End
A downloadable tool for Windows
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15,872 bytes of absolutely nothing!
"End" is a Windows application that doesn't do anything. If you open it, it will show nothing and then immediately close. Its icon is a 1px transparent image. Wanna know how small it is? Here's the entire source code (C++):
int main() { return 0; }
Surprisingly, this is version 0.4 of this very application. I've made 3 previous versions, no idea in which languages, since I lost the source code for all of them lol. However, they probably were similarly very small, and just as pointless.
The application itself was compiled for 64bit systems for future-proofing, as I don't wanna have to make a version 0.5 in the future. If your system can't run 64bit applications, it just won't work. Sorry lol.
Uses:
- At one point I used End as the system's "antivirus" so it would stop pestering me about installing one.
- When I haven't been able to disable them or remove them wholesale, I've replaced extremely nagging self-starting programs with End.
- I'm currently using End as a separator for the Windows taskbar, so I stop accidentally misclicking on programs, especially the ones that take minutes to actually open.
If you can make this application even smaller, please do let me know in the comments!
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Install instructions
How to Use:
Download end_0_4.zip, unzip it wherever you want, use it whichever way you want.
How to Compile:
Download end_0_4_src.zip, install MinGW whichever way you oughta do it, and run make.bat, or do whatever you want with the code lol.
Comments
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The taskbar trick is great. This turned out to be a useful program.
I'm as surprised as anyone else, really :P
How did you compile it so small on windows? de fak? TCC compiler?
As the source indicates, I used g++ (i.e. gcc).
weird, when i compile even a basic C program with gcc, it would be way bigger than your binary. did you use some executable program for this?
Whatever's on that make.bat file, that's what I did.
I can't enjoy the functionality of this application due to an error on windows 10: Windows can't access the specified device, path or file. You may not have the appropriate permissions to access the item.
Since the application is barely a thing, there's very little that could be wrong with it. However, if your system is not compatible with 64bit applications, that could explain the error. That's my only theory.
Mon système est 64bit mais l’erreur vient du système lui-même. Pour l’instant, l’application fonctionne parfaitement sur mon autre ordinateur.