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How to actually exit an application? Brcobrem 01-30-2006
Posted by Brcobrem on January 30, 2006, 8:49 pm
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 Hi,

Just one more post please. . .

In Windows Mobile v5.0, is there a way to actually shutdown an application
without having to go to the Task Manager and shut it down there? I have found
that pressing the red "phone" button takes my back to the desktop, but the
application is still running per Task Manager's listings.

Maybe I'm missing a design point here, but in my thinking (an without a mini
SD card yet), seems to me that leaving all these applications running is
consuming CPU processing horsepower, available ram, and possibly battery
reserve.

Thank you all again for considering this post.

Regards,
Brcobrem

Posted by Sven on January 31, 2006, 1:48 am
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 No, there isn't. That's true of both PPC and Smartphone, and has been
throughout the PPC/WM OSs. The concept/theory is that the OS should
intelligently handle the memory and shut down unused programs as memory is
needed. I have experimented with this and actually have had it shut down
things. There are many task switchers available for the PPC, probably
because the ability to shut down programs is difficult to access, buried
down in a control panel. On a Smartphone the task manager is typically just
another app that can be assigned a hot key, or placed on the Home Screen
with some customization programs. I don't think there is going to be any
quicker way, as there is no X button for programmers to re-assign to really
close, and no keyboard generally for you to hit control-Q.

--
Sven
MVP - Mobile Devices
> Hi,
>
> Just one more post please. . .
>
> In Windows Mobile v5.0, is there a way to actually shutdown an application
> without having to go to the Task Manager and shut it down there? I have
> found
> that pressing the red "phone" button takes my back to the desktop, but the
> application is still running per Task Manager's listings.
>
> Maybe I'm missing a design point here, but in my thinking (an without a
> mini
> SD card yet), seems to me that leaving all these applications running is
> consuming CPU processing horsepower, available ram, and possibly battery
> reserve.
>
> Thank you all again for considering this post.
>
> Regards,
> Brcobrem



Posted by Brcobrem on February 1, 2006, 10:29 am
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Thanks Sven. Guess I'll just have to get used to this behavior. If the auto
memory management works, then that is fine I suppose.

Regards,
Brcobrem

"Sven" wrote:

> No, there isn't. That's true of both PPC and Smartphone, and has been
> throughout the PPC/WM OSs. The concept/theory is that the OS should
> intelligently handle the memory and shut down unused programs as memory is
> needed. I have experimented with this and actually have had it shut down
> things. There are many task switchers available for the PPC, probably
> because the ability to shut down programs is difficult to access, buried
> down in a control panel. On a Smartphone the task manager is typically just
> another app that can be assigned a hot key, or placed on the Home Screen
> with some customization programs. I don't think there is going to be any
> quicker way, as there is no X button for programmers to re-assign to really
> close, and no keyboard generally for you to hit control-Q.
>
> --
> Sven
> MVP - Mobile Devices
> > Hi,
> >
> > Just one more post please. . .
> >
> > In Windows Mobile v5.0, is there a way to actually shutdown an application
> > without having to go to the Task Manager and shut it down there? I have
> > found
> > that pressing the red "phone" button takes my back to the desktop, but the
> > application is still running per Task Manager's listings.
> >
> > Maybe I'm missing a design point here, but in my thinking (an without a
> > mini
> > SD card yet), seems to me that leaving all these applications running is
> > consuming CPU processing horsepower, available ram, and possibly battery
> > reserve.
> >
> > Thank you all again for considering this post.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Brcobrem
>
>
>

Posted by Bill S. on February 1, 2006, 11:48 am
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You might also want to try QuickClose for Smartphone, free download from
here:

http://www.surrealservices.dsl.pipex.com/SpeedDial.html

It works under WM 2003 SE anyway.

/Bill

> Thanks Sven. Guess I'll just have to get used to this behavior. If the
> auto
> memory management works, then that is fine I suppose.
>
> Regards,
> Brcobrem
>
> "Sven" wrote:
>
>> No, there isn't. That's true of both PPC and Smartphone, and has been
>> throughout the PPC/WM OSs. The concept/theory is that the OS should
>> intelligently handle the memory and shut down unused programs as memory
>> is
>> needed. I have experimented with this and actually have had it shut down
>> things. There are many task switchers available for the PPC, probably
>> because the ability to shut down programs is difficult to access, buried
>> down in a control panel. On a Smartphone the task manager is typically
>> just
>> another app that can be assigned a hot key, or placed on the Home Screen
>> with some customization programs. I don't think there is going to be any
>> quicker way, as there is no X button for programmers to re-assign to
>> really
>> close, and no keyboard generally for you to hit control-Q.
>>
>> --
>> Sven
>> MVP - Mobile Devices
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Just one more post please. . .
>> >
>> > In Windows Mobile v5.0, is there a way to actually shutdown an
>> > application
>> > without having to go to the Task Manager and shut it down there? I have
>> > found
>> > that pressing the red "phone" button takes my back to the desktop, but
>> > the
>> > application is still running per Task Manager's listings.
>> >
>> > Maybe I'm missing a design point here, but in my thinking (an without a
>> > mini
>> > SD card yet), seems to me that leaving all these applications running
>> > is
>> > consuming CPU processing horsepower, available ram, and possibly
>> > battery
>> > reserve.
>> >
>> > Thank you all again for considering this post.
>> >
>> > Regards,
>> > Brcobrem
>>
>>
>>



Posted by Brcobrem on February 21, 2006, 5:35 pm
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Hi Bill,

Thank you for the referral to QuickClose. Unfortunately, the program appears
to run, bringing up the little QuickClose info screen, then retuning to the
Desktop, but if I then open up Task Manager, the running programs are still
listed.

Perhaps there is a compatabiity issue with Windows Mobile v5.

Regards,
Bret

"Bill S." wrote:

> You might also want to try QuickClose for Smartphone, free download from
> here:
>
> http://www.surrealservices.dsl.pipex.com/SpeedDial.html
>
> It works under WM 2003 SE anyway.
>
> /Bill
>
> > Thanks Sven. Guess I'll just have to get used to this behavior. If the
> > auto
> > memory management works, then that is fine I suppose.
> >
> > Regards,
> > Brcobrem
> >
> > "Sven" wrote:
> >
> >> No, there isn't. That's true of both PPC and Smartphone, and has been
> >> throughout the PPC/WM OSs. The concept/theory is that the OS should
> >> intelligently handle the memory and shut down unused programs as memory
> >> is
> >> needed. I have experimented with this and actually have had it shut down
> >> things. There are many task switchers available for the PPC, probably
> >> because the ability to shut down programs is difficult to access, buried
> >> down in a control panel. On a Smartphone the task manager is typically
> >> just
> >> another app that can be assigned a hot key, or placed on the Home Screen
> >> with some customization programs. I don't think there is going to be any
> >> quicker way, as there is no X button for programmers to re-assign to
> >> really
> >> close, and no keyboard generally for you to hit control-Q.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Sven
> >> MVP - Mobile Devices
> >> > Hi,
> >> >
> >> > Just one more post please. . .
> >> >
> >> > In Windows Mobile v5.0, is there a way to actually shutdown an
> >> > application
> >> > without having to go to the Task Manager and shut it down there? I have
> >> > found
> >> > that pressing the red "phone" button takes my back to the desktop, but
> >> > the
> >> > application is still running per Task Manager's listings.
> >> >
> >> > Maybe I'm missing a design point here, but in my thinking (an without a
> >> > mini
> >> > SD card yet), seems to me that leaving all these applications running
> >> > is
> >> > consuming CPU processing horsepower, available ram, and possibly
> >> > battery
> >> > reserve.
> >> >
> >> > Thank you all again for considering this post.
> >> >
> >> > Regards,
> >> > Brcobrem
> >>
> >>
> >>
>
>
>

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