If you need to force close a frozen or buggy app in Windows 10, you can finish a task easily using Windows built-in Task Manager utility. Here's how to do it.
First, open Task Manager. To do it, right-click on the taskbar and select “Task Manager” in the pop-up menu. Alternatively, you can press Ctrl + Shift + Escape to open it, o press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and choose “Task Manager” on the screen that appears.
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If the Task Manager opens in simple mode and you see the name of the task you want to finish in the list, just select the application name from the list and click the button “Finish homework”.
Warning: If you finish a task without saving your work first, could lose data. It is better to close the application regularly, if it is feasible.
The task will finish. If the task is not in the list in simple mode or if you first want to delve into what is happening, Click the button “More details”.
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After expanding Task Manager to show more details, you will see a list of processes (programs running on your computer) with information on how much CPU, memory, disk activity and network bandwidth are using.
In the list of processes, select the task you want to force quit, then click the button “Finish homework” in the lower right corner of the window.
Warning: You could lose unsaved work in an application if you finish the task without saving your work. At the same time, you can use this window to finish important operating system tasks. If it does, Windows may behave unusual until you restart it.
Thereafter, the program will close. If you often complete the task of a particular problematic application, consider updating the application or Windows itself, which could fix an underlying bug that is causing the problem. Good luck!
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