Close App At Set Time

Discussion in 'Software' started by secretcodebreaker, Oct 8, 2018.

  1. secretcodebreaker

    secretcodebreaker Specialist

    Thanks to Major Geeks I D/L a free program that lets me shut down my PC at a set time. What I need now is a free program that can be set to close a single app at a set time. Specifically, I need to be able to close a download app at 6 AM (which is almost the middle of the night for me). :)

    Thanks
     
  2. AtlBo

    AtlBo Major Geek Extraordinaire

    Try this:

    https://superuser.com/questions/77664/automatically-close-program-at-a-scheduled-time-each-day

    Running things at night you might find some use from this small application that wakes PC from standby:

    https://dennisbabkin.com/wosb/

    It wakes the system and can be set to run an application and then put the system back in standby/sleep. Used to use to run backups at night. BTW, opening from a shortcut will open a 2nd instance of this so you can have more than one instance waiting to run at a time. Read the About->Command-line Help to see how. Add this parameter to the shortcut:

    C:[path to wosb.exe]\wosb.exe /ami
     
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  3. secretcodebreaker

    secretcodebreaker Specialist

    I D/L the programs and near as I could tell they do the opposite of what I need. They allow the scheduling to start a program. In my case the program has a start function, which I have set to start at Midnight (the beginning of free usage by my Internet provider).
    I need something that will allow me to schedule when to stop this program, in this case 6 AM (the end of the free usage).
    I'm 80 yrs old and well asleep at both times. :)
    I have a program (AutoShutdown) that I can set to shut down the entire PC, but occasionally I want other programs to keep running (uninterrupted), but want to stop the D/L program at 6 AM so my Internet provider won't charge me for it's usage.
     
  4. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

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  5. secretcodebreaker

    secretcodebreaker Specialist

    Thanks I'll give it a go as soon as the hurricane stops causing power outages.
     
  6. secretcodebreaker

    secretcodebreaker Specialist

    Just the thing I needed. Worked great!
    Thanks to all for the help.
     

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