It can be frustrating when you have an application that won’t respond. But manually turning off your computer by hitting the power button can damage your computer. Instead of waiting for the application to respond, here’s how to force quit applications on a Windows 10 PC in three ways.
If you don’t select a window or application, this shortcut may cause your computer to shut down.
If this keyboard shortcut doesn’t work on your Windows 10 PC, or your laptop doesn’t have F (function) keys, you can use Task Manager instead.
For example, if you want to force quit Microsoft Word, you would type “taskkill/im word.exe” and hit enter. Command Prompt will send a confirmation message that the task kill was successful.
If you are using these shortcuts to force quit applications frequently, it may be time for you to run a health check on your PC. Check out our guide on how to remove malware from your Windows 10 PC here.
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