End programs instantly.

[u8myrice]

There is a registry value that one can change so that when you choose to end a program while it's not rsponding INSTANTLY. You don't have to wait for the program to finish what it's doing then closes. I did it once, but I forgot where it is. Does anyone know?

[cieje]

the string is here:

you can set xp to autoend tasks (instead of prompt you the "end now" thing)
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\Desktop

change: AutoEndTasks to "1" (to turn it on)

also, in addition or even without the last thing...

HungAppTimeout - The default setting is '5000', or 5 seconds



there's also a setting to reset the wait time for a program that is slow to shut down when Windows exits...

WaitToKillAppTimeout - the defualt it 20000, or 20sec

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as always backup your registry first.

[DeathMan]

oo fancy...

any other cool reg changes... like... make XP dance? :p

[BobSutan]

Those are actually pretty useful. I was just thinking about this today at work when I thought I'd logged out but came back to find it at an Okay prompt about closing an app (and it was stuck like that for 2 hours).

[u8myrice]

thanks alot. works like it suppose to.

Thanks again!!