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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows 95, Windows Me, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows NT, Windows 98
- Date added: January 23, 2008
- Total Downloads: 13,929
- Downloads last week: 119
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 10 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET staff on November 26, 2008
It's deceptively simple, but this application quickly and cleanly closes all programs, and just as easily restores them. SmartClose's five-icon interface smartly uses tooltips to quickly and adequately explain program operation. Intermediate to advanced users will install and operate the program with no further instruction.
SmartClose's primary function leads the user through a wizard to close all programs except for critical Windows functions. Listed options are well explained as the program advances. Before closing anything, the application takes a quick system snapshot; storing it to reset your computer to that same state at a later date. During testing, SmartClose handled various programs very well. It was rare that it couldn't stop a process. On those occasions, the application invoked SmartKill to finish off a process quickly. Restoring programs is as simple and quick as stopping them. A similar wizard opens a system snapshot. Users merely check which apps to restore. A helpful option removes running processes from the list.
SmartClose is a freeware application every user should keep in his or her system toolbox. It's one program you'll turn to often.
Publisher's description
From BM-productions :SmartClose will automatically close all running programs, disable the screen saver, and halt all other processes that can interrupt without asking. Before SmartClose closes or disables anything, it will first save the current state of the system (running programs and screen saver) to a system snapshot, which can be opened and restored again by SmartClose. This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
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This version is the first release on CNET Download.com.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 2.7 stars out of 10 votes
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Version: SmartClose 1.1
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2 out of 3 people found this review helpful
Version: SmartClose 1.1
Cons: I loved using this software on my old XP computer, so I was really excited to read it is now available for VISTA. Well, I installed it and every time I click on the icon, nothing happens. The SmartClose window does not display at all. VERY DISAPPOINTING.
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: SmartClose 1.1
"What I have been needing for a looonnggg time! Thanks!"
Pros: Gives me more control of what is going on when all resources are needed for a critical task.
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Version: SmartClose 1.1
Pros: cant say dosent work for me
Cons: like i said it shuts down the wireless and the is no where i can find to get help with such problems there is no read me or any info on it.
Summary: i got this for gameing so my games run faster i chose this over gamebooster to see how much better it is , but my games dont work when i run it because it shuts down my wireless i cant find any where to get help. any idea?
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