Active PKiller

Whenever an application hangs and refuses to shut down, the Task Manager comes to the rescue and forces even the most stubborn program to end. Active PKiller makes this operation much faster and easier, by eliminating the need to open the Task Manager. Just use a hotkey, and that unresponsive program will be shut down before you know it. The software can prove to be quite useful especially if certain complications prevent you from opening the Task Manager.

Active PKiller works on all modern Windows systems, and it can be installed in under a minute, without making any complicated settings. The software doesn't require any special tools or services, and it doesn't use a significant amount of memory or processing power. Also, Active PKiller is offered as a freeware application, so you don't have to pay for it.

The application has a clean and simple user interface, which doesn't present any options. It simply tells you the corresponding process name of any window you make active. If you click a standard Explorer window, for example, you will see "Explorer.exe" on Active PKiller's interface. Additionally, the application displays the hotkey you can use to terminate the displayed process. You only need to use it once, and the process will be ended immediately.

You can let Active PKiller work quietly in the background and use its hotkey whenever an application hangs or crashes, to end it quickly, without having to open up any other windows and clicking any options. You can access a few options, through the application's system tray icon, which allow you to make Active PKiller run automatically at startup or suspend it.

Another useful feature is the possibility of bringing up a list of running processes, along with their process IDs. You can use a search bar to locate specific processes instantly and avoid spending minutes scrolling through the list. This can be quite useful if you're preparing complex operations, that require one or more process IDs.

Whenever your programs refuse to shut down, Active PKiller will help you terminate them at a moment's notice without any effort.