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technology and computing shareware and freewareHow do I end a task in Windows 8?
Terminating an app in Windows 8.1
- Press Ctrl+Alt+Del on your keyboard to bring uptheWindows logon screen.
- Select Task Manager.
- Under the Processes tab, locate the app you'd liketoclose.
- Right-click the app and select End Task fromthedrop-down menu that appears.
Considering this, how do you end a task in Windows?
Hold down the CTRL and ALT keys, and while holdingthemdown, tap the DEL key once. Select Task Manager.Selectprograms listed in the applications tab to close. Click"EndTask".
- Press Ctrl+Alt+Del.
- Click Start Task Manager.
- Click the Processes tab.
- Look at the Description column and select a process thatyouknow (for example, select Windows Task Manager).
- Click the End Process button. You are asked toconfirmthis.
- Click End Process again. The process ends.
Furthermore, how do I kill a Windows process from the command line?
Kill a process using Taskkill
- Open the command prompt as the current user orasAdministrator.
- Type tasklist to see the list of running processes andtheirPIDs.
- To kill a process by its PID, type the command: taskkill /F/PIDpid_number.
- To kill a process by its name, type the command taskkill/IM"process name" /F.
Since you do not have access to the Taskbar, you willhaveto follow these suggestions to kill thefrozenapplication.
- 1] First click on the frozen application you want to closeandthen press the Alt+F4 keys together and leave them aftertheapplication closes.
- 2] Press Ctrl+Shift+Esc to launch the Task Manager.