Version 2.43 * Fixed the application to fully support support Vista, which means that the application will default run in normal mode and that there is an elevated mode available. * Now possible to launch processes in elevated mode for Vista * Changed the trayicon information to show the active killlist if availabe (suggestion by Charlie) * Added the possibility to load lists right of the trayicon menu * Added the possibility to run lists right of the trayicon menu - that is evil powerful! (suggestion by Charlie) * Moved the "PID" column in the process list (suggestion by Eric Hale) * Removed the "Listed" column in the process list and replaced with the "Parent PID" which is much more useful * Fixed the bug with the "Minimize on Exit" function not being applied on the X-button (reported by Charlie) * Now possible to explore the process folder * + several other smaller bugs and improvements Version 2.42 2007-06-26 * It is now possible to remember the size of the main window thanks to suggestion by Steve 2007-02-05 * Made some improvements to the COM interface in KillProcess.dll + added documentation for it in the application help. * Fixed so that the application will not hang when trying to show other hung applications * Improved the show window function to be a little more clever. * Improved so that it is possible to select for which user the Autorun feature shall affect (Current or All users) * Fixed bug in Replace Task Manager feature after bugreport from Carey Barnett 2007-04-11 * Fixed the application layout of buttons and menuitems according to Microsoft GUI Guidelines & Standards * Improved the visibility of the "Resurrect Process" feature after suggestion made by Mtr Alshammari 2007-05-22 This includes introducing a new button for the feature in the main dialog and moving it in the application menus. * Fixed so that application windows be resized too small. * Upgraded to NSIS version 2.27 * Possible to multiselect processes in kill list editor after suggestion made by Mluse 2007-06-08 * Increased size of kill list editor * Changed so that the scanning feature will be more vicious and scan more actively for all running processes, since the previous functionallity confused a lot of users... Version 2.41 2007-02-01 * Improved Kill List Dialog again * Fixed bug when using very long polltime settings * Fixed bug with logging feature. * Tested on Windows Vista RTM build * Fixed bug that wininit.exe was not identified as a vital system process (which is kind of fatal in Vista) * Adapted to Windows Vista UAC model: Now requesting Admin priviliges if available Store application settings in Application data folder * Introduced possibility to cancel a batch termination process Version 2.40 2006-09-08 * Reorganized all of the application menues to something less confusing and more logical * Added menuitem for easy loading kill lists from main window * Added menuitem for easy creation of kill lists from main window * Improved handling of system standby operations and hibernation * Fixed strange MSXML 4.0 bug while loading files. * Tested with Windows Vista Beta 2 (build 5384) * Added more information to the kill lists and an neat editor for that purpose * Added possibility to have inverted kill lists after suggestion made by Stephen Hoy. Inverted lists can prove to be pretty powerful if used with care! * Added feature to replace the Task Manager with KillProcess * Improved installation package and added pre-defined lists to installation * Added Resurrect process possibility after suggestions from several users out there. This is possibly the coolest feature that I've implemented for a long long time! This will not work correctly for services yet - but that will be fixed in the next release * Fixed a few annoying bugs with missing helpfiles Version 2.32.1 2006-05-25 * Fixed bug with silent batchrun after bugreport from Tom Grundy Version 2.32 2006-04-25 * Fixed bug in Google feature and hyperlinks * Added "Show Window" possibility to display hidden windows * Added "Hide Window" possibility to hide windows on the desktop * Added Process Priority Dialog * Fixed right-click menu for multiselected processs * Possible to change the active kill list from main window for quick and easy selection * Fixed annoying graphical bug with incorrect alignment of text in the columns in the main window * Added possibility to sort the processes in the process list according to kill list items. * Removed support for old KillProcess 1.0 stuff * Improved settings usage and optimized startup speed * Wastly improved kill list loading speed * Upgraded to new NSIS (2.16) and improved the installation process * Now associating KillProcess with .lst files in Windows. Makes it possible to load lists by double-clicking on them. * Improved batch killing mode to accept relative path to apps thas should die. * Solved alot of bugs with the columnsorting in the main window * Now remembering the sorting column and order on exit Version 2.31 2006-02-26 * Now using the process icons in the process info dialog to make it easier to identify the processes. * Fixed annoying bug that caused crashes while loading old kill-lists * Changed the kill list editor to something that is more easy to understand and less ugly... * Replaced all of the application icons to 24-bit * Improved homepage links and change import function * Improved process scanning speed * Added semi-vicious mode, to prevent critical Windows system processes from being terminated. This setting will be default. * Added checks for system processes when populating the list * Using "My Documents" folder as default place to store lists according to Windows XP logo demands * Improved online-help and improved help integration in application * New application image...pretty cool? * New application icon with 24-bit colors * "Cleaned up" all main icons Version 2.30 2006-01-22 * Added support for XP themes and redid the GUI somewhat... * Now building with VS2005 and implemented secure string handling * Fixed directory bug when creating new lists... * Made KillProcess more powerfull!! Now almost any service or process will die by KillProcess hands!! * Added possibillity to change the process priority. * Tested on Windows Vista 5270 build. * Fixed some bugs with open handles and wrong icons. * Changed icons for minimize and exit * Added tooltips for the main application buttons Version 2.21 2005-09-12 * Fixed potential crash and buffer overflow attempts by malicious executables. * Tested on Windows Vista Beta 1 Version 2.20 2005-08-09 * Added Hibernation support * Fixed dynamic icon for the close button The icon will be different if you don't shut down the application but minimize instead * Finalized the help files Version 2.20 RC1 2005-07-31 * Redid the design of the main dialog once again... This time I think it looks pretty good though... * Made the system tray icon reinstall itself if explorer crashes * Added a shutdown feature that uses brute force to terminate windows * Added run feature with possibilities to specify the process priority class before launching the application * Cleaned dialogboxes and corrected tab order * Added paypal information and buttons to make it easy for generous people to donate money.... ...developing software costs money! * Fixed an HUGE memoryleak when running the kill list Version 2.20 Beta 2005-03-19 * Totally rewrote the process discovery code * Rewrote process information. It is now possible to get extensive information regarding each loaded process: * Better memory reports * Included Parent process information * Included executable information * Improved process list to include more data and also made this configurable Version 2.10 2004-12-30 * Finally Implemented support for Service Termination This is pretty evil at the time, but will be improved in the future versions... * Cleaned up some icons * Updated helpfiles Version 2.10 Beta 2 2004-12-01 * Solved a few bugs when minimizing window * Solved major bug in list paths introduced in Beta * Added setting NOT to sort the list * Made the enabling and disabling of list items alot more visual for the user Version 2.10 Beta 2004-09-03 * Changed and updated a lot of images * Implemented Multiselect feature: 1. Possible to instantly kill multiple processes directly from the process browser. 2. Possible to add and remove multiple processes from the list 3. Get combined process info * Improved killlist handling and rearranged the settings tabs * Introduced description for each killlist so that they will be easier to sort. * Solved bug when editing writeprotected lists * Now possible to enable and disable individual list items * Improved the GUI for a more modern look * Made the main window sizeable * Improved Process info dialog * Updated helpfiles * Fixed a few annoying bugs and memory leaks... Version 2.02 2004-06-07 * Changed to new VS 7.1 compiler This operation will improve code performance and also make it possible to solve alot of bugs in the code that the previous compiler didn't fetch. * Improved memory handling and program performance. Version 2.01 2004-02-09 * Changed to new company name! This application is now the first official product of "Orange Lamp Software Solutions" * Fixed bug in batch run function, when preventing multiple KillProcess apps from executing simulatiously * Fixed some memory leaks * Added possibility to use F5 to update process list Version 2.0 2003-07-01 * Added tooltips to main dialog process list * Corrected bug in process termination on Windows 2003 Server * Ran FileMon & RegMon on the application to make sure that KillProcess is "silent" when "nothing is happening" on the computer (Great appz, download at: www.sysinternals.com) Version 2.0 RC1 2003-06-23 * Improved right click menu, so that it's now possible to remove processes from kill list from main dialog. * Improved the memory management of the app. * Made minor improvments to the GUI * Added sound effects (!) - Possible to have no sound - Default sounds included - User define sounds supported * Added Revision history page to settings and removed "What's new buttons" * Cleaned up about boxes and removed duplicates * Corrected Kill list editor browse behaviour * Added "Minimize on Close" setting * Updated help files * Rewrote kill list creation method * Now using Platform SDK Shell API for filebrowsing instead of MFC Version 2.0 BETA3 2003-06-12 * Lots of GUI changes to make the application look and feel as "standard" MS apps (?) * Totally rewrote the settings dialog (since it was extremely ugly) and changed the name to Preferences instead * Introduced the possiblity to specify storage location for log-files * Made it possible to NOT scan for processes * Made it possible to hide the Kill Progress dialog * Added icon to process list, indicating which processes that are in the process list * Major code cleanup, lots and lots of potential bugs removed :o) Version 2.0 BETA2 2003-05-19 * Improved COM automation interface so that COM-dll can be used without affecting the main GUI application. * Finally made processlist sortable (Suggestions made by HainKurt 2003-04-15) Version 2.0 BETA 2003-04-27 * Upgraded installation script to NSIS 2.0beta * Added COM automation interface * Corrected bug in systemtray menu (Bug reported by Steve Haynes 2003-02-09) * Changed all settings files and kill lists to use XML instead of plain text * Changed main application menus to Windows standard. Also prevent multiple instances of the application (Suggestions made by HainKurt 2003-04-15) Version 1.6.3 2003-01-29 * Added possibility to use the application as a batch run process after suggestion by Torben Noer in 2002-12-18 * Made the application minimize instead of terminate when the user click on the "Exit" button. The button was renamed to "Close" Version 1.6.2 2002-08-26 * Added possibility to use a command line switch with the application after user suggestion. See readme.txt or help for information on this feature Version 1.6.1 2001-12-17 * Created install package using NullSoft NSIS This will allow writing to the registry in the future. * Solved bug with key accelerators in main dialog (delete key will now terminate applications) Version 1.6.1 Beta 2001-11-30 * Remove the possiblity to add the KillProcess application to killlist * Removed the possibility to use the settings file as killlist * Improved logfile handling and logging info * Added the possiblity to prevent the splashscreen from loading * Improved the settings and killlist handling. It it now possible to add processes to an nonexisting killlist Version 1.6.0 2001-10-29 * New main window with active processlist The new list has the following features: - Kill processes - Get extended process information (will be improved in next version) - Easy adding of processes to killlist * Cosmetical changes to settings dialog * Added splashscreen (will see if I'll add the possiblilty to remove it) * Removed a few anoying bugs (such as app crash if trying to kill processes without killlist). * Changed Process priority to high Version 1.5.2 2001-08-15 * New application settings: - Start application minimized - Autostart application on logon Version 1.5.1 2001-07-11 * Major code cleanup * Renamed application to KillProcess Version 1.5.0 2001-07-10 * Added possibility to "tag" a process for destruction as soon as it is spawned in killlist dialog. This is really neat, since it allows you to prevent for instance administrative applications from executing (like defrag during heavy code compilations or formula calculations) * Added new editbox to settings dialog to be able to set poll interval for process scanning. Should work with old settings * Added possibility to edit killlist from tray icon * Added shortcut keys for editing the process list. Version 1.4.3 2001-07-04 * Cosmetical changes to setup dialog. * Added "New" button for easy killlist creation * Removed function to create files using the browse for killlist button. * Changed static list for killlist path to that paths easily can be changed. Version 1.4.2 2001-07-02 * Cosmetical changes killlist editor. * Changed about box Version 1.4.1 2001-07-02 * Cosmetical changes to application. * Removed a few bugs in Killlist editor Version 1.4 2001-06-29 * Added dialog for editing killlists. * Removed a few bugs Version 1.3 2001-04-25 Added submemu to tray icon with the following neat features on rightclick (right click app termination removed): * Minimze/Maximize window * Exit application * Launch settings screen * Kill the processes in list Changed old application icon to something nicer Version 1.2 2001-04-24 Added system tray icon with following features: * One leftt click minimize and maximize from tray icon * Right click termination of the app. * Minimize to system tray instead of taskbar Version 1.1 2001-04-11 Changed application name from Kill VC to Kill Process Added configuration dialog which introduces settings: * Easy creation and editing of kill lists * Always on top enabling * Introducing the Vicious mode, for power users * Log function (not yet working) Version 1.0 2001-02-06 Initial version of the Kill VC application