Creating a new task

Step-by-step: Creating a new task

Step 1:
In the main form under menu heading Task choose option New. (At this point in time you may be prompted to enter the password.)

    Step 2:
    Form entitled Creating a New Task now appears. Choose one of the following options and click on Next:
    Shut down the computer - (Jump to step 4)
    Terminate an application - (Continue with the next step)

    Step 3:
    Choosing the application Addict should terminate.
    Suppose you want to use Addict to terminate Windows Solitaire ®^*:
    If Solitaire is not already running, start it the way you usually do, then repeat step 2.
    Without closing Solitaire, switch to Addict.

The easiest way to do this is by holding Alt and pressing Tab until Addict is selected like in the picture at left.

Click on the New tab in Addict.
It will either contain a list of all programs running in the system, or just an empty textbox.

	The name of the application you wish to terminate is "Solitaire" (without the quotation marks). It corresponds to the text in its title bar.
	Enter that name in the textbox or select it from the list, and click Next. (Button Next will not be available until you have provided a valid name.) If your application does not have a title bar, you may have to select its name from the list. To toggle between list and textbox mode, alter Addict's options.

The next time you wish to terminate Solitaire, you can click on the Recent tab. It contains a list of all the applications Addict has previously terminated.

    Step 4:
    Let's say it's now 4pm and you want the computer off by 5:30pm (or you would like not to play Solitaire past that time, if that is what you chose in step 3).
    You enter 1 hour and 30 minutes in the first set of textboxes. Addict will now turn off the computer (or terminate Solitaire) at 5:30pm.
    Of course, after this happens at 5:30pm you will be able to turn the computer (or Solitaire) right back on.
   If you would instead like to ensure that the computer (Solitaire) will not be used from 5:30pm until, for example, 9:30pm, put a checkmark and enter 4 hours and 0 minutes in the second set of textboxes.
    Lastly, choose who can delete (cancel) this task. You can learn more about the meaning of this "override" property in the description of a task.

Press Finish and you have created the task. It will show up in the list on the main form.