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;ProcToggle.ahk-

;This is a (very simple) script I wrote to toggle
;whether or not a process is running with one
;button.  I needed a way to free RAM and
;increase visible screen size for my eeePC
;by killing explorer before i run specific
;apps/games, and then be able to switch
;it back on afterward.  This can be applied to
;any process.
;Hope someone will find this useful.




theProc := "explorer"
;The name of the process to be toggled on-off by the following hotkey script.


procExist(ProcName)
{
     DetectHiddenWindows, On
     Process, Exist, %ProcName%.exe
     Return %ErrorLevel%
}
;This function determines whether or not a process is currently running.


F9::
;Hot Key.

if procExist(theProc) <> 0
{
     Process, Close, %theProc%.exe
}
     Else
{
     Run %theProc%
}
;Kill the process if it is running, and start it if it isn't.