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On Android Titanium Backup can 'Freeze' an app. Is there something similar for Windows?
Let me clarify: I would like a registry hack that would disable the application from starting up automatically along with any other services it might start. Hopefully, it will then be as simple as running disableAppName.reg and enableAppName.reg; I know, I can do it by disabling the services from Services.msc and also disable the startup using Autoruns.
Is there a place in the registry where all the information on the application is saved? Can this information be used to create this hack?
"TuneUp Utilities" seems to do this, but it is a commercial utility. <--------->
I was looking to disable Bluestacks without uninstalling it. Merely removing it from the startup list will not stop the related services from starting up. I would like to keep the program, but stop it from using any resources (other than disk space). Is there an easy way to do this?
Also, I would like to enable/unfreeze the program and start it up when I need to use it, (easily, of course).
Can this be done via the registry?
Seems like dupe of http://superuser.com/questions/215363/is-there-a-way-to-hibernate-windows-applications-separately
– Sathyajith Bhat – 2014-08-11T06:46:26.207Not familiar with the program but, in general, if you go to the service(s) (
task manager->services tab->services button
) and set it tomanual
then the service(s) should not start again until you tell it to (or set it back to auto mode). Some apps will restart the service like this when you don't want them to. In this case set it todisabled
instead. This is generally obeyed. If you'd like information on creating a shortcut to do this easily anytime for these services in a single click then let me know and I'll get that for you to. – krowe – 2014-08-11T07:12:27.583@Sathya Thanks, that link is very interesting and I would like to do that too, but my requirement is much simpler. – xs400 – 2014-08-12T08:48:48.187
@Krowe Thanks. That helped. I chose Bluestacks because it consumes a lot of resources (memory, cpu) even when I'm not using it. It starts up a bunch of services. – xs400 – 2014-08-12T08:51:48.560
Hi @xs400 -- Do you mind, please, selecting an answer, for the benefit of those of us who worked to provide for you a suitable solution? Thanks! – David Michael Gregg – 2014-09-22T02:43:34.110
@ My Pet Ocean - Sorry, didn't know I had to choose an answer. I came back to see if there were any new ideas. Was hoping someone would suggest an easy registry hack to do what I wanted. – xs400 – 2015-06-18T09:18:37.027