Quitting apps and games in the normal way is not always possible. Sometimes they can cause problems that cause them to stop working properly and this can lead to crashes from which Maybe we don’t know how to get out. If you’ve found yourself in this situation and ended up resetting your PC out of desperation, don’t worry, we’ll explain what you should do next to fix this problem.

Everything we will explain to you in this article can be used on Windows 10 and Windows 11, but also works with older versions, such as Windows 8.1 and Windows 7, so if you are still using those “venerable” operating systems and suffer from this type of problem at any time, you can use this method directly and it will work just as well. As always, if you have any questions, feel free to leave them in the comments.

What happens when a game or app stops responding?

Basically, they stop working properly, which can cause them to become blocked and don’t let us get out of them nor the classic “alt+f4”. This blocking will keep them in the foreground where they are a significant load, although in some cases it can also give us the impression that they have been closed when in fact they have remained open in the background where they continue to consume resources.

When this happens, Windows 11 can show us a notification that the application or game has stopped working properly and give us two different options, wait for a response or close it. If we select the close option it might work and we can get out of it but I’ve seen cases where it doesn’t and that’s why All that remains is to force the closure.

How to force quit apps and games that stop responding

It’s very simple, just press “control + alt + delete” and enter «Task Manager«. Once there we have to find the application or game we want to close, right click on it and select “Finish homework”. The most common thing is that it works the first time, although you have to be a little patient because it may not close immediately and you may have to wait a few seconds.

It’s not normal, but I have found cases where It does not workand also others in which an application or game creates a block that prevents us from seeing the Task Manager. If you encounter this situation, nothing happens, try clicking to switch to the Task Manager window “alt+tab”.

In case that doesn’t help either, don’t worry, press “control + alt + delete” again and click on the on/off icon that appears directly in the lower right corner, select “restart”. and that’s it, this way you won’t have to forcefully shut down the computer and everything will be back to normal once the PC restarts.

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