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2,048* 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 (in C):

int main() { }

Surprisingly, this is version 0.5 of this very application.  I've made 4 previous versions, last time in C++, currently in C, other versions considered lost. 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 — Edit: NEVER MIND new version it is, thanks to this video by Nir Lichtman. If your system can't run 64bit applications, it just won't work. Sorry lol, maybe try compiling it for 32bit yourself, the src is available too.

* - it says 2,048 bytes but in hard drive space it's more like 4,096 due to Windows file system reasons.

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!