How to suspend VMR9 Fullscreen Exclusive?

[McBainUK]

I'll give this a try with the batch file tips provided in earlier posts.

How did you get on with this? It looks like it may come in use when I hang PVRX2.

[Braklet]

Hi MBUK et al, I wanted to update the thread with my success.

1. I had problems getting tskill to work correctly under XP, so I Googled "pskill" and downloaded the SysInternals PSTools from Microsoft. Expanded the ZIP in a known location c:\Tools\Microsoft\pstools.

2. I created a new batch file gbpvrkill.bat. Contents are only one line:

"c:\Tools\Microsoft\pstools\pskill PVRX2.exe"

3. I couldn't figure out any way to add my batch file directly to the XP Start Menu, so I created a shortcut to the batch file and pinned that to the start menu instead.

4. In accord with the posted Microsoft link, I associated "ctrl-alt-k" with gbpvrkill.bat using the pinned shortcut start menu properties.

My only testing thus far has been configuring GB-PVR to open PVRX2 in a window, then verifying that ctrl-alt-k killed it as expected. It seems to work well, so hopefully this will do the trick next time PVRX2 hangs while running FSE.

Enjoy!

[Braklet]

Last night, PVRX2.exe froze up while watching ATSC broadcasts. Wouldn't respond to remote or keyboard commands at all.

I tried the old "ctrl-alt-k" trick, and it worked like a charm. I got my WinXP GUI session back and could successfully restart PVRX2 without incident.

Good news for anyone using Fullscreen Exclusive, IMO.

[stustunz]

task kill works everytime for me no more ctrl alt e i used to use
but you said you couldnt get task kill to work

[Braklet]

task kill works everytime for me no more ctrl alt e i used to use
but you said you couldnt get task kill to work

Do you mean "tskill?" It didn't work out of the box, but I didn't try very hard. I just downloaded pskill and that did work out of the box.

Just call me "Path Of Least Resistance" Braklet.

[stustunz]

i never downloaded anything extra
no i use taskkill
apparently more powerfull maybe thats why tskill wouldnt work in your case when it was frozen
they are different

heres a link where i got my info from http://commandwindows.com/taskkill.htm

here is the exact line i use
taskkill /F /IM "pvrx2.exe