OHM Orbiter kill

[OrbitHangar]

Author: luki1997a

Orbiter kill 1.0
This app allow you to kill still running Orbiter process in background, which causes error: Another Orbiter application is arleady running.
No more terminating bu CTRL+ALT+DELETE!

Warning! Application needs NET.Framework 4.

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[Scruce]

Why would I kill Orbiter?

 

[Grover]

HE'S MURDERED IT!!!!

 

[Rtyh-12]

No offense, but I think this is quite pointless. The only situation I can think of where I would need to kill Orbiter is when it CTDs. In that case... well you know the white screen. This application would be completely inaccessible.

Just my two cents

 

[Moach]

this actually makes sense... there were times where orbiter "appeared" closed, but it really wasnt... then i had trouble firing it up again....

but those times are few and far from eachother... i don't think violence is necessary just yet :lol:

 

[luki1997a]

Sometimes Orbiter closes improperly. You may think that it's not running but it is. Sometimes it "eats" even ~700 MB of RAM! I've made this app for easier terminating(killing) orbiter process(not by ctrl alt del, it makes me angry) You just double-click on app and done.

Rtyh-12 if You have a white screen then just press ctrl+alt+del:shifty: or try pressing ALT+TAB

I think I can make an app which runs in background and you just need to press a key to kill it, but now I'm developing add-on installer.

 

[jedidia]

I only ever had this message when I still had the launchpad open somewhere... But if it happens for some people, I guess the app makes sense. I could use such a thing to kill Firefox :lol:

 

[Sky Captain]

It sometimes happen to mee too when exiting Orbiter it does not close properly and I have to open Task Manager to close it manually.:compbash:

 

[Wishbone]

It is actually pointless to require .NET 4.0 to accomplish something that needs ONLY Windows API. FYI, I use FAR to manage my processes and services (cygwin is an option, too).

 

[luki1997a]

It is actually pointless to require .NET 4.0 to accomplish something that needs ONLY Windows API. FYI, I use FAR to manage my processes and services (cygwin is an option, too).

Yes, but I can't make non-net framework apps.

 

[PeterRoss]

I'm not hesistating to use TaskManager when I need to kill good ol' Orbiter.

Rtyh-12 if You have a white screen then just press ctrl+alt+del or try pressing ALT+TAB

There are some rare cases of white screen which can be cured by reset button only.

 

[MK3424]

Rtyh-12 if You have a white screen then just press ctrl+alt+del:shifty: or try pressing ALT+TAB

Or pressing ctrl+ESC
Or mine way: minimalized taskmanager icon in tray, just open and shutdown Orbiter process.

 

[Grover]

or do it the ol' fashioned way with a big hammer

 

[Keatah]

Task manager should get us out of any CTD scenario. If it doesn't for some reason then a reboot would be the best choice.

 

[garyw]

I've killed orbiter after running current scenario and having something go wrong but not wanting to recreate the scenario because, of course, current scenario will get over written if I save.

So, I just use PSKILL

And PSKILL has the advantage of being usable in more situations than this tool.

 

[Ghostrider]

or do it the ol' fashioned way with a big hammer

Tsk tsk. There's only one civilized way to kill a program.

 

[RisingFury]

Hmmm, this will come useful when used with the Orbiter Console another member wrote. There's a bug in that code that makes Orbiter crash every time you close it and the orbiter process keeps running for a while - really annoying when you're trying to compile a DLL or run another test...

 

[hamid]

how should I make a new thread?!

Hi, I'm new here
How should I make a thread?