Manually closing apps that run in the background is quite inconvenient. There are many applications that can run in the background, as well as different features and functions of the operating system, such as Windows Defender. Furthermore, in this process we can close inappropriate processes that must necessarily be running in the background.
Thanks to the tool that we are going to present to you, all useless applications will be suspended. By useless applications (and functions/features) we mean those that consume resources unnecessarily. Let’s see the benefits of FreezeToStock and how to use this interesting tool.
Features and operation of FreezeToStock
Surely you have different game stores installed on your computer, it is normal to have Steam, Epic Games Store, EA Play Store and other stores. Additionally, you probably have other applications running for different reasons, such as the browser. “Turning off” these applications one by one in the Windows Task Manager is quite tedious.
To avoid this manual process that can take a while, we have the FreezeToStock application. This program is based on the Windows 10 Debloater script from Sycnex, but adds other elements. Basically, what it does is make Windows work as if we had just done a clean installation.
What this program does is “take advantage” of a function available from Windows Vista called “suspension of processes«. This feature is defined by Microsoft as:
Lay off [un] process on the local or remote system, which is desirable in cases where one process consumes a resource (for example, network, CPU, or disk) that you want to allow different processes to use. Instead of ending the process that is consuming the resource, suspending allows you to let it continue running at some later time.
Simply put, what it does is set the “Hibernate” power option to a specific program instead of using it for the entire system. On the positive side, suspension reduces the load on the processor. Unfortunately, this feature does not eliminate RAM consumption, but it will pause it.
Next to each process, in this mode, a kind of green tree or leaf will appear. We will see that the process maintains the amount of RAM used, but does not generate load on the processor.
This tool is effective with applications and almost all Windows processes. Interestingly, Microsoft has a little-known tool called PsSuspend, but it requires a manual suspension. FreezeToStock also has the ability to stop services. Microsoft also has its own tool called PsService, but you must also stop these services manually and one by one.
You have to know that these “Suspended” processes will not respond in any way. They become impossible to maximize, minimize, resize, enter text, or any other action until they resume. It remains, therefore, in a frozen state at the precise moment it was “Suspended.”
We will be able to interact with it again when we close the program or remove the suspension from it. This is why Microsoft and other developers do not usually enable this option. A user without this knowledge may mistakenly assume that the system has some type of problem.