We’ve seen so many people upset because Task Manager doesn’t work anymore that we can’t really see the reason why Microsoft still doesn’t provide a fix for what seems to be a very common issue.

But in case Task Manager has let you down and you’re now looking for something just as simple as this Windows utility, you should definitely give Kill Process a look.

Truth is, it’s not integrated into Windows, so you can’t simply right click on the Taskbar to run it, but you won’t really need more than a double click on the executable file to do this thing.

Kill Process is a very light application, and when we say light we really mean it. It comes as a 28 Kb package, which means it can be downloaded in a second and you won’t even have to install it.

The application has a very, very simple interface, similar to the one of Task Manager, with all running processes listed in the main window along with some information and the full path.

Killing one is a kid’s job because the whole thing comes down to selecting the desired process and hit the Terminate button.

Unfortunately, Kill Process is a pretty limited application and doesn’t come with too many features. For instance, it would be great to be able to right click a process and kill it straight from the list, not to mention that beginners might need a help file to be sure they’re not doing something wrong.

All in all, Kill Process is a handy tool if you have problems with Task Manager, but this is clearly the beginning so there’s still a lot of work to do on this project.