Toggle a process on and off with a hotkey/function

[nfwu]

HotKeySet("^+a", "_kill")
Global $var = 0
Func _kill()
    If ProcessExists("explorer.exe") Then
        ProcessClose("explorer.exe")
        $var = 1
    ElseIf $var = 0
        Run("explorer.exe")
        $var = 1
    Else
        $var = 0
    Endif
EndFunc

HotKeySet("^+a", "_kill")
HotKeySet("^+s", "_live")
Func _live()
Run("explorer.exe")
EndFunc
Func _kill()
ProcessClose("explorer.exe")
EndFunc

Hope one of these helps

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Edited February 25, 2006 by nfwu

[PartyPooper]

As ppl have said, Explorer is set to automatically restart on failure. If you use the taskmanger if will shutdown explorer without it restarting automatically. The only way I have got around this auto-restarting is to use a different shell. This requires you to write to the registry twice (once to point to the new shell and second time to point back to Explorer when you are finished gaming). I'm currently working on AIGameShellXP which does just this on-the-fly (it's a modified version of FastGaming which is used as the Windows Shell). I'm also planning to use this method for my nightly maintenance routine so less things are locked for defragging and cleaning purposes (just gotta get time to add it in).

Edit: typo's

Edited March 12, 2006 by PartyPooper

[nfwu]

What other shells are there? Linux's bash shell?

???

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[PartyPooper]

Google 'Windows Shell' and heaps will come up.