Dos window pops up and closes

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The parameter /F means force close and /FI means filter where the name equals Avira.Spotlight*. When you double click on your new program it will use the Windows command 'task kill' to end any processes that start with 'Avira.Spotlight'. Taskkill /F /FI 'IMAGENAME eq Avira.Spotlight*' Paste in the following command and save the file. Right click on the file and click 'Edit' and it should open in notepad. If you've renamed it successfully then the icon will change to a picture of two gears. If you don't see the file extensions then you'll have to turn them on.

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To make the script create a text file on your desktop and rename it 'Kill Spotlight.bat'. She was so ecstatic the first time she used it that I begin to reconsider the mental toll that this has had on her. Since the task manager is difficult for her to use and I'm not always available to help her I created a script that will close all the Avira Spotlight processes when she double clicks on it. It covers her writing and is endlessly distressing. We've also been suffering this problem for about two months now on multiple computers and I've learned that my mom works with this in the corner of her screen every day.