How can the Task Manager in Windows or Force Quit in macOS close frozen, suspended, unresponding programs instantly. What do they do different than clicking the X button in the corner?
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There are multiple different levels of “close” that you can do.
On a simpler level, there’s a nice close, where the application is allowed to interrupt it and do things like offer a save prompt. This is what happens when you click the X in the corner.
Then there’s the not-so-nice close, where the OS just rips out the process and stops everything. The process is not allowed to interrupt this one, so it can’t do things like offer a save prompt.
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