Lazar Freezer : Freeze target programs so they no longer use any CPU and RAM, with options to also target child processes by simply pressing assigned hotkeys
Needless to say that every running application uses proportions of CPU and RAM, but you might not want to close specific ones to save resources. On the bright side of things, developers came up with specialized tools to attempt to bypass these situations, and Lazar Freezer is a more than suitable example in this regard.
Commands easily triggered via hotkeys
One of the application’s main advantages is the lack of a setup process, making it suitable to be carried around on a thumb drive in case you want or need to use it on other computers. Registry entries are not altered during runtime, so it’s safe to say that the PC’s health status remains intact.The window which shows up is pretty intuitive, and displays intuitive description tags to help you easily understand the whole process. What’s more, major commands are triggered via hotkeys, which means the main window doesn’t need to be on the desktop to make things work. However, unfreezing programs is done through the program window.
Frozen apps don’t use any CPU
What the application does is actually freeze the window in focus, making it unusable until unfrozen. A good idea is to enable the option to hide frozen windows, or you risk ending up with the desktop taken up by an unusable window. Additionally, you can choose to have all child processes frozen too.When not in direct need, the application window can be minimized to the tray area, and easily brought back up through hotkeys. Although freezing a program prevents it from using any CPU, RAM is still left occupied, even though it remains at a fixed value.
To end with
Bottom line is that Lazar Freezer wants to help you efficiently manage computer resources. Although it does manage to freeze RAM and prevent any CPU consumption, it can be a little difficult to manage frozen programs. Luckily, there is an option to hide targeted programs.
Lazar Freezer runs on
Windows 10/11
and is available under the
GNU Public License
license
— the installer is 18 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
System.
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