The Programs Tab displays all programs currently running on your computer.  You can select what action to perform on the program, similar to the Services Tab.  All programs are displayed, even if they are running under different users.

You can click on any column to sort the list by that column.  Note the items are sorted by group first, and then by the column.  Click the column again to sort by descending order.  The order is indicated by the arrow on the column.

The Status column indicates if the program is currently running.

If programs are started or stopped while you are on this tab, they will be displayed in the tab (not applicable for Windows 9x)

To change the action you wish to perform for a program, right click on the program.  A menu will appear with the types of actions you can select.  They are:

Once you select an action, the program will be moved to that group in the list.

You can select the "Auto Shutdown/Restart All Non-Essential Programs" if you wish to have AlacrityPC automate this task for you.  If you select this option, all non-essential programs will be terminated when the profile runs, and then restarted after the monitored programs are closed.  Selecting this option will disable the list.

If there is a program you do not see in the list that you wish to make sure to perform an action on, click the Add button.  A File Browser window will appear, allowing you to select the program you want to add to the list.  Once you add the program, you can select an Action to perform.  Use the Remove button to remove a program from the list.

If you are inheriting from a Top Level profile, any programs that were marked with an action in the Top Level profile will appear here with a (Inherited) note on its Action.

To set more than one program to the same action, you can highlight multiple services by holding down the Shift key and moving the mouse over the services.  Once you have highlighted all the program you want, right click and select the Action.

If you are unsure what a program in the list does, right click on it and select View Info About.  AlacrityPC will automatically launch your browser to the ProcessLibrary.com website, which should contain information about the process.

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Last modified: 04-Mar-2008