Saturday, November 1, 2008

Stop unresponsive programs immediately


One day, you use your PC and suddenly, your browser (or any other software), stopped responding and you can't end it by presseing the close button. If that really happens, it's a job for Windows Task Manager.

1. Press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to run Task Manager.
2. Click on the Applications tab.
3. Right-click on the application which is not responding and click on Go To Process.
4. Click End Process to end the application (make sure it is the correct one!)

After you do this, the software will end immediately.

Troubleshooting
I ended explorer.exe and all the desktop icons, together with the task bar and the start menu, vanished! How can I restore it?

If it dosen't start automatically, click on File, New Task (Run...) and type explorer.exe.

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