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Making programs close after a certain amount of time

Hi, is there anyway of making programs (specifically internet explorer but other as well) close automatically after a certain amount of time (IE. 1 hour)
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Have a look at here for one solution.
And here's another, page down to the last two responses. You'll apparently have to write some code to do what you want.


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unfortunately link off the first one denied me access to the programs and the second one made no sense to my i didn't know the language of the module
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Couldn't find an answer consisting of a ready made procedure; this MS page illustrates what's involved. Not for non-programmers.

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maybe this but it looks like it is to schedule startups

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Many shutdown program options here
But most seem to be to shut down your computer

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