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Ask HN: Stop Repeated App Opening
Double-clicking Chrome opens a new Windows process. The homestay family kids I live with won't wait for Chrome to open after one double-click, but keep on clicking until it comes up. There's 15 processes in the taskbar now, all saying "New Tab" except the frontmost. These background processes waste RAM and clutter the taskbar. Other apps (e.g. Worms Armageddon) show a loading screen, so this isn't a problem.
Is there a tool for Windows (7 and/or XP) to stop repeated app opening? Could this be implemented as a browser extension, or should it be a background process monitor?
If it doesn't already exist, I could build it, but I'd like to know if other people have this problem, and how best to tell people about a solution.
- numpad0 6y agoDuplicate tabs closer addon if it’s just Chrome or Firefox?
- peterburkimsher 6y agoThanks for the suggestion; I tried but it doesn't work for new processes. I found a solution using a batch file, launchChrome.bat: :init tasklist /FI "IMAGENAME eq chrome.exe" 2>NUL | find /I /N "chrome.exe">NUL if "%ERRORLEVEL%"=="0" exit /b else START C:\"Documents and Settings"\Karen\"Local Settings"\"Application Data"\Google\Chrome\Application\chrome.exe I then made a shortcut to launchChrome.bat, renamed it "Google Chrome", put it on the desktop, changed the icon, and set it to "Minimised" on launch.
- naniwaduni 6y agoOut-of-the-box thought: wouldn't it be easier to artificially introduce a 5-second delay before their games (presumably even more memory-heavy than a browser with one empty tab) start until they realize that spam-clicking makes things worse?