How to Force Close an Application on Windows?

Press Alt + F4 to close the active window

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager

Select the unresponsive application

Click End task

Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and choose Task Manager

Right-click the application on the taskbar and select Close window

Open Command Prompt as administrator

Run taskkill /f /im appname.exe

Open PowerShell as administrator

Run Stop-Process -Name appname -Force

Restart Windows if the application still will not close

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