# Freeware to Close Program on Countdown Timer

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**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [July 4, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-to-close-program-on-countdown-timer/662605 "2013-07-04T01:44:36Z")\
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**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2013, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-to-close-program-on-countdown-timer/662605/1 "2013-07-04T01:44:36Z")

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Hi. I am looking for freeware that will close or kill any .exe or process based on a countdown timer that I can set and watch.

I am not interested in Windows Task Scheduler.

I am on Windows 7 if that matters.

Thanks if you can give me a helpful link.

Sorry if this in the wrong forum.

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**Author:** ![ftg](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ftg/32/2801_2.png) [@ftg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ftg)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 9:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-to-close-program-on-countdown-timer/662605/2 "2013-07-05T21:52:28Z")

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There is the taskkill command that can be fed a program name to kill it. Although I prefer Sysinternals [PSKill](http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/sysinternals/bb896683). There are several methods to set up a timed wait. Some of the more basic (kludgier?) ones are [here](http://www.robvanderwoude.com/wait.php).

Don’t know about the “and watch” part. Using ping with a suitable interval with a suitable number of total pings set can give you a visual.

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**Author:** ![by-tor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/by-tor/32/266_2.png) [@by-tor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/by-tor)\
**Post date:** [July 5, 2013, 10:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/freeware-to-close-program-on-countdown-timer/662605/3 "2013-07-05T22:49:02Z")

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Thanks but I was hoping for something that isn’t using command line. It seems like such a basic idea, that I would have thought someone would have made it by now (with a proper GUI).