My Nomination for excellent freeware Prog - EndItAll

[Helen]

EndItAll
Many software manufacturers urge users in no uncertain terms
to close all running programs (and this includes applications
that run hidden in the background) prior to running their
program's setup routine, and many users make it a habit to
close all programs prior to running disk utilities such as
ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter.

For users running a number of third-party software
applications the process of pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and Ending
Task on each individual program (10, 15, even in some cases 20
or more!) one by one can be a tedious process. EndItAll 2, a
small freeware utility authored by Neil J. Rubenking (a
Contributing Technical Editor for
Ziff-Davis' PC Magazine) makes closing all running
applications a quick and easy process.
EndItAll 2 lets you easily terminate in one shot all
non-essential programs and processes for the purposes of:
installing new software
uninstalling software
running utilities such as ScanDisk and Disk Defragmenter
running demanding and/or finicky games
writing to CD-Rs that need a big buffer

http://www.all4you.dk/FreewareWorld/links.php?search=EndItAll&la=en

This is the English language version. The info above is from
this url.

Helen

 

[gilbert grape]

EndItAll and EndItAll 2 may technically no longer be freeware since PC
Magazine now charges a fee for access to their utility programs. Not sure
what the EULA states, so I would be careful classifying this as freeware,
although I am sure there are many copies floating around the net.