How To Force Close On Windows?

Press Alt + F4 to close the active window

Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task Manager

Select the unresponsive app

Click End task

Press Ctrl + Alt + Delete and choose Task Manager

Right-click the taskbar and open Task Manager

Use Alt + Tab to switch to the frozen app before closing it

Open Command Prompt as administrator

Run taskkill /f /im appname.exe

Run taskkill /f /pid PID_NUMBER

Use Windows PowerShell as administrator

Run Stop-Process -Name “appname” -Force

Run Stop-Process -Id PID_NUMBER -Force

Restart Windows if the app cannot be closed normally

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