What you can do with Absurd Terminator
(version 2.9)

Absurd Terminator - fast Windows Shutdowner and Task Terminator. It helps you to make some "absurdly" long and routine Windows functions quicker and more convenient.

Main features:

• Shutdown/Restart/Log off Windows'95/98/ME/2000 with help of hot keys or by one click on system tray icon or from command line, (using: terminator.exe /shutdown /restart /logoff - for .bat-files or for schedulers and planers);
• Terminate any running program, task or process quicker and more comfortable than in the standard <Ctrl-Alt-Del> function of Windows, without confirmation;
• Terminate programs from command line, syntax: terminator.exe /kill [NameOfProgram], where NameOfProgram can be part of the program executable file string,
  for example, if you want to terminate Adobe Photoshop: terminator.exe /kill photo ("photo" is the part of "photoshp.exe" - Adobe Photoshop executable file).

Some additional functions:

• Run default screensaver by hot keys <Ctrl-Alt-F9> or by /screensaver   command line string;
• Open "Add/Remove program" dialog window from system tray icon menu for fast uninstallation of programs;
• Clear Documents History (menu "Start" -> "Documents") much faster from system tray or with key /EmptyDocs;
• Map/disconnect network disk;
• Eject/Close you CD-ROM with hot keys <Ctrl-Alt-F7> / <Ctrl-Alt-F8>.

What's new in version 2.9:

• Now program correctly work in Windows'95;
• Protection scheme improved;
• Minor bugs fixed.

How you can work with Terminator

How you can shutdown / restart / log off Windows

You have 4 methods! for doing all Absurd Terminator functions
(see screenshot):

1. Clicking on icon in system tray;
If you prefer to work with mouse, this method is the most suitable for you. Click right mouse button on Terminator icon in the right bottom corner of the screen (in system tray) and select the action from drop-up menu which you want. Just 2 clicks and you go out!

2. Pressing hot keys (the easiest and fastest method);
At any time you can just press combination of keys and do this action very quickly.
Hot keys:
<Ctrl-Alt-F10> - log off Windows
<Ctrl-Alt-F11> - restart Windows
<Ctrl-Alt-F12> - shutdown Windows
* in programs running in DOS-window, these hot keys don't work.

3. Using push button in main Absurd Terminator window;
If you have already opened Terminator's window (by pressing <Ctrl-Alt-End>) click an appropriate button in right side of the window.

4. Selecting item from submenu "Action" in main window.

How to terminate program.

If you need to close one or several running programs or "down" programs (in conditions of failure), you may do this with help of standard Windows's function "<Ctrl-Alt-Del>". But with our program you can do this quicker and without waiting for the responds of the program and thus save your time. Press <Ctrl-Alt-End> then select task or process and kill it by pressing <Enter> (with confirmation) or by pressing <Del> for one-moment kill (without confirmation).
Warning! Be careful with "Deleting"! You can "Delete" all your programs and system processes and your Windows may fall down!