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Tech-Recipes: Windows: How to Quit or Exit a Frozen, Locked-Up, Nonresponding Program | Windows | Tech-Recipes

  • Anonymous · 4 years ago
    I only wish this worked all the time. Lots of the time it just hangs there and nothing you can do will shut it down. I think we got this with the new stability of XP. Older Windows would close anything even if it caused system problems.
  • Anonymous · 4 years ago
    seeing how this is meant to help those with little knowledge of a computer... id mention that Ctrl, Alt, Esc is the better combination (wont make your computer restart)..... I dont know how many ppl i see who are too impatient sit there and just pound Ctrl, Alt, Delete and then wonder why their computer is restarting.
  • davak · 4 years ago
    Odd...

    ctlrl-alt-esc does nothing on my system.

    By the way, welcome to tech-recipes!
  • AMCDeathKnight · 3 years ago
    Ctrl-Alt-Esc opened up Winamp for me lol.


    Anyone know of a force quit tool for Windows?
  • hibrad2003 · 3 years ago
    Ctrl+Alt+Del is the same as Ctrl+Shift+Esc, NOT Ctrl+Alt+Esc juss thought Id share :-D
  • Anonymous · 3 years ago
    Here's how to close non-respondent apps. at shutdown time.


    1. Launch RegEdit (select Start > Run, type regedit and click OK) and browse to HKEY_USERS.DEFAULTControl PanelDesktop

    2. Find the string called AutoEndTasks. Right-click it, select Modify from the pop-up menu, and change the data value from 0 to 1. (If you can't find this string, create it by selecting Edit > New > String Value and set the data value to 1.)

    3. Close RegEdit and reboot.
  • Patricia · 9 months ago
    thank u so much i will use this forever. it helped soooo much
  • Billy · 5 months ago
    You just saved my life!!!!!!!!!!!!