2 Ways to Close a Program that is Not Responding

In Windows®, every once in a while a program might freeze up on you. There are two ways you can close a program that is not responding. Next time a program freezes up on you, try one (or both) of the following methods:



Option 1 (May take longer for the program to close, if at all.)

1. Push Ctrl-Alt-Del.


2. You should a list of programs that are running.


3. Highlight the stalled program in the list.


4. Click "End Task".

Option 2 (For programs that just won't close.)

1. Push Ctrl-Alt-Del.


2. You should see the program in the list.


3. Don't click the "End Task" button.


4. Instead, right-click on the name of the program you want to close.


5. Then click "Go To Process".


6. Now you should see a list of more "processes" that are running on your computer.


7. Your program should be highlighted at this point.


8. Click "End Process".

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