
Yes... it's called kill.exe and you can get it from any Windows resource kit.
Windows Resource Kit ? Whats that ? 
iFido, did you try AveForceQuit?
kill.exe is to my knowledge a command line application, which takes
the process ID as a parameter. Correct me if I'm wrong.
xKill is an app that turns your mouse pointer into a lightning image
and kills the window's process you click on next. Its main usage is
to kill orphaned windows whose process doesn't exist anymore because
the remote server that runs the app is down or unreachable- a situation
that doesn't arise on standard windoze at all.
hth,
herd
Originally posted by herd@Aug 10 2004, 03:18 AMiFido, did you try AveForceQuit?
kill.exe is to my knowledge a command line application, which takes
the process ID as a parameter. Correct me if I'm wrong.
xKill is an app that turns your mouse pointer into a lightning image
and kills the window's process you click on next. Its main usage is
to kill orphaned windows whose process doesn't exist anymore because
the remote server that runs the app is down or unreachable- a situation
that doesn't arise on standard windoze at all.
hth,
herd
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True, kill.exe is command line, but you can use either the PID (Process ID) or the name of the executable you want to kill.
Example:
Kill 321 or Kill explorer.exe
And if that don't work, you can use the -f option which forces the process to stop.
Example:
Kill -f 321 or Kill -f explorer.exe
naw I meant like in linux. You click the xkill icon in quicklounch, then
you click the hung window and it closes. 
No product like that exists for Windows... yet.
The reason, just right click on the offending app in the taskbar and select Close.
Essentialy the same affect except for the End Task window that pops up.
And you click close and you wait. Then after 10 minutes you click
close again and you wait. then after 10 minutes you click close or
the third time, and you wait. You get the idea <_<
why not just press Ctrl+Alt+Delete and go to the processes tab and close the app that wouldn't close in the first place
try Wixkill at http://wixkill.free.fr/
Nice bump 
Welcome by the way, but at least, it's an useful bump.
Thanks for the soft, does it work on Vista ?
Of course it works for Vista.
First of, yes, i know that it is an old thread.
anyway, here you go, a true windows xKill app.
Crossposted from WinMatrix
Ok, for those of you that have ever used Linux, then there may be the chance that you might have had to use xkill. But, for those that have never used Linux, then here is a good summary for you...
An App that your using Freezes, and your first thought it to CTRL+ALT+DEL to bring up Task manager, then you have to wade thought the processes to find said frozen app, then kill it... Or you use xKill.
Using a system wide hook in xKill, when it is running, just Press Control+Alt+Backspace, and you will see a Skull and Crossbones follow behind your cursor. When you click on the next item (say, the frozen application), it will kill it. simple.
And just because i know that people will try this out with out having an app to kill, when the skull and crossbones is up, if you choose NOT to kill any thing, press Escape, and you will exit out of xKill mode.
No external references, this app is Portable, you will know when it is running doe to the color changing Skull and Crossbones in your system tray. you can Right click on the glowing icon to either go in to xKill mode, so that you don't have to do Control + Alt + Backspace, or you can exit out of xKill.