Windows 10 How to Close a Frozen Program

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Sometimes a program will just not respond to any commands and will need to be forcibly shut down. There are a few different ways to do this, depending on the severity of the broken program, and your operating system.

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   Hold down Ctrl + Alt + Del . This combination of keys will open up a screen with four options: Lock, Switch User, Sign out, and Task Manager.

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   Click on Task Manager. Task Manager on Windows contains information about processes, programs, and services currently running on your system.

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   Switch to the Task Manager window. If after clicking the Task Manager link, you do not see any window pop up, it may be hidden behind the frozen program. Try pressing Alt + Tab ↹ to switch to the Task Manager window.

   • Solve this problem in the future by clicking on the Options tab in the upper left corner off the Task Manager window, then make sure Always on top is selected from the dropdown menu.

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   Find and click on the unresponsive program. The program will likely be under the Apps header. In the Status column, the unresponsive program will be marked by a Not responding tag.

5. 5

   Click End Task. Once a program is selected and highlighted, click the End Task button in the bottom right-hand corner of the Task Manager window. Click End Program from the pop-up dialog box when prompted.

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   Click the Processes tab. If ending the task from the Applications tab/list, you may have to end the actual process. If you are using Windows 8, you will have to click More Details from the bottom of the Task Manager window to reveal the Processes tab.

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   Find the process and click it. There will be a lot more in the Processes list than in the Applications list, since it also lists background processes. You may need to search a bit to find your process.

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   Click End Process. Once you have found and selected the correct process, click the End Process button from the bottom right of the Task Manager window.

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1. 1

   Open Command Prompt as administrator. Press ⊞ Win then type cmd. Right-click the Command Prompt icon and select Run as Administrator from the dropdown menu.

   • If prompted, select Yes from the pop-up dialog box.

2. 2

   Terminate the program. Type taskkill /im filename.exe into the Command prompt and press ↵ Enter . Replace 'filename' with whatever the title of the program is. For example, if you were trying to close iTunes, you would replace it with 'iTunes.exe'.

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1. 1

   Open Force Quit. Press Command + Option + Escape to open the Force Quit window. You will see a list of all active programs.

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   Force quit the program to close. Find the unresponsive program, select it, then click the Force Quit button in the bottom right of the window.

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  What should I do if my Mac is completely frozen?

  

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  At that point the only thing you can do is do what's called a hard shut down, which means that you hold the power button down for about five to 10 seconds, wait for the computer to shut down completely, and then restart it.

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  What if I can't select anything from the force quit menu?

  

  You're going to have to do one of two things. The first is trying Cmd + Q, or Cmd + Shift + Q. The other option is soft resetting your Mac by holding the power key for 6 seconds. After releasing, press it once to turn the computer back on.

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  How do I unfreeze my iPad from Pinterest?

  

  Click the home button twice, swipe Pinterest up and it will close.

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  How do I unfreeze my LG computer from an app?

  

  You can try pressing CTRL+ALT+DEL and selecting "Task manager" from the options, then selecting the frozen app from the list and pressing DEL. This will close that app.

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  What if I can't select anything from task manager?

  

  Try closing it. Press CTRL+SHIFT+ESC. Press Windows+R and type "taskmgr.exe" and hit enter.

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• If your Mac is completely unresponsive, do a hard shut down by holding down the power button for 5-10 seconds. Then, restart your computer.^[1]

• If none of the steps work, you may have to force restart your computer. While you do risk losing work, this may be your only option. Press and hold the Power button until your computer shuts off. Power it up again after a few minutes.

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