End hanged programs with a mouse click(Windows XP, Vista, 7)

              A program has crashed and is blocking several other processes. Normally, the only way out is to use the Task Manager and end all programs individually by confi rming in each case.

              You can end programs without any query in the command line, using the ‘taskkill’ command. It even off ers other options. For instance, it can first determine all the programs that are not reacting anymore and only end those. If you create a shortcut, you can save the necessary options along with it. Rightclick on a free spot on the desktop and select the context command ‘New | Shortcut’. Enter the following command in the input field: taskkill /F /F1 “STATUS eq NOT RESPONDING” and click ‘Continue’.
             The first option ‘/F’ compels the processes to end while ‘/F1’ activates the following filter. This filter verifies the status of all processes and reports those with the message ‘NOT RESPONDING’ instead of ‘RUNNING’. Provide the shortcut with a suitable name such as ‘Ending hanged programs’ and click ‘Finish’. You can subsequently even assign another icon using the context command ‘Properties’. In the future, calling this shortcut will suffice for ending all processes that have crashed.
CAUTION: Make sure that you do not lose the saved application data. Always try to wait for a response and end the program in the regular manner.