End it all

My End It All program has suddenly decided not to work. The window opens but nothing is in it. I have uninstalled and reinstalled and even downloaded a new app but it is staying the same. Any suggesions?

 

Sounds like you have removed/deleted something that enditall uses. What it is is another thing altogether.

Have you made any system changes recently? What operating system?

 

>> My End It All program has suddenly decided not to work. The window opens but nothing is in it. I have uninstalled and reinstalled and even downloaded a new app but it is staying the same. Any suggesions? <<

If you really like using End It All; my first suggestion would be to try the PC Magazine forum since EndItAll 2 was written by Neil J. Rubenking (who regularly checks in at that forum).

I have End it All installed but hardly ever use it since the much more efficient and 'safer' SmartClose utility. I used End-It-All for years and liked it a lot - but it hasn't really been updated recently (Although Enditall version 2 was a major update to the original EndItAll the program was last updated in January of 2001). As I said; there is currently a tiny freeware utility available called SmartClose which is definitely a handy tool that allows you to close all currently running programs [or pick and choose which ones that you want to close down].

I particularly like the two wizards: the Close Programs wizard, for closing all the programs, and especially the Restore wizard, to restore a system snapshot. Both provide an intuitive and easy-to-use and follow interface with the latest Windows 2000/XP wizard style - and assist you step by step.

Although the utility currently comes with no "help file" the SmartClose FAQ will answer most questions anyone who tries it out may have. I definitely recommend this SmartClose utility to anyone who is having problems related to having too many programs and/or services running on their computer.

Note: The reason I believe SmartClose is much safer to use because it automatically creates a backup of the previous settings and allows the user to easily restore those settings. I definitely recommend this SmartClose utility to anyone who is having problems related to having too many programs and/or services running on their computer.

Good Luck!

 

Sounds like it depends on what the meaning of "is" is. )

I am using XP Home and have not had any system changes.

Thanks for your enlightenment.

 

Agree 100% with COMPUABLE.
Forget end-it-all.
Use SmartClose.
Bazza

 

Thanks. I'll check it out.

 

Thanks. I'll check it out.

 

SmartClose is now available via MG link. See www.majorgeeks.com today

SmartClose 1.1 [ 630 Kb | Freeware | Win All] http://www.majorgeeks.com/images/mgnew.gif
Closes all running programs, and saves the current state of the system.

http://www.majorgeeks.com/SmartClose_d5164.html

Thanks to COMPUABLE for making us aware of this program (and Halo). Bazza

 

>> SmartClose is now available via MG link. See www.majorgeeks.com today. Thanks to COMPUABLE for making us aware of this program (and Halo). Bazza <<

Anytime, Bazza, happy to help. I will most definitely adjust my links accordingly in the future!

Whoo Hoo! Good News... <doin' the Geek Dance here - lol>

Finally SmartClose makes the "big-time" here on the fabulous MG freeware site list! Now if I could only get someone to list the terrific freeware registry clean-up program called Eusing Free Registry Cleaner I'd be happy as a turkey (the day after Thanksgiving, that is)

In all the time I've used Eusing I've only seen one single complaint (re: one person's font 'removal' problem) within the various computer-related forums which I attend on the web.. And that particular person also thought CCleaner was "too aggressive" as well! Additionally even this apparently 'rare' font removal problem can be quickly "fixed" by using the built in automatic Eusing 'restore' function and also forestalled from happening again in the future by unticking "Windows Fonts" within the Eusing program interface.

Good Luck!

 

Still not 100% convinced about Eusing on my laptop. I think it finds the same errors every time I run it. I clean them but they re-appear, I think. I will need to screenprint what it finds and compare them on future runs as I may not be paying full attention to the errors found. Probably just me, not Eusing. Bazza

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>> Still not 100% convinced about Eusing on my laptop. I think it finds the same errors every time I run it. I clean them but they re-appear, I think. I will need to screenprint what it finds and compare them on future runs as I may not be paying full attention to the errors found. Probably just me, not Eusing. Bazza <<

Hi Bazza, good to see you again!

When you say: "I think it finds the same errors every time I run it. I clean them but they re-appear" I'm assuming that you mean that the entries 'reappear' after a reboot (and not if and when you run Eusing another time immediately after the full cleaning). This is actually not the registry cleaners "fault" so to speak, but is merely the way that Windows or other 3rd party programs and utilities; apparently “re-enter” the registry entries immediately after a full reboot.

You will find this to be true with many types of registry cleaners both freeware and shareware versions. You clean out all of the dead or useless registry entries and then the same 'removals' apparently reappear or seem to reinstall themselves immediately after the next system start-up or reboot.

For instance, I test all of the new "System Mechanic" versions that are periodically released and the same thing happens. I scan and then clean out the 'dead' registry entries and then after I boot up again and run windows (or other 3rd party programs and utilities) the next time I run the System Mechanic using the "Clean System Registry" options; the same exact errors seem to always "magically" reappear.

Good Luck!

 

I'll check it out a bit more thoroughly. Thanks. Bazza

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I'll check it out a bit more thoroughly. Thanks. Bazza

Hi again, Bazza.

The easiest way to check this would probably be to run Eusing Registry cleaner and then immediately run it again (without rebooting). I just did so and the program cleaned the entries and then the 2nd run immediately afterwards showed nothing after the second initial scan. I then rebooted and quickly opened and closed a few applications that I usually use like MS Word, Maxthon, IE6 and a few others. Sahzzam, there are those same dead entries again! <g>

Like I posted earlier, this is actually not the registry cleaners "fault" but is merely the way that Windows and other programs and utilities; apparently "re-enter" the registry entries immediately after a full reboot. Although this method seems to be 'annoying' because the dead files keep showing up again and again; it is actually a "good thing" that registry programs DO NOT clean the entries and then not allow Windows or 3rd party programs to 'reenable" themselves during the next reboot. If they did so, these programs would either not run or not run properly.

Side Note: This question/problem reminds me of one posed by a poster in another forum who complained that his computer was running slow. He apparently never cleaned his computer at all prior to that, so of course I suggested that he download and try the CCleaner utility in order to clean up his computer's history files and other stuff that had accumulated over time. He never posted back so I figured it all worked out ok for him.

A few months or so later on that same poster appeared again complaining that I "sold him a bill of goods!" <lol> because he downloaded and installed CCleaner just like I told him to, and cleaned out all of the history and temp files etc. His complaint was that when he ran the program again a couple of weeks later; his computer was once again filled with "tons" of useless temporary files and other junk! <g>

I realize of course, that in your case you are just trying to find out how the program works; but I got quite a chuckle when that other poster reappeared and blamed his plight on the program that I recommended.

Good Luck!

 

I have print-screened the page of "errors", from yesterday and will compare today's "errors", to see the differences, or similarities. Bazza