Geekers - Often we get confused with programs that can't be closed because our computer hangs or other indicators that trigger a program can't be closed. Actually there are various ways we can do to overcome this, one of which is to forcibly stop the program.
To do this, I will share three ways that may be familiar to your ears. Consider the following steps to forcibly turn off stubborn programs (don't want to close):
How to Forcibly Disable a Program
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* How to Forcibly Disable a Program
+ The first way: Through the task manager
+ The second way: Through windows powershell
+ The third way: Through the command prompt
The first way: Through the task manager
The first way that is often used by many Windows users is through the task manager.
1. To open the task manager, you can use the Ctrl + Shift + Esc keys on your keyboard. Another way to open this application, is simply to right-click on the taskbar and select task manager.
press Ctrl+Shift+Esc keys press Ctrl+Shift+Esc keys
2. Please look for the program or application that you want to forcibly turn off. Then right-click the application and select End task.
how to force the program to end by selecting End task how to force the program to end by selecting End task
The second way: Through windows powershell
Windows powershell is a command line interface or CLI that is used for programming commands. Another function of this application is to forcibly stop running applications.
1. First open Run by pressing the Windows key + R, then type powershell, then Enter.
type powershell type powershell
2. To find out what programs are currently running (running), please type get-process as shown in the following image.
type get-process type get-process
3. Type kill -processname [program-name], then press Enter. For example, here I want to kill the Opera program, so the command is as follows: kill -processname opera, then press Enter.
Type kill -processname [program-name] Type kill -processname [program-name]
4. Another command that can be used is stop-process [program-name], then press Enter.
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The third way: Through the command prompt
Command prompt is a windows program that is used as a DOS command interpreter. You can use this command prompt to forcibly stop running programs in the following way:
1. First open Run by pressing the Windows key + R, then type cmd to open the command prompt application, then Enter.
type cmd type cmd
2. In the cmd window, type tasklist to see what programs are running on your computer.
type tasklist type tasklist
3. Use the command taskkill /im [program-name]. For example, we are trying to turn off the sticky notes program, so the command used is taskkill /imstikynot.exe as shown in the image below. Reply that reads Success indicates that the program was successfully terminated.
type taskkill im [program-name] type taskkill im [program-name]
kill success kill success
4. Another command that you can use is taskkill /pid 5496, which kills the program according to the PID. For example, the PID of sticky notes is 5496.
type taskkill pid 5496 type taskkill pid 5496
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Those are the three ways to forcibly kill a program. Hopefully the methods that I have shared above solve your problem, especially regarding a stubborn program that doesn't want to close.
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