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Freeze rescue that never kills - detects hung Windows apps, finds blockers, preserves evidence.
$ winget install --id Mstrx.NoKill --exact --version 0.1.0Run in Command Prompt, PowerShell, or Windows Terminal. Prompts for any agreements.
NoKill uses MSI (WiX). The silent install switches are /quiet /norestart.
msiexec.exe /i NoKill-0.1.0-win-x64.msi /quiet /norestart
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NoKill is a rescue tool for Windows applications that freeze or go "Not
Responding", built on the principle that killing the process is the last
resort. It detects hung apps with conservative multi-signal scoring,
reveals hidden modal dialogs that block apps, diagnoses freezes with Wait
Chain Traversal (including deadlock detection), and preserves rescue
evidence - reports, screenshots, wait chains, minidumps, and app recovery
artifacts - into a local Recovery Vault before anything touches the
process. A background watchdog with a tray guardian mode preserves
evidence automatically the moment an app is confirmed frozen, and a local
freeze history tracks which apps freeze the most. Local-first: no
telemetry; the only outbound call is the optional update check.
| Architecture | Type | Scope | Install | Download |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| x64 | MSI WiX | machine | Direct |
Copy a command tailored to that specific architecture, type, and scope - useful when winget would otherwise pick a different default.
No known CVEs for NoKill.
Coverage is best-effort and depends on a winget package mapping to an NVD CPE entry. Absence here is not a guarantee of safety.
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