As a general rule, there are many applications that we use on our Windows 10 computer . Thanks to these we get the most out of the operating system, but we must also know how to manage them in the best way.
Also keep in mind that, in addition to their functionality, these programs that we download, install and use in Windows , consume computer resources. In fact, many times they are running in the background without actually needing to, which is unnecessary. But it is also true that it may be the case that we are not able to close them, or that they “refuse” to respond to the request for closure.
Applications sometimes consume resources unnecessarily
This is something that becomes especially serious if we have old equipment or with somewhat limited resources. Therefore, in the event that a software component is no longer needed, is not working or has stopped responding, we have to force it to close in Windows . Keep in mind that there are times when Windows 10 itself offers to close it by itself.
This is something that shows us through a message that will tell us that the application does not respond. In some cases the operating system will be able to restart that application, but in most cases, it will only close it. With everything and with it and despite all this, it can also be the obligatory case that we need to force its closure ourselves. It is precisely for all this that we are going to show you some things that we can try to force the closure of an application , as we mentioned.
Of course, before forcing the exit of an application in Windows 10, it is recommended to wait a reasonable time to see if it responds on its own. This time will vary depending on the type of program with which we are dealing. If you are busy in a job that requires a lot of resources, such as working with video elements, we should wait a few minutes. In this way and with this wait, what we avoid is losing the work that is being carried out and that has not been saved.
Force closing applications in Windows 10
In this case, the first thing we can do when forcing the closing of apps is to click the close button in the window of the app. If it responds and offers to save the job, we should cancel the close operation. This is because the program seems to be blocked, but in reality it is not.
And it is that if it were, clicking on the close button will force the appearance of the Windows 10 dialog box to force the closing of the software as such. But if this doesn’t work, or the app doesn’t respond to the point that we can’t interact with its interface elements, we have other solutions. We can also right-click on its icon in the taskbar and click Close.
Another method that is also quite effective for all this, is to use the Alt + F4 key combination. This is the keyboard shortcut that closes the applications, so it may be worth trying this method if the rest fails.
Make use of Task Manager or Command Prompt
However, if these previous methods fail, we will always have the possibility to use the Task Manager . Here we will have to find the application that we want to close in the Processes tab. We select it and click the End task button at the bottom right of the main window.
Changing the third, we can also force the closing of the applications using a specific command. To do this we first open the command prompt and run the following command:
taskkill / im papp.exe
To give us a more exact idea of the operation of this that we have shown you now, to close Windows Notepad , the syntax would be:
taskkill / im notepad.exe
As you can imagine, this can be extrapolated to any other program that you want to force close.
