QuickKill

When a game or application freezes, it is often impossible to even open Task Manager, which can lead you to have to restart your PC. An easy way to kill the foreground process would solve this issue, but you need to turn to a third-party utility.

QuickKill is a lightweight, open-source program that runs in the system tray and enables you to kill the process of the active window with a simple key combination. It can prove useful, but it does not allow you to change the default hotkey.

If nothing else, this utility is very straightforward. Once it is running, you can use the Ctrl+Alt+Home key combination to instantly kill the process of any window that is in the foreground.

This program is great for users who want to waste as little time as possible when closing something, as long as you are certain that no data will be lost if you use this method. Of course, it can also help you deal with frozen games or applications that cannot be shut down otherwise.

QuickKill requires no installation, and it can be run from any location on your PC. Once launched, it will be minimized to the system tray, so it is very unobtrusive.

However, it has to be noted that it is not possible to use a different hotkey for killing processes. If, for some reason, the default key combination does not work for you, there are no alternatives.

In short, QuickKill is a basic utility that does the job, but it would be great if users had the option of customizing the default hotkey. Of course, you should use it with caution, as it is very easy to shut down an important process by accident and lose valuable data.