KillUnwantedProcesses

This is a program which finds specific running processes on your computer and kills them.

Benefits

• Reduce memory usage
• Clean up after another program exits
• Easier to read process list
• Get rid of unwanted tray icons
• Prevent unwanted services from being reenabled after you install an update

Features

• Stop or change the start mode of Windows services (automatic, manual, or disabled)
• Uninstall AppX packages
• Avoid killing a process if certain other processes are already running
• Determine whether or not a process is suspended
• When killing one process, reevaluate other processes to see if they should also be killed now too, even if they weren't before.

Requirements

• .NET Framework 4.8

Installation

1. Download and extract KillUnwantedProcesses.zip from the latest release.
2. Use Task Scheduler (taskschd.msc) to create a scheduled task that runs KillUnwantedProcesses.exe as often as you want.
   • I run it every 10 minutes.

Programs

• Acrobat Notification Service
• AcroTray
• Adobe Acrobat Updater
• Adobe Collaboration Synchronizer
• Adobe Crash Processor
• Adobe Creative Cloud Experience
• Adobe Creative Cloud Libraries
• Adobe Desktop Service
• Adobe Extensions Service
• Adobe Genuine Monitor Service
• Adobe Genuine Software Integrity Service
• Adobe Notification Client
• Adobe Sync
• Adobe Update Service
• Autodesk Access Service
• Autodesk Licensing Service
• FlexNet Licensing Service
• Logitech G Hub System Tray
• Nvidia Control Panel
• Office Document Cache
• Search App Edge WebView
• Virtual CloneDrive
• Visual Studio Compiler
• VMware Authorization Service
• VMware DHCP Service
• VMware NAT Service
• VMware Workstation Server

Some of these are only killed if certain conditions are met, others are killed whenever they're running or installed.