Shutter

Shutter is a powerful and flexible multipurpose task-launcher.

Despite its name, its use is not limited to shutting down a program or the PC: Shutter can wait for one or more events and then execute a lot of diverse actions, such as-

• Launch specified application(s)
• Close specified application window(s)
• Kill specified application(s) even if they are running in system tray.
• Play a custom sound
• Display a message on screen
• Disconnect the dial-up modem
• Log out from Windows account,
• Lock the desktop or start a screensaver.
• Shut down the PC, reboot, hibernate, sleep, etc.

Apart from a user-friendly and easy-to-use interface, Shutter also offers the following options:

• You can create links on Desktop, to execute any of the supported actions directly from the desktop.
• You can use Shutter's Web Interface to remotely execute any action.

You can also remotely see the run-time information about the computer: Logged In User, Up Time, List of Processes, Screenshot of a Desktop, plus Command Line Execution.

Topics

• Introduction
• Step-by-step
  • Events
  • Interrelationship between Events
  • Actions
• Program options
• Run as service
• Running remotely (Web interface)
• Typical uses